Sports People

Fri., March 7, 1997

George Pasero, 79, former award-winning sports editor and columnist for the Oregon Journal, died in a Portland hospital after suffering a stroke… . Nikki McCray captured the American Basketball League’s first Most Valuable Player award after leading the Columbus Quest to a 31-9 record, the league’s regular-season best… . University of Iowa football coach Hayden Fry has agreed to a one-year contract extension that will take him to the year 2000 with the Hawkeyes… . Tim Bender, best known for winning 11 world snowmobile championships, won the pole for the Stihl Outdoor Power Tools 300 NASCAR Busch Grand National stock car race at Hampton, Va.

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