The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER STAR

Sports: Wednesday, August 27, 1997

• TIDES PUT LOSING STREAK TO REST AS BATS COME TO LIFE
• ADMIRALS MUST MOVE UP OR OUT
• PRICE OF MOVING UP WILL BE COSTLY FANS ARE SPLIT ON THE MOVE TO THE MORE EXPENSIVE DIVISION I.
• CONFERENCE OPENER IS NO FRIEND TO COACHES VIRGINIA TECH'S GAME AT RUTGERS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON IS A DIFFICULT WAY TO START THE SEASON.
• IVERSON HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO CHANGE
• ROADSTERS MEET DOOM IN OPENER STRONG PITCHING LETS ORLANDO TAKE EARLY LEAD OVER ROADSTERS IN CHAMPIONSHIP SOFTBALL SERIES.
• GORDON WANTS WIN MORE THAN A MILLION VICTORY ON SUNDAY IN THE SOUTHERN 500 WOULD EARN JEFF GORDON A $1 MILLION BONUS.
• IVERSON GETS PROBATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE
• SOON, THERE MAY BE NO HOLDING THE TIGERS FLORIDA STATE'S BOWDEN, FOR ONE, SUSPECTS CLEMSON'S RETURN TO ITS GLORY DAYS ISN'T FAR OFF.
• YOUNG'S GOAL: SPRING TRAINING GAME IN NORFOLKTIDES' PRESIDENT HOPES TO CONVINCE METS TO WRAP UP EXHIBITION SEASON AT HARBOR PARK.
• WOMEN GOING STRONG
• TOMMY SMITH: VIRGINIA BEACH