Strong-armed
Their way to victories in their divisions at the fourth annual Yukon Jack Arm Wrestling National Championships, in Tampa
, Andrew (Cobra) Rhodes and Dot Jones. In the men's 161-190 pound category, Rhodes, a cook from Muskegon
, Mich.
, beat structural engineer Bill Brzenk of Midvale, Utah
. Rhodes is known as Cobra because his tongue flicks in and out of his mouth while he arm-wrestles. Jones, an actress who is currently taping Knights and Waniors—a medieval American Gladiators—was an All-America shot-putter at Fresno State
. She successfully defended her women's open title with a victory over Deb McNeil, who is a cook in Winchester, Va. At 6'3" and 235 pounds, Jones was the largest champion of either sex in the competition.
Bought
By the NFL
's No. 1 draft pick, Steve Emtman
of the Colts
, the 12-room, 4�-bath Indianapolis
abode of running back Eric Dickerson
, whom the Colts
traded to the Los Angeles Raiders
in April. Emtman
, a defensive tackle, did not reveal whether he had coughed up the $370,000 asking price, but he did get Dickerson
's furniture as part of the deal.
Slogged
Around New York City
's Central Park
Reservoir, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton
, who ran—so to speak—the 1.57-mile circuit in 25 minutes, or at a pace of nearly 16 minutes per mile. "The governor's jogging motto is, Start slow and taper off," said Clinton
campaign strategist James Carville
.
Pleaded
Innocent, to writing a check for $3,000 on a bank account that was closed, Art Schlichter
, 32, starting quarterback for the Cincinnati
Rockers of the Arena Football League
. While with the Baltimore
and Indianapolis Colts
(1982-85), Schlichter
was suspended by the NFL
once for gambling and was dropped by the team when rumors of his further gambling arose. Schlichter
, who recently suffered a gambling relapse, is working to repay his debts and will be permitted to continue playing for the Rockers.
Died
Pro Football Hall of Fame
defensive tackle Buck Buchanan
, 51, of lung cancer, at his home in Kansas City
. The 6'7", 280-pound Buchanan
would have followed his father into the Alabama
steel mills if Grambling
coach Eddie Robinson
hadn't offered him one of the few scholarships available to blacks in the late 1950s. "I was the first player from a small black school drafted in the first round," Buchanan
once said of his '63 selection by the Kansas City Chiefs
. "That was important to me." In 13 years with the Chiefs
, Buchanan
was named All-AFL and All-AFC five times. "A big guy will be strong, and he might be quick, but he is rarely fast," said Hank Stram
, Buchanan
's coach in Kansas City
. "Or sometimes he's strong and fast, but not quick. But Buck had it all." Following his retirement, Buchanan
was an assistant coach for the New Orleans Saints
and the Cleveland Browns
, and he ran construction and advertising businesses in the Kansas City
area, where he was also a civic leader.