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August 12, 1998 | BILL PLASCHKE
Any fool knows when you hit someone with your best shot and he is still able to think, then you're not a hitter. My idea of a good hit is when the victim wakes up on the sidelines with train whistles blowing in his head and wondering who he is and what ran over him. --Jack Tatum in "They Call Me Assassin." * He is on the phone, his voice weary, as if he hasn't slept well in years, maybe decades. "All these years I've been vilified, nobody will ever tell me what I did wrong," says Jack Tatum.
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October 19, 1996 | From Associated Press
After 18 years, Darryl Stingley was going to meet face-to-face with Jack Tatum, the man who ended his football career and put him in a wheelchair for life with a neck-high tackle. Then Stingley, the former New England Patriots wide receiver, was told that Tuesday's meeting with the former Raider defensive back was a publicity stunt, not a simple reconciliation.
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September 27, 1992 | ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
He walked 18 holes in cowboy boots, a pair of Wrangler jeans and a western shirt, and he saw trouble in the fields. Jack Tatum, proprietor of the Tatum cattle and horse ranch, was watching one of his best calf-ropers have a very bad day. Tani Tatum, the boss' daughter, led the Los Coyotes LPGA Classic after one round and was a stroke off the lead after two. But Saturday afternoon, she couldn't have putted into a bucket.
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March 14, 1990 | MIKE PENNER
S port has its problems. We have the solutions . . . Problem: The major league lockout enters its 28th day, with opening day all but gone and no end in sight, because neither side is willing to budge on the issue of arbitration. Solution: Arbitration. The players want to roll back the arbitration eligibility requirement to two years' big league experience. The owners want to keep it at three years. And Bo Jackson wanted $1.9 million and the Royals wanted to pay him $1 million.
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December 3, 1986 | MIKE DOWNEY
To reward themselves after a rugged weekend of football, Marcus Allen and Frank Hawkins, the Raider running backs, sometimes like to get manicures. They have their fingernails trimmed, then emery-boarded, then painted various colors. In the old days, after football games, guys who played football for the Raiders would have had their heads manicured.
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October 28, 1985
Citadel linebacker Marc Buoniconti suffered a critical neck injury similar to one that paralyzed former Boston Patriot Darryl Stingley, officials in Johnson City, Tenn., said Sunday. Buoniconti, 19, son of former Miami Dolphin All-Pro linebacker Nick Buoniconti, was injured Saturday while tackling a runner during his team's 28-21 victory over East Tennessee State. "Marc's condition is being constantly monitored. He remains in the intensive care unit of the Johnson City Medical Center.