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Portland Observer, July 28, 1982 Page 7 OBSERVER SPORTS Victory for Sugar Ray Membership Stoy Physically Ht and Have Fun Tournam ents M o n th ly /I W h a i’s A tlan tic recording artist Narada Michael Walden doing with Sugar Ray Leonard? Playing the fig h ter a song W alden w rote for him . appropriately entitled, ••V ic tory.*’ “ He loved the song," says W a l den, whose latest LP is Co/f/hfeKV. " It 's a very pow erful p iece." And when visiting Leonard at his train ing camp, Walden got to see wha, it takes to gel to " V ic to r y ," which is just what Leonard scored over Rob erto Duran in their last match. "Ray was really training so he would be ready for that fight. He had these big hunks just hold him in the cor ners o f the ring and beat on him w hile he tried to escape. H e kept p racticin g spinning and turning around to smack them. T h at’s why in the second Leonard-Duran fight, every time Duran would try to get Sugar Ray on the ropes, he’d escape — just the opposite o f the first fight." All Strokes Video Taped J A lbina Tennis Tournam ent Located inside the National Guard Bldg. < And when Leonard won that cham pionship belt, no doubt he heard the sweet strains o f Narada’s "V ic to ry " in his cars. SUGARRAV LEONARD AND NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN Ask Barry: Will NFL strike 7 Q. I would like to know i f you think there will he a strike by the N a tional Fo o tb all League players this summer after rookies began to step in and take their jobs. What may happen this year is that the owners, armed with a whopping $2 billion television con tract for the next five years, may sweeten the pots o f the best players in the league and effectively destroy the likelihood of a strike. — Ivory Johnson, Atlanta, Ga. A. I don’t think that you need to worry. The N FL Players Association doesn’t look strong enough to pull off a successful strike. The players em barrassed themselves in 1974, when they had to call o ff a preseason strike Q. Can you tell me what sport is most p ro fita b le f o r its ow ners— football, basketball, or baseball? Reggie leads the drive — Jeannie Ashe, Lexington, Ky. A. In this case, the teams with the biggest bank accounts are those whose players run up and down fo o tb a ll fields. Pro fo o tb a ll, N a tional Football League style, gener ates far more money for its owners than p ro basketball and baseball teams. T he N F L has the edge be cause o f its incredible T V contract, one that w ill call fo r a ll the N F L clubs to share $2 b illio n — th a t’s right, $2 billion!— over the next five years. W hile many basketball and baseball teams lose money every year, not a single N F L team lost a dime last season. Even the low ly New O rleans Saints made money last year. 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