Sports headlines for Tuesday August 22, 1972:
- IOC Backs Down, Ousts Rhodesia
- A's Beat Tigers, 6-3, In Wild Game Marked By Brawl
- Referee's Jump To WHA Official
- Cook Improves, May Play Again
Today's football transactions:
- Bills traded Howard Kindig and Buffalo's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Dolphins for Frank Cornish
- Rams traded Oakland's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Lions for Al Clark
- Cardinals claimed Donnell Smith on waivers from Packers

No games today.