Sports headlines for Monday August 16, 1976:

• Howard Smith To Fight Foreman Sept. 17
• Japanese Fans Get Into Spirit Of NFL Game

Today's baseball transactions:

•	A's placed Claudell Washington on the disabled list

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   1976 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

   American League Batting / American League Pitching            MLB standings as of this date
   National League Batting / National League Pitching

Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (54-60) 12 16 0 6 Chicago White Sox (49-67) 5 13 2 8 Win: Luis Tiant (13-10)   Loss: Bart Johnson (9-11)   Save: Bill Lee (3) T: 2:40   Att: 7,733 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (57-59) 1 3 1 1 Kansas City Royals (71-45) 6 7 0 6 Win: Marty Pattin (5-10)   Loss: Jackie Brown (7-8) T: 2:08   Att: 18,797 at Royals Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (64-54) 3 11 1 7 Milwaukee Brewers (51-61) 4 11 0 8 Win: Danny Frisella (4-1)   Loss: Rollie Fingers (8-8) T: 2:26   Att: 9,019 at County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (60-54) 8 10 0 6 Minnesota Twins (57-60) 4 11 1 9 Win: Ross Grimsley (6-5)   Loss: Steve Luebber (3-4) T: 2:35   Att: 5,817 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (56-61) 1 7 0 5 New York Yankees (70-45) 5 13 0 6 Win: Catfish Hunter (14-12)   Loss: Gaylord Perry (11-10) T: 2:26   Att: 21,621 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (55-64) 4 6 1 8 Cincinnati Reds (76-43) 3 5 1 5 Win: Carl Morton (3-9)   Loss: Fred Norman (11-3)   Save: Adrian Devine (4) T: 2:27   Att: 30,276 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (55-66) 5 9 1 4 Houston Astros (58-64) 3 12 1 9 Win: Bruce Sutter (3-3)   Loss: Larry Dierker (12-11) T: 2:30   Att: 7,371 at The Astrodome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (60-62) 11 11 2 7 St. Louis Cardinals (49-65) 7 14 1 14 Win: Dave Freisleben (8-10)   Loss: Bill Greif (2-8) T: 3:02   Att: 13,330 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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