Sports headlines for Thursday July 21, 1977:

• It's No Longer A Cardinal Sin To Be Hairy
• A Retraction Was All I Wanted -- Atkinson

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Braves placed Jamie Easterly and Craig Robinson on the disabled list
•	Braves activated Barry Bonnell
•	Dodgers released Al Downing
•	Giants activated Tim Foli

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Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (41-48) 4 11 0 7 Boston Red Sox (52-38) 11 15 0 5 Win: Luis Tiant (6-7)   Loss: Wayne Garland (7-10) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:53   Att: 20,173 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (42-48) 8 14 0 9 Boston Red Sox (52-39) 2 6 2 4 Win: Jim Bibby (9-7)   Loss: Bob Stanley (6-5)   Save: Jim Kern (13) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:32   Att: 29,059 at Fenway Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (52-38) 8 11 1 8 Detroit Tigers (41-51) 1 4 2 5 Win: Paul Splittorff (8-5)   Loss: Dave Roberts (4-9) T: 2:18   Att: 15,262 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (42-47) 2 6 0 5 Minnesota Twins (51-42) 3 4 2 9 Win: Dave Goltz (11-6)   Loss: Nolan Ryan (13-9) T: 2:33   Att: 21,239 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (41-50) 0 5 1 7 New York Yankees (51-42) 7 10 1 8 Win: Catfish Hunter (6-4)   Loss: Jim Slaton (7-9) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:12 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (42-50) 5 13 1 8 New York Yankees (51-43) 4 10 2 7 Win: Bill Castro (8-5)   Loss: Dick Tidrow (6-4) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:47   Att: 22,812 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (39-52) 3 7 1 4 Seattle Mariners (42-54) 4 13 1 9 Win: Glenn Abbott (6-7)   Loss: Rick Langford (7-10)   Save: Enrique Romo (9) T: 2:19   Att: 17,382 at The Kingdome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (34-58) 3 7 0 6 Chicago Cubs (55-35) 4 8 0 6 Win: Paul Reuschel (4-1)   Loss: Rick Camp (5-2) T: 2:59   Att: 20,895 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (43-47) 4 6 0 4 Los Angeles Dodgers (59-34) 0 4 1 3 Win: Steve Rogers (10-8)   Loss: Rick Rhoden (10-7) T: 2:05   Att: 35,833 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (48-42) 2 6 0 5 Pittsburgh Pirates (51-42) 6 12 2 7 Win: Jerry Reuss (5-10)   Loss: Fred Norman (9-6) T: 2:14   Att: 21,713 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (37-56) 2 13 2 13 San Diego Padres (41-55) 3 7 1 10 Win: Rollie Fingers (7-4)   Loss: Skip Lockwood (1-5) T: 2:47   Att: 9,757 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (53-38) 9 10 0 7 San Francisco Giants (43-52) 6 11 4 7 Win: Jim Lonborg (4-3)   Loss: Charlie Williams (4-3)   Save: Gene Garber (10) T: 2:32   Att: 5,771 at Candlestick Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (43-51) 0 3 0 7 St. Louis Cardinals (48-45) 4 4 0 2 Win: Bob Forsch (12-4)   Loss: J.R. Richard (9-7) T: 2:02   Att: 15,743 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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