Sports headlines for Tuesday August 28, 1979:
- Rose Denies He'll Be Frozen Out Of Pizza Job
- Lakers, Rockets Settle Lawsuit
- Montefusco Changes His Mind, Reports Back To The Giants
- San Diego Releases Rodgers As 2-Year Experiment Fails
- Shriver And Panatta Upset In U.S. Open
Today's football transactions:
- Falcons claimed Joel Williams on waivers from Dolphins
- Bills placed Bob Chandler on injured reserve
- Bengals claimed Mack Mitchell on waivers from Browns
- Lions placed Gary Danielson on injured reserve
- Lions placed Tom Skladany on injured reserve
- Packers placed John Anderson on injured reserve
- Oilers claimed Tom Randall on waivers from Cowboys
- Dolphins placed Eric Laakso on injured reserve
- Dolphins placed Guy Benjamin on injured reserve
- Vikings placed Lyman Smith on injured reserve
- Patriots placed Bob Golic on injured reserve
- Saints placed Ray Brown on injured reserve
- Saints placed Rich Szaro on injured reserve
- Giants claimed Gus Coppens on waivers from Rams
- Giants claimed Todd Christensen on waivers from Cowboys
- Giants claimed Tony Green on waivers from Redskins
- Jets placed Abdul Salaam on injured reserve
- Jets placed Ed McGlasson on injured reserve
- Eagles traded a pick in the 1980 draft to Chiefs for Mark Bailey (trade voided when Bailey refused to report)
- 49ers claimed Dwaine Board on waivers from Steelers
- 49ers traded first rights to the 49ers' waived players to Bengals for Lenvil Elliott
- 49ers claimed Pete Woods on waivers from Chiefs
- Redskins placed Gary Anderson on injured reserve
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No games today.