Led by a forward who doesn't just sit down beside 'em, UCLA made its annual Oregon swing to ensnare two threatening rivals in the Pacific Eight

Often near defeat, battered by tide, wind and weather, Lynne Cox braved New Zealand's Cook Strait

In Los Angeles, Dwight Stones had the high-jump freaks cheering his 7'5½" leap—for a minute or two. Then the officials got into the act with their tape measures, and Stones' new mark came tumbling...

No team in the NBA has a worse record than New Orleans—and sometimes it looks that bad. But Pistol Pete has triggered down and morale is up

Australia's revolutionary swimming coach, Forbes Carlile, defies the orthodox but gets results, notably with windmilling young freestylers

The best young little man in wrestling, 126-pounder Jimmy Carr, was an Olympian at 16 and once stuffed a foe in a garbage can. Now he inspirits Kentucky, a newcomer to the sport. By Herman Weiskopf.

Between rounds, they double in psychology and 60-second surgery. Between bouts, they pump fight into fighters. Charley Goldman (right) was a prize oldtimer, but times have changed

"Introducing the brand-new bet made just for television," read the ads that appeared at New York City's Off-Track Betting shops for the first time a month ago. The brand-new bet is called a Double...

With Abe Lemons' easygoing coaching and a 19-1 record

MIDEAST

Frostbite sailors, a steadily increasing tribe, take an occasional wintry bath, but they outrace the hibernators when summer arrives

Dust off dreams and dart board and you, too, may be a champ

The author, a member of the U.S. team in Bermuda two weeks ago, held the card that should have made him a world champion, but one look at the dummy told him the king was destined for execution

The writer of an intimate book on the Steelers rejoins his old friends in their moment of triumph and is swept up in the exhilaration of victory

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: The Boston Celtic express derailed at Philadelphia after 11 straight victories but tracked back with a 128-102 win over New York, which gave them a four-game lead in the...

12, 13—Neil Leifer14, 15—Heinz Kluetmeier16, 17—Graeme McKechnie26, 28—David Moore-Black Star45—Roy DeCarava46—Jerry Cabluck48, 51—Michael Brennan52—Wil Blanche67—Joe D'Adamo, Holiday Photo,...

Terry Carrick, a Baltimore maintenance man, set a pair of duck-pin world records with a three-game series of 596 and a six-game series of 1,013 in winning the Southern Open at Baltimore. He broke...

INDIANA'S KNIGHTSir:As a charter subscriber to SI and a red-hot Hoosier basketball fan, I was shocked at your hatchet job on this great team and coach (Shining in the Shadow of Knight, Feb. 3)....

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•Bob Wolf, agent, on the new trend in sports: "These days it's not as important to know the difference between a Veer offense and a Wishbone as to know the difference between a preliminary hearing...