BETWEEN THE LINES

•Bill Veeck: "Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball now, you have to be 7-foot-6. To play football you have to be the same width."

North Carolina was overlooked before the ACC tournament began, but won when its foes ran afoul of a frosh named Phil

The beer flowed again last week; this time it was poured from the World Cup in Hartford

Odd heroes abound on the Houston Rockets—would you believe an NBA starter looked down on by his sister?—but having learned the virtues of rugged dependence, they are blasting to new heights

Vancouver was hanging in there with Gary (The Ax) Smith in goal, then 6'5", 225-pound Bob Dailey began throwing his weight around

A man in a goldfish bowl, Frank Robinson hands his first lineup to a major league umpire. Ron Fimrite reports the mood and moves of baseball's breakthrough black manager as he leads his Indians...

It seems so simple. The ball is here, the hole over there, and all you have to do is roll it in. When he was young, Arnold Palmer thought all his putts should drop, but Sam Snead could have told...

All good ski trails, like Ruthie's Run at Aspen or Vail's intimidating Riva Ridge, deal in deceptions. A soothing little section suddenly falls away into a steep grade; the mountain seems to spill...

Two passages from a new novel:

Learning his trade as he fought, young Roberto Duran of Panama figured that a boy's best teacher was a hit in the head. Such lessons absorbed, he is still a brawler, but also the lightweight champion

Despite 32 points by a Bowling Green guard so eccentric that strange occurrences are named after him, Central Michigan captured the title

MIDWEST

Surfacing in Florida, a new Yank hooks into a fine-feathered feud

Those weren't 1930s applecarts in the Ontario 500, but hard times are closing in on the speedways

In 1909 Ernest Shackleton led a British expedition to within 97 miles of the South Pole, a feat for which he was knighted. It was the heyday of the polar explorer. Robert Peary of the U.S. had...

Seafarers turn mountaineers in a forced march across the crags of South Georgia.

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: When Portland won its sixth straight, an 88-82 decision over Chicago, the Midwest leader, it was a case of the Trail Blazers playing the Bulls' game—defense. In one seven-game...

16, 17—James Drake, Manny Millan18, 19—Manny Millan, James Drake20, 21—Co Rentmeester22, 23—John Iacono40, 41—Tony Triolo47—Tony Triolo50—Lane Stewart56—Walter Iooss Jr.70—map by William...

Greg Joy, a University of Texas at El Paso freshman from Vancouver, British Columbia, flopped 7'4" at the Western Athletic Conference indoor championships in Albuquerque, the best indoor high jump...

CHANGING TIMESSir:Thanks to Ron Fimrite for his article on spring training (The Roots of Spring, March 3). However, baseball is not just for older people who remember its heyday, or for youngsters...

The Evel Knievels of this world seem to surface at regular intervals, regardless of the prevailing levels of technology and sophistication. All that is needed are a hardy, enterprising spirit and...