It is the misfortune of John Roseboro, who in nearly a decade and a half of major league ball compiled an entirely respectable record, that he should be best remembered not for his batting or...

BLOODLINEPhil Lansford, a shortstop who was the Cleveland Indians' first pick in last week's college draft, is the younger brother of Carney Lansford, the rookie third baseman for the Angels; the...

Affirmed and Alydar staged the most dramatic of their nine duels in the Belmont, and after another stirring stretch run Affirmed had his hard-earned Triple Crown

Alydar's trainer John Veitch was back at the colt's barn several hours after the Belmont, free at last from the pressing crowds. The sun was turning orange and Veitch was turning mellow as he...

Larry Holmes had to fight the hard fight and rally in the closing seconds of the final round to wrest the WBC title from Ken Norton

Nancy Lopez, the amazing 21-year-old rookie, won her fourth straight tournament by routing the field in the LPGA championship

Eight teams advance at the World Cup in Argentina, with a rejuvenated Peru a qualifier and Scotland knocked out

The city of the angels is having a devil of a time trying to make up its mind whether it really wants to host the 1984 Olympics. And, William Oscar Johnson reports, if Los Angeles backs out,...

A 200-pound tarpon surely swims in Florida's Gulf waters, and one fine day it will fall to the angler's fly

The past, future and present came together on one incredible day at Cherry Hills in 1960 as Palmer caught Hogan and Nicklaus

Barry Sheene feels grotty and is facing tough new challengers, but the cocky Cockney cyclist keeps the throttle wide open in defense of his title

Because the houselights do not dim at New York's American Place Theater as the Organic Theater Company's Bleacher Bums begins, the audience is caught off guard by a wiry, middle-aged woman in a...

The intentional unintentional pass has turned the bats of hot hitters Rod Carew and Jeff Burroughs into walking sticks

AL WEST

LARRY PARRISH: Last year the Expo third baseman batted .246, had 46 RBIs and was often booed; last week he hit .435 (he is up to .287), had eight RBIs (he leads Montreal with 34) and received five...

A sprinter and a distance runner each took a pair of titles at the AAU meet

Most of the foreigners in Belize City seemed to be light-tackle fishermen, but that may have been because I was going fishing, too. A few folks said they were in Belize, formerly British Honduras,...

After 16 seasons and 233 days, the Bullets won their first NBA title by shutting down Seattle's hot guards and getting plenty of backspin from a surprising hero

When he stopped in for a suit at the B&G, Bobby Halpern almost bought it

Be it high noon or the wee hours, baseball is a big hit in Alaska, especially in Fairbanks, where a rush of collegiate stars from the Lower 48 has turned the Panners to gold

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JAN JEFFERSLOMPOC, CALIF.

COLLEGE BASEBALL—USC defeated defending champion Arizona State 10-3 to win its 11th NCAA College World Series in Omaha.

RUNNING ONSir:After reading Frank Deford's thoughtful appraisal of runners and of the articles and books pertaining to running (VIEWPOINT, June 5), I can only say that his attitude has further...