The Northfield Mount Hermon School is situated on the banks of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts, deep in the heart of New England prep country. Its athletic rivalry with Deerfield...

Nancy Lieberman of Old Dominion rules the world of women's basketball, to which her rough-and-tumble style of play has given a spectacular new dimension

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•Garo Yepremian, New Orleans Saint kicker, after deciding against a $10,000 hair transplant: "The thing that really bothers me is that there are already so many Elvis Presley look-alikes."

18, 19—John Iacono20—Manny Millan21-23—Tony Triolo24—John Iacono25—Rich Clarkson26, 27—John Iacono28—John Iacono (top), Shelly Katz-Black Star35—Walter Iooss Jr. (top), John Iacono40, 41—Raeanne...

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: When the season began, three NBA coaches—Red Auerbach (938), Red Holzman (574) and Dick Motta (502)—had won 500 or more games. Now there are five. San Diego's Gene Shue and...

ROBERT (Speedy) NEALKEY WESTNeal, 17, a 6'3¾" 242-pounder at Key West High who runs a 4.5 40, is the leading rusher in Southern Florida with 1,606 yards (6.6 average) and the top scorer with 140...

NO. 1 (CONT.)Sir:Your article There's a Red Alert (Nov. 12) contained some statistics that I am sure have aroused more than a minimum of curiosity. Specifically I'm referring to the rankings of...

Grounded for two seasons, the Celtics are perched high atop the NBA standings. The big difference: a rare Bird of a rookie

In his final regular-season game, Billy Sims shredded Nebraska for 247 yards, leading Oklahoma to a win and the Orange Bowl

Once snubbed as losers by Texas' football sophisticates, the Houston Oilers stunned the stumbling Cowboys and won the state title

A Trio of titles is at stake in boxing. Sugar Ray Leonard goes after Wilfredo Benitez' welterweight crown; middleweight Vito Antuofermo defends his against Marvin Hagler; and Victor Galindez risks...

That's the difference between college and pro hoops, says the author, just back from exile in the NBA and lovin' it

There are signs that college players no longer think of defense as something to be endured at the "other end" of the floor. And coaches, pro scouts, even the fans are showing a growing...

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Maury Allen is a sportswriter for the New York Post who covered the Mets in those marvelous early years when Casey Stengel presided benignly over the most endearingly inept group of mortals ever...

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In the nine years that Ken Cochran has been coaching at Marymount College in Salina, Kans., his teams have put together a 240-37 record. The Spartans have been nationally ranked in the NAIA in...

Although the number of quality teams from coast to coast is increasing, one stands out the way UCLA once did in the men's game. Defending champion Old Dominion has so much ability and depth that...

1. OLD DOMINION2. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN3. LOUISIANA TECH4. TENNESSEE5. TEXAS6. NORTH CAROLINA ST.7. RUTGERS8. LONG BEACH STATE9. PENN STATE10. SOUTH CAROLINA

In a big hill-and-dale week, Henry Rono showed he was set to go in the Olympics