12-14—Andy Hayt15—Richard Mackson24—Heinz Kluetmeier (top)52—Buck Miller53—Fred Kaplan54—Jerry Wachter55—Richard Mackson56—Jerry Wachter (top), Richard Mackson61—Brown Brothers62—Richard...

ARCHERY—RICK McKINNEY scored a 1,167 out of a possible 1,200 to win the men's title at the U.S. Indoor Championships in Harrisburg, Pa. RUTH ROWE placed first among the women with a score of 1,135.

DIANE CARLINDEDHAM, MASS.Diane, a senior at Dedham High, scored 8.9 and 9.0 in the floor exercise and 9.05 and 9.1 on the bars to win the girls' all-around title at the state high school...

FRESH AIRSir:Your March 30 issue goes down in my book as one of the best. The coverage of the NCAA basketball playoffs was insightful and humorous. The article on Johnny Bench helped me to...

There are no NBA champs now that the defending titlist Lakers were stunningly upset in the first round of the playoffs by Houston

The mantle of Rockne, Leahy and Parseghian is being readied for Notre Dame's new head coach, if only he'll hold still long enough for a fitting

As a new season begins, many a club has many a new face, and a player strike could be in the offing, but certain verities remain. Take two: George Brett (left) and Mike Schmidt, paragons at their...

If Atlanta Third Baseman Bob Horner is ever able to play a complete season, he might set some long-distance batting records

Welcome to the Mary Poppins division, where everything seems to be up in the air. Defending champion Houston gave up its soul. The Dodgers lost their most consistent winner, yet claim to be...

One of the more touching scenes of last or any season took place al Olympic Stadium in Montreal on Oct. 4. The Expos, having just donated the division title to the Philadelphia Phillies by a score...

The Kansas Royals, runaway winners of the division and league championships, aren't standing pat. Indeed, profound changes are in the works. U.L. Washington, for example, is removing his...

Nothing better testifies to the abundance of talent in the American League East—the strongest division in baseball—than the pin-stripe-thin hold the Yankees had on first place at the end of last...

It's Azalea time in Augusta and nobody seems to have a grip on the season except Ray Floyd, Masters winner in '76. Seve Ballesteros, last year's champion, will be on hand, as will Jack Nicklaus,...

A manager may have many talents—molder of men, master tactician, super psychologist—but the only thing he's sure to be is a goner

In 1927, when John McGraw completed his 25th season as manager of the New York Giants, he was paid a signal tribute by Connie Mack, who said. "There has been only one manager, and his name is John...

The speaker, a man close to the Boston Red Sox, was incensed over the team's management. Describing the club as "in disarray, confused and chaotic...almost the laughingstock of the American...

Olympic Committee presidents may come and go, but Monique Berlioux is an enduring power in amateur sport

It's netter vs. sporting angler in the kingfish fracas off Key West. Both sides pack guns. The fish may be packing it in

In the year's first major regatta, Washington's outsized oarsmen, exhorted by an emotional cox, outpulled Yale, Harvard and other classy crews from both coasts

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•Stan Williams, New York Yankee coach, on veteran Outfielder Oscar Gamble: "Oscar is so old that when he broke into the majors he was still a Negro."

Loaded bats, phantom DPs and balls doctored with everything from flour to fly-line cleaner may be illegit, but they're as much a part of the grand old game as, well, the spitter