Cincinnati was dazzled by a master of deceit, Bill Walsh, then doomed by a gutty goal-line stand as San Francisco won Super Bowl XVI

Dan Bunz, who is both an acquisition of former San Francisco General Manager Joe Thomas and a free spirit with a tendency to pop off—not boons to job security on the 49ers—could've been almost...

Texas A&M Iured Jackie Sherrill from Pittsburgh for the most bucks ever offered a football coach

This is the controversial proposal of Ed Garvey and the NFL players' union as contract talks approach

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Politics and sports have long been obsessions of Ed Garvey. The only son in a conservative Irish Catholic household, he was raised in the small town (pop. 8,385) of Burlington, Wis., fervently...

Rabid fans and tenacious defense put Fresno State into the Top 20

Pro Football Editor Joe Marshall spent most of last week in Detroit, and one afternoon he received a message from the hotel operator at press headquarters: Call Trout Pomeroy at this number....

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SCOTT HASTINGS: The 6'10", 235-pound senior Arkansas center had 44 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and three blocks in two victories. His basket with five seconds left beat Houston 67-66.

A new spouse, fiancé and mother set records at the Sunkist meet in L.A.

The cutest deliveries these days are being made in arbitration hearings

Rookie Buck Williams has helped New Jersey rebound to respectability

When Hollywood calls, who among us can turn away? Not the author, a writer-athlete who decided to put his personal best foot forward

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PRO BASKETBALL—For the first time ever Dallas won three straight games as Forward Jay Vincent, who replaced his much more heralded fellow rookie, the injured Mark Aguirre, scored 21, 23 and 34...

MARION IRVINESAN RAFAEL, CALIF.Sister Marion, 52, an education coordinator and Dominican sister, ran the Oakland Marathon in 2:55:17, the fastest time ever for a woman 50-and-over. She also owns...

SUPER CATCHESSir:I honestly was one of the 60,525 present at the San Francisco-Dallas NFC championship game (Off on the Wrong Foot, Jan. 18). I cheered mightily during The Drive, knowing in my...

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