AN EXERCISE IN SURVIVAL

•Tommy John, California Angel pitcher, when asked following a clubhouse burglary whether he was missing anything: "My fastball."

4—Lane Stewart11—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman16—Andy Hayt (left), Richard Mackson17—Richard Mackson (left), Peter Read Miller18—John Iacono (top), Richard Mackson19—John Iacono (top), Richard...

STEPHANIE ADAMSFORT SMITH, ARK.Stephanie, a 1982 graduate of Southside High, paced the Confederettes track and field team to two consecutive state girls' AAAA titles by winning all 23 of the...

BOWLING—TOM BAKER defeated Mike Aulby 225-191 to win the Paris Grand Prix, the first PBA tournament held in Europe.

THE OPENSir:Curry Kirkpatrick's article (He Lit Up the Joint, Sept. 20) on the U.S. Open was the most perceptive and hilarious piece on the sport I've read in years. If the childish antics and...

The big names were on top of things as California swept Kansas City to take command in the AL West

No games and no progress—that was the news as the first Sunday of the NFL's strike passed with the players still calling time-out

Penn State, off and winging to new offensive heights, beat Nebraska in a thriller

Whitey (The White Rat) Herzog brought in new players to execute an old system and made St. Louis the best team in the National League East

It's unlikely that many people have read, sung, collected, typed and otherwise dealt with more words than Bobby McFarland, who for the past year has headed the cadre of typesetters that pumps...

Melanie Smith and her show jumper, Calypso, are world-beaters, even if no one in her native land seems to know it

Grambling Coach Eddie Robinson joins the elite with his latest win

SOUTHWEST

OFFENSE: Penn State Quarterback Todd Blackledge, a 6'4", 222-pound junior, threw his third TD pass with :04 left as the Lions defeated Nebraska 27-24. He completed 23 of 39 passes for 295 yards.

Versatile Pedro Guerrero is producing numbing numbers for Los Angeles

Most college football fans know that the Oklahoma Sooners got their name from the land runs of the 1890s, when the wiliest settlers snuck across the starting line and claimed their lots a day or...

AL EAST

RAFAEL RAMIREZ: The Atlanta shortstop batted .407, drove in 10 runs, scored six times, walloped three homers and stole two bases as he helped keep the Braves in contention in the National League West.

When the players walked, the NFL and television had ways of coping

An Eastern syndicate's pacer took control at Ohio's Little Brown Jug

So says Georgia's Herschel Walker, and you best believe him. At 12 he marshaled the elements—good genes, iron will and some help from Mama—that have made him a tank of a running back

In July of 1940, my parents gave me a camera for my 15th birthday. It was a Kodak Brownie, one of those square, black box cameras with a fixed lens. It fascinated me and I quickly used up the...