One of the enlightening books in the track and field aficionado's traveling library is a small green paperback crammed with metric distance conversions and the basic rules of the sport, which...

PALACE COUP IN THE BASEBALL UNION: MOFFETT OUT, MILLER IN

•Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers center, on the presence in the NBA of the Houston Rockets' towering 7'4" rookie center, Ralph Sampson: "My advice to Ralph is to gain weight, like I did. I...

Sam Bowie did everything but score a basket as Kentucky blew out Louisville in the rivalry that wasn't—but now is

By wading in like his slugging dad, Marvis Frazier fell to Larry Holmes

When golf's greatest foursome met for a $360,000 game of skins, they had a bonny Desert Highlands fling

Though U.S. lugers don't figure to win Olympic gold, they've improved so rapidly they might win a medal

The loser was also the winner when Houston met Tampa Bay

Milton B. Carter is our new editorial operations director, succeeding Senior Editor Bob Brown, SI's pioneer in supervising the development of the electronic technology we are installing for the...

Finland's Matti Nykänen, the best ski jumper in the world, also has a temper that can soar to the heights

Technically, what a ski jumper does when he soars from the takeoff to the outrun below is called the "ride," but spectators who watch jumping infrequently find that concept hard to grasp. A ride...

Nebraska remained unbeaten and No. 1 by holding off Oklahoma

In order to bring the hallowed Army-Navy game to the Rose Bowl, the organizers in Pasadena had to promise to transport, house and feed the entire student bodies and support groups of both...

The source of the name of the game—almost any game—is usually easy to figure out. You would be correct, for instance, if, knowing nothing about football, you were to deduce that the game involves...

A North Carolina State coed won both the NCAA and TAC championships

The city game made a celebrated comeback at New York University

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RON HARPER: The sophomore forward scored a game-high 26 points and had 13 rebounds as Miami (Ohio) upset Indiana 63-57 in Bloomington. It was the Hoosiers' first loss to the Redskins in 40 years.

All bets were off when the Utah Jazz played their first game in Nevada

Can V talk? Oh, yeah. Can V coach? No question about it. Jim Valvano proved that his act was ready for the big time when his North Carolina State Wolfpack won the '83 NCAA title

David McCagg occasionally feels old enough to have seen diplodocuses flopping about in the primal sea. He's 25, which makes him a first cousin to the dinosaur in the pool of competitive swimming....

PRO BASKETBALL—Some called it slow-Moe, but it was more like no más. With 1:12 left to play and Portland leading 146-111, frustrated Denver Coach Doug Moe found out that the Trail Blazers' team...

2, 3—Graham Finlayson (left), Rob Brown (top right), Tony Duffy4—Manny Millan15—Tony Triolo (top) Mike Maple18—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman20, 21 Tony Tomsic (left, center, right), Manny Millan...

EDDIE LAVELLEFOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF.Eddie, 12, won an age-group double at the TAC Nationals in Dayton with his victories in the 1,500 (4:36) and 3,000 (9:54) meters for boys 10 to 12. He was also...

COVER CHAMPSir:Thank you for two exceptional articles by William Nack on Roberto Duran ("I Am Still a Pistol," Nov. 7, and Marvelous Was Something Less Than Marvelous, Nov. 21). What really has me...