PRO BASKETBALL—Denver forward Calvin Natt said, "It was mah-velous, simply mah-velous." He was talking about his teammate Alex English, who scored a career-high 54 points in a 127-113 win over...

DAVID McCALLUMINDIANAPOLISDavid, a senior at North Central High, led the Panthers to their fourth consecutive state tennis title, over Jasper High, while winning the state singles championship for...

TIGER TROUBLESSir:After spending the last two years of my undergraduate days at Arizona with the school under the specter of NCAA probation, I expected a different type of atmosphere in Baton...

THE NCAA'S GLASS HOUSE

•Dave Currey, University of Cincinnati football coach, on the William Perry phenomenon: "We don't have any Refrigerators. We have a few pot-belly stoves, but they're on the coaching staff."

The New York Jets' defense stood tall in a bruising 16-13 sudden-death victory over the New England Patriots in their showdown for first place in the AFC East

Never mind that the Denver Broncos had won the AFC West title in '84, beating the Los Angeles Raiders twice en route. Forget that Seattle had busted Raider chops in the first round of the playoffs...

Playing in his first tournament as a senior citizen, Gary Player, just turned 50, came up with a victory

The close-knit Flyers, a team of immense promise, keep soldiering on after the loss of Pelle Lindbergh

The people who write, edit and research stories, design layouts and take photographs each week, all under the direction of the managing editor, are but half of the team responsible for putting out...

Do the big names have the right stuff for a Heisman winner? No, but Joltin' Joe Dudek surely does

All that has come to pass since the Pass has not been magical for the winner of last season's Heisman Trophy

Change comes over hockey at a glacial pace, but it appears the game may be entering a modern ice age. Ex-Ranger Phil Esposito, Islander Bryan Trottier and others are praising and promoting a...

Playing in the NBA is a tall order, but one that 5'7" Spud Webb fills

A spirited Grey Cup made Canada's pro football miseries more palatable

Matt Blair, a Vikings linebacker for 12 years, wears an interesting piece of jewelry around his neck, a 14-karat gold chain with his own front tooth mounted on a pendant. It's a souvenir from a...

Joe Theismann is overwhelmed by the outpouring of emotion that has come his way since he suffered a compound fracture of his right leg Nov. 18. "I guess through the course of 12 years," says...

OFFENSE: Ron Brown of the Rams ran back two kickoffs for touchdowns (98 and 86 yards) and also caught five passes for 87 yards, including a 39-yard TD, in Los Angeles's 34-17 victory over Green Bay.

Oklahoma's wild-dog defense held the second-ranked Huskers at bay

Go, Tigers! Go, Bulldogs! Go, Krotoniates! Krotoniates? Well, if you want a classically inspired nickname for your team, you might look beyond Troy and Sparta to Kroton, a Greek colony on the...

WEST

OFFENSE: Wideout Doug Green caught 10 passes for 152 yards in Duke's 23-21 upset of North Carolina. Green's three TD catches, including the game-winner with 1:10 left, erased a 21-3 Tar Heel lead.

Back in 1912, Leon Leonwood Bean (left) began his mail-order business with a boot that was returned by 90 of the first 100 buyers. Today, L.L.'s brainchild does $280 million in sales

Of the five types of races that make up the American Motorcyclist Association Grand National series—short track, half mile, mile, tourist trophy steeplechase (TT), road race—the mile is the...