We are told that Ilie Nastase's second novel, The Net (St. Martin's Press, $16.95), has been "translated from the French." Despite the literary cachet of that phrase, the book seems to have gained...

The Gamecocks rely on Todd Ellis and Sterling Sharpe

SATURDAYS HEROES...

OFFENSE:Quarterback Troy Aikman of UCLA (above), the top passer in Division I-A, completed 22 of 31 attempts for 328 yards and two third-quarter TDs as the Bruins rallied to defeat Arizona State...

L.A.'s hottest ice show in the 1930s was USC vs. Loyola

Emerson Fittipaldi came out of retirement to find new success driving Indy Cars

BOXING—THOMAS HEARNS knocked out Juan Roldan of Argentina in the fourth round to claim the WBC middleweight crown, in Las Vegas. Hearns is the first boxer to win titles in four weight classes. On...

TOM KEIMSPRINGFIELD, ILL.Keim, 33, a clerk with a 220 bowling average, rolled back-to-back 300 games in the Cosmos League at Strike N Spare West. Keim, who had never bowled a perfect game before,...

There's more to it than the L——and the C——

HE ALWAYS WAS SECRETIVE

•Billy Tubbs, Oklahoma basketball coach, on the similarity of his offense to that of the football Sooners: "We like to run, and nobody likes to pass."

After a blockbuster trade brought in Eric Dickerson (29), improved Indianapolis looked even tougher

Ibrahim Hussein and Priscilla Welch were refreshing winners in New York's marathon

The Irish have returned to the Top 10 with a bevy of backs, a brilliant receiver and a coach who just won't allow losing

Blessings Came Twice To Gerry Faust's Akron Zips On Saturday. For openers it did not rain in the Rubber Bowl—after nine straight wet home games. Then the Zips beat Nicholls State 23-17, which is...

Thomas Hearns knocked out Juan Roldan to gain a singular boxing niche

As far as most Canadians are concerned, their pro football league is for the birds, a victim of terrible management

When senior editor Sandy Padwe was growing up in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., he often spent evenings at the 109th Field Artillery Armory in nearby Kingston, cheering on the local minor league pro...

Tom Watson, golf's slumping superstar, ended his drought, at the Nabisco

Finesse is taking a backseat as teams vie with each other to get the big bangers who can tough it out under the basket

Talk about a power serve. Steve Hinman aced me with a heave that cleared the net by at least 15 feet, causing me to lose the ball for a moment in the ceiling lights, and it crashed at my feet like...

MIXED REVIEWS Ron Mix's clear and eloquent arguments on behalf of the professional football player (So Little Gain for the Pain, Oct. 19) should strike a sympathetic chord in anyone who works hard...

Sure, rules are rules. But in the NBA, officials allow an extra step, a palm here and there, a push and a shove or a bonus tick of the clock just to let the players play

Some inside points and outside shots that will give the reader a jump on the season

Based on last season's statistics and approximate salaries, here's a novel way of looking at how a quintet of top players were paid for their performances in 1986-87.

Come the playoffs, the Pistons will have the horsepower to unseat the aging Celtics in the East, but they won't be able to dethrone the Lakers

Whether he's pouring in points or putting together business deals, high-flying Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls is out of this world