Denver survived a Cleveland rally to win a return trip to the Super Bowl
The Redskins dug deep to beat the Vikings for the NFC title
Ben Johnson flew 2,800 miles to win twice in two days and set a world best
Bradley's Hersey Hawkins, the nation's top scorer, has raised his game in grand fashion
High-scoring Calgary center Joe Nieuwendyk has put a clamp on the NHL's rookie-of-the-year award
Nah-nah-nah-nah-na-nah, CBS and NBC are feuding
Italy's Alberto Tomba, 21, has exploded onto the World Cup ski scene. Now he has his sights set on the Calgary Games
January 25, 1988 | Morin Bishop
Stirring a state whose teams are unaccustomed to such lofty heights, Maine is No. 1 in all college hockey
January 25, 1988 | Hank Hersch
Lafayette (Fat) Lever may finally get the NBA All-Star recognition he deserves
January 25, 1988 | Edited by Gay Flood
DR. Z'S ALL-PROSPaul Zimmerman's All-Pro team (The Best of the Best, Jan. 11) is perfect, except for his choice of running backs Herschel Walker and Curt Warner over Charles White and Eric...
Steve Pate shone in a starless field at a rain-shortened TOC
January 25, 1988 | Morin Bishop
MOST UPSETTING
January 25, 1988 | Morin Bishop
DANA BARROSBoston College's 5'11" junior guard scored 57 points in two victories, 68-66 over Georgetown and 85-70 over Seton Hall. Barros played all but five seconds and committed only two turnovers.
The home arena and uniform look pretty much the same, even if the former isn't as full and the latter isn't as filled out. The face and playing style are familiar, too, though the mug is more...
A new selection process saved the day for sliders at the U.S. Olympic trials
I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but bowling may have an image problem. Why is this, and why should we, as citizens, care? It's not good for America for bowling to fret. Bowling...
January 25, 1988 | Michael Brody
There's a story behind this NFL official's number
PRO BASKETBALL—Celtic great Bill Russell got a standing ovation when he returned to Boston Garden for the first time as Sacramento coach, but that was all the courtesy that the Celtics showed him;...
January 25, 1988
SANDY McLACHLINDRESDEN, ONT.Sandy, 16, won the women's world horseshoe pitching title in Eau Claire, Wis. She pitched a world-record 88.2% ringers to beat Diane Cantin of Saint Raymond, Que., who...
Alysheba: Horse of the Year or Druggie of the Year?
AN ODDSMAKER'S ODD VIEWS
•Reggie Jackson, on a $1 million-plus offer he has received to play ball in Japan next year: "Guys who play there say it gets awfully lonely. Hell, for the money they're talking, I can buy some...
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