March 07, 1988 | Volume 68, Issue 10

Now it's sleeper holds and airplane spins for a grand master

STEREOTYPESI applaud Phil St. John's efforts (SCORECARD, Feb. 1) to address the appalling manner in which the U.S. treats Native Americans. All concerned citizens must confront racism on several...

XV WINTER OLYMPICS

FINNELL WHITECHARLESTON, S.C.Finnell, a senior guard, scored 79 points, made a 64-foot three-pointer to end the first half and a game-winning three-pointer with :06 left as Lowcountry Academy beat...

By George, you'd better shape up by 1992—or else!

Walleye, chinook, bluegill—to anglers, these names conjure up images of fishing trips past. Game fishing in the 1990s may call to mind a more unusual image, like that of a 100-pound chinook that...

John L. Sullivan is a name that reverberates throughout sport. The Boston Strong Boy was the king of boxing a hundred years ago, the first heavyweight champion of the world. He transcended the...

HARVEY KUENN, 1930-1988

•Whitey Herzog, Cardinals manager, upon arriving at a St. Louis banquet right after a flight from Japan: "I should be hungry, but I've already had breakfast and lunch tomorrow."

Senior writer Frank Deford's profile of University of Arkansas basketball coach Nolan Richardson Jr., which begins on page 94, is substantively no different from any other feature that has...

Yogi was wrong. Sometimes it is over before it's over. The unusual thing about the Olympic ice dancing competition was that the outcome seemingly was decided 11 months ago—after the 1987 world...

Alberto Tomba, the bon vivant of Calgary, won two gold medals

Sometimes on a bitter, starry night, when a pockmarked moon rises from behind the Alaskan landscape, a wolf howls near John Suter's house. As its cries echo along the banks of Knik Inlet, Suter's...

The Soviets struck gold again, and now may strike more in the NHL

A 6'10", 230-pound grain silo of a guy is standing in Dean Nicholson's office at Central Washington University, in Ellensburg. The silo tells the Wildcat basketball coach that he has played for...

The network gets a mark of just 4.8 for its Olympic coverage

Matti Nykänen streaked down the run and into history

The PGA Tour still refuses to lay out the welcome mat for Spain's Seve Ballesteros

MARK BRYANTSeton Hall's 6'9" senior forward had 32 points and 16 rebounds in an 89-72 upset of Pitt. In the Pirates' 84-58 win over Villanova, he tied a Big East record with 38 points and had 18...

Nolan Richardson of Arkansas has seen a career of triumph nearly toppled by tragedy

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