February 27, 1989 | Volume 70, Issue 9

Boxing has long attracted exemplary american writers, including Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, Norman Mailer and Joyce Carol Oates. Before he's through, special contributor Gary Smith may rank...

STEINBRENNER ASCENDANT

•Mike Eisenberg, 5'10", 220-pound basketball coach at New York City Technical College, describing the effect created when he stands next to his 6'6", 133-pound guard Martin Lacewell: "We look like...

Pernell Whitaker followed that sound advice and won a title from Greg Haugen

In his 17th crack at the Daytona 500, Darrell Waltrip finally squeezed out a win

Dixieland Brass won the $130,000 Fountain of Youth in resounding fashion

SCOUTS VS. SCOUTSAs I read your article on the Wilderness Scouts (Good Scouts Indeed, Feb. 6), I felt a sense of shame. That the Boy Scouts of America would resort to such cowardly tactics in an...

THE LONG GOODBYE

SCOTT HAFFNEREvansville 's 6'4" senior guard scored 130 points in three victories. In the Purple Aces' 109-83 win over Dayton, Haffner converted 23 of 29 shots, including 11 three-pointers, while...

PRO BASKETBALL—In the Atlantic Division, the pacesetting Knicks won two of three games and took a 5½-game lead over the second-place Sixers, who split their four games. In the second of...

KELLY JOY ANDERSONBRADENTON, FLA.Kelly, 13, was named the state's outstanding female swimmer of 1988 in the 11-12 age group after winning nine events at Florida's Junior Olympics. She holds the...

Criticizing abuses at a local college can be risky business