Cabbage Patch Kids

Mike MoranUSOC spokesman, defusing a possible controversy after the Cabbage Patch Kids joined Izzy as official mascots of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta: "Izzy can be looked at as the captain of the mascot team."

Korean Air Lines flight 007 is shot down, a barracks in Beirut is blown up, and a war in Grenada is over almost before it begins. Cabbage Patch Kids are born, and a pair of Bears—Bryant and Halas—die. Hooray for the...

The late Red Smith used to remind his more sanctimonious colleagues that sports are just games little boys play. Well, Red's dictum came true with a vengeance in 1983. Little boys and little girls were not only...

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