November 23, 1970 | Volume 33, Issue 21

BASKETBALL—NBA: Espousing the philosophy that has made Milwaukee famous, Buck Coach Larry Costello said last week. "If I geared our offense around those two guys and the other three stood around,...

28, 29—Lynn Pelham—Rapho Guillumette31—Russ Reed—Oakland Tribune32—Carl Iwasaki35—Russ Reed—Oakland Tribune36, 37—Sheedy & Long48—Leviton-Atlanta49—James Kelmartin-Baltimore News American,...

Claude Darears of Quebec City, apparently undaunted by the lack of snow, captured three of five men's events in the Sebasticook Valley Snowmobile Club's New England State Championship Drag Races,...

NUMBER, PLEASESirs:Dan Jenkins' article, Two Gods Too Many (Nov. 9), was great writing of a tough story. Never has anyone walked the tightrope so eloquently.DICK RAABWorthington, Ohio

OUT OF THE MOUTHSNear Chicago a grandmother took her 4-year-old grandson and 7-year-old granddaughter for a ride in her small car. The youngsters began squabbling over which would get to sit in...

•Joe Schmidt, Detroit Lion coach, after the New Orleans Saints beat his team on Tom Dempsey's 63-yard field goal: "It's like winning the Masters with a 390-yard hole in one on the last hole."

The Aussie team spread-eagled the World Cup field at Buenos Aires despite a borrowed putter and a bizarre itinerary

College basketball begins a new season. UCLA—who else?—is favored to win the NCAA championship again, but several teams, notably South Carolina, Jacksonville and Marquette, have a good shot at the...

Ice hockey enjoys referring to itself as the fastest of all spectator sports, but some of the best moments in hockey are those that occur when the game comes to a standstill. Here and on the...

And now, ladies and gentlemen, The Great Earl Monroe is going to whip the scarf off that table and reveal—a bowl of water! Zowie. At halftime during a Bullets-Philadelphia 76ers game, Monroe, who...

The year's top Big Red Machine belongs not to Cincinnati but to the Nebraska Cornhuskers, who flayed Kansas State and won another New Year's trip to Miami, which prompted Bob Devaney to claim No. 1

THE LINEMAN: Air Force's All-America-class receiver, Ernie Jennings, gathered in 13 passes for 174 yards and three touchdowns, which constituted the fattest part of the Falcons' 31-14 victory over...

A not so funny thing happened to Dave Romansky last Sunday morning in Glen Cove, N.Y., where he went to try to break the American record in the 50-kilometer walk. There wasn't a soul in sight....

The Kidd has retired and the U.S. Alpine ski team now has a canny old coach who wants to win—but is too smart to make any promises

Who among us has not been tempted from time to time to exploit a felicitous misunderstanding and take full credit for a piece of good work we did not accomplish? Or bask in the reflected glow of a...

They hung out on a stretch of sidewalk near Madison Square Garden, waiting for fighters to make them rich