December 04, 1978 | Volume 49, Issue 23

The New Year's Eve we did the town,The day we tore the goalposts down—We will have these moments to remember....*—FIRST IN A SERIES OF AMERICAN ROMANTIC MEMORIES

PRO BASKETBALL—Streaks, both winning and losing, were the order in the NBA. Truck Robinson scored a career-high 51 points, the most by an NBA player this season, to lead New Orleans to a 140-118...

4—Walter Iooss Jr.20, 21—Heinz Kluetmeier22—Walter Iooss Jr. (left), Heinz Kluetmeier23—Heinz Kluetmeier24—Steve Goldstein25—Peter Read Miller28—Heinz Kluetmeier29—Grant M. Haller (top), Mike...

MICHAEL RICHARDSONCOMPTON, CALIF.Michael, a defensive end, forced six fumbles, recovered four and ran two for TDs in Compton's 41-20 win over Millikan. The 6', 190-pound senior also had seven...

CHARLES WHITE & CO.Sir:I thoroughly enjoyed John Underwood's article on USC's long line of star tailbacks (It's Not Just a Run of Luck, Nov. 20). It was interesting, informative and almost...

THE PRICE OF RICE

•Tracy Steele, who has lost six of nine pro fights but isn't about to hang up his gloves: "I have the heart of a racehorse trapped inside the body of a jackass."

Earl Cambell hasn't fallen on his Heisman Trophy in the pros. No sir. Houston's amazing rookie, who ripped through Miami and Cincinnati for 321 yards, is the NFL's No. 1 rusher

Sadly, it is Detroit's millionaire goalie, Rogatien Vachon. He was a standout at L.A., but so far he has been a dud in the motor city

Rick Leach was on Woody Hayes' mind as the Michigan quarterback whipped OSU and earned his team a ticket to the Rose Bowl

Stormy John McEnroe had a big November, displaying his volatile temperament while winning two tournaments and signing on with the U.S. Davis Cup team. Curry Kirkpatrick tells what makes the...

Artist Rob Kaufman extends an invitation to his fantasy world, a vision of basketball that is hardly the game he knew as a 6'2" forward on his Chatham Township, N.J. high school team, but the game...

Staff writer John Papanek, a native of Patchogue, N.Y., spent his undergraduate days at the University of Michigan, where he got his first earful of Bob Ufer, the clamorous voice of Wolverine...

It seems a small enough claim to fame, but University of Michigan grads like to boast that their school has more living alumni, some 250,000, than any other university in the country. If this is...

That's how many victories Florida State passers Wally Woodham and Jimmy Jordan got for their coach, who never could figure out which of them should start

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OFFENSE: Mickey Elam, a lightly used 5'9", 175-pound junior running back, who was thrown in as Baylor's quarterback against Texas, ran for one touchdown and passed for another in the Bears'...

With former UCLA Coach Gene Bartow, brash Birmingham is starting at the top

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ENRIQUE APONTE: Wagner's 6'6" junior forward connected on 11 of 16 field-goal attempts and scored 26 points as the Seahawks shocked Alabama 86-74. He had 16 more points in a 108-91 loss to St. John's.

The final score was 10-10, but Minnesota still beat Green Bay

Anglers in the Pacific Northwest may hate winter rains, but now, not summer, is the time to venture forth for cutthroat

If you've thrown out the avalanche of catalogs and promotional material that lands in your mailbox this time of year, you will have missed some unusual gift ideas for those...

Marty Blum, a Bronx cowboy, found that dropping out of college didn't handicap him in his chosen profession

The first world championship gold medal for a U.S. woman gymnast was brought home from France by Marcia Frederick, who began tumbling and went straight up