October 22, 1979 | Volume 51, Issue 17

The New York Rens were a team of black basketball players who traveled across half a continent and a quarter of a century before coming to rest in the Basketball Hall of Fame. From the time...

BASEBALL—After five games, the Orioles led the Pirates three wins to two in the 76th World Series (page 24).

24, 25—(Clockwise from top) Jerry Wachter-Focus on Sports, James Drake, Heinz Kluetmeier, Manny Millan, Heinz Kluetmeier26—Jerry Wachter-Focus on Sports27—Heinz Kluetmeier28—Walter Iooss Jr....

PATTI LYONSWEST ROXBURY, MASS.Lyons, 26, broke the women's world record for the half marathon (13.1 miles), in Manchester, Vt., with a time of 1:14:03,47 seconds better than the previous mark. In...

HOCKEY INSIGHTSir:Kudos to Ken Dryden for a thoughtful, objective analysis of the state of hockey in North America today (A Game in Search of Some Contests, Oct. 8). Dryden, the consummate...

Works of art by the New York painter Robert M. Cunningham (who has, among other things, illustrated 16 SI stories) are now available to all—and for just a few cents apiece. Cunningham has designed...

What do Greta Garbo, Jesse Owens, Al Oerter, Wilma Rudolph and George Murphy's father have in common? Well, a picture of each hangs in the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in Charleston, W. Va.

WEATHERBALLThe foul weather that prevailed during the World Series diminished the quality of play and alternately soaked and froze the fans. Some critics accordingly suggested it was time to turn...

•Pat Paolella, catcher on the American University baseball team, describing his ambition in life: "My idea of paradise is to be the bullpen coach for the Toledo Mud Hens, live in a trailer and go...

Mr. Rodgers' neighborhood certainly seems to be the Big Apple; although he lives in Boston, Bill Rodgers has won the New York City marathon three straight times. Sarah Pileggi is on hand to see if...

Brigham Young invaded Utah State's Cache Valley for a duel between the nation's top offensive teams. When the shooting stopped, BYU had a 48-24 victory

OFFENSE: Turk Schonert, a senior quarterback, rallied Stanford to a 21-21 deadlock with No. 1-ranked USC as he hit on 16 of 27 passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns and scored the tying...

Jacques Lemaire is alive and well and, indeed, thriving in Sierre, Switzerland

Here is Henry Wiggen, at age 39 handed his release by the New York Mammoths, reflecting on the beginning of his illustrious career: "When I first come it looked like for ever. I was confident, I...

Bill Rogers took home the World Match Play title, but Isao Aoki took a home

Four views on whether Thomas Wolfe really knew what he was talking about by...

A private dialect and a secret idol reappear in the familiar surroundings of The Lodge

Every time things began to look up for the alum, someone shot them down

Winning might not be everything, but who wants to come home and just be depressed?