January 21, 1980 | Volume 52, Issue 3

As in No. 1. The team is unbeaten, thanks to its wily coach, his son the recruiter and homegrown Chicago talent like Mark Aguirre (shooting against Marquette)

4—Evelyn Floret21—John Iacono30—Kilpatrick-Detroit News Staff31—Sheedy & Long (top left), Dan Baliotti (2)32, 33—Lane Stewart34—Peter Wilson-Star Phoenix37—Howard Sochurek38—Hal...

PRO BASKETBALL—With Coach Gene Shue suspended for swinging at a ref, San Diego Assistant Coach Bob Weiss stepped in to get his first victory in the NBA. And his second and third. Lloyd Free, the...

MARK SFORZINIAUBURN, ALA.Mark, 10, defeated 14-year-old Sherry Lee of Aiea, Hawaii in the finals of the 12th World Hula Hoop championship in Las Vegas. One of nine regional titlists, all under 15,...

PICTURESSir:In all the years I have been reading sports magazines, including 25 years of SI, I have never seen the equal of the color photography in your Jan. 7 issue—especially the four pictures...

It'll be some Sunday for either the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have won three Super Bowls, or the Los Angeles Rams, who've never even gone to one. Paul Zimmerman and a cast of photographers cover...

Economics major Joe Barry Carroll is a quiet, thoughtful person, but when he plays center for Purdue, he eloquently reaffirms his claim to All-America honors

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ROBERT SCOTT: Alabama's senior guard engineered two upsets. He had nine points, seven assists, a block, a steal and the basket that beat LSU 57-56. Against Kentucky, Scott had 25 points, seven...

If ever a journalist was born to the pages of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, it's Stan Isaacs, whose parents provided him with, the perfect initials for the job and a childhood in sports-mad Brooklyn. The...

MOSCOW '80: AN OLYMPICS UNDER SIEGE

•Red Smith, The New York Times' sports columnist, on what he intended to do about the fact that his editor had killed a column in which he urged that the U.S. boycott the Olympics: "I'll write...

Inscrutable Leon got his act together—for now—and KO'd Alfredo Evangelista

There's a precious brouhaha afoot on the fairways and greens that is putting a little spice into the new TV golf season. The commotion is not among the golfers, who would benefit by stirring up a...

Unsung Mike Mitchell, the Cavs' hot scorer, is claiming attention at last

Sorry, snowbirds, but playing at USIU isn't just suntan time in San Diego