February 16, 1981 | Volume 54, Issue 8

THE CONTINUING SAGA OF DR. MAZZA AND HIS "GOOD FRIENDS"

•Tom Landry, commenting on the fact that he's the only coach the Dallas Cowboys have ever had: "That's one way to look at it. The other is that I haven't had a promotion in 21 years."

Repeated efforts by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED to reach the three Boston College players for their response failed.

The MastermindHenry Hill, 37, long associated with organized crime, former resident of Rockville Centre, Long Island. He was instrumental in planning the $5.85 million theft of cash and jewels—the...

A tiger by the tail is what the Southeastern Conference has in first-place LSU, which is ranked in the Top Five nationally. Burning brightest for Coach Dale Brown are bayoutiful Rudy Macklin and...

When we say Senior Writer Curry Kirkpatrick had a large hand in this issue, we're just trying to give him a fair shake. Kirkpatrick has spent much of the last month pressing flesh, giving skin and...

Except for the information on the plaques honoring the nine black players in baseball's Hall of Fame and in the few books on the subject, knowledge of the old Negro leagues is hard to come by....

Oklahoma State's Cowboys, erstwhile plodders, are currently blazin' away

MIDWEST

DURAND (RUDY) MACKLIN: Louisiana State's 6'7" senior forward had 31 rebounds, converted 18 of 25 field-goal attempts and scored 49 points to lead the Tigers to victories over Vanderbilt and...

Riding the Montreal bench is traditional even for No. 1 pick Doug Wickenheiser

A new crop of winners popped up at the 1981 nationals in San Diego, transforming a usually balletic sport into a rip-roaring athletic contest of rare fire and zest

So far in his career, 3-year-old Lord Avie has taken good care of his 12 owners, who, with corporate bated breath, are now looking ahead to the Triple Crown

As an often embattled swimmer, I have mixed feelings about Swimming for Total Fitness (Dolphin Books/Doubleday & Company, Inc., $10.95) by Jane Katz, Ed.D., with Nancy P. Bruning. My unease...

4—Jay Leviton—Atlanta14, 15—courtesy Sub Turri—Boston College Yearbook (3), Boston College 1978-79 Media Guide (insets)17—Paul Kennedy19—Boston College 1978-79 Media Guide21—Jerry Wachter22—Manny...

PRO BASKETBALL—While Philadelphia was putting some distance—2½ games—between itself and Boston in the Atlantic Division (page 28), third-place New York was also winning. The Knicks defeated San...

VICKY LaROUECHBATTLE CREEK, MICH.LaRouech, 31, coach of two girls' teams at Pennfield High, guided the 1979 volleyball squad to a 33-5 record and the state Class B title. Her 1980-81 basketball...

SUPER SUNDAYSir:Paul Zimmerman's story on the Super Bowl (This Was the Time for One Good Man, Feb. 2) was superb. Because of all the excitement up here, I didn't get to watch very much of the...