March 09, 1981 | Volume 54, Issue 11

Edmonton's 20-year-old Wayne Gretzky is pursuing an "unbreakable" record

Familiar faces like those of Rollie Fingers and Ted Simmons, Fred Lynn and Rick Burleson, Bruce Sutter and Darrell Porter are popping up in new places, specifically the Milwaukee, California and...

Ah, baseball. Ah, the Sun Belt. Ah, spring training. Once more the national pastime has migrated lock, stock and batting helmet from the cold gray skies of the North to the sun and fun of the...

On the Tonight show a week or so ago, cartoonist Arnold Roth was reflecting on the urge to doodle. At one point in the discussion, Johnny Carson observed that all of us go through a phase of...

Of the upwardly mobile Sun Belt teams, Virginia Commonwealth is rising fastest

MIDEAST

ZAMBOLIST (Zam) FREDRICK: The 6'2" guard, with an 8.1 average over three years, had 43 points as South Carolina beat Georgia Southern 106-69, raising his average for this season to 28.9, the best...

This year's SORC winners are the guys from the Crude, whose antics are rude

4—Richard Mackson14, 15—Andy Hayt16—Richard Mackson17—Andy Hayt20—Tony Tomsic21—Rich Clarkson22, 23—Tony Tomsic24—Art Shay (top left), Tony Tomsic (top right), Rich Clarkson29—Rich...

JILL FROSTWALPOLE, MASS.Jill, 12, won the 1981 Junior Ladies Figure Skating Championship for competitors at the sixth and seventh test levels, in San Diego. She also won the New England title in...

PRO BASKETBALL—Though Houston trailed first-place San Antonio by 10½ games in the Midwest Division, many eyes were on the Rockets' Calvin Murphy. He hit five of five free throws in Houston's...

AMERICAN RENEWAL Sir: The Feb. 23 issue of SI struck me as an especially important one. Henry Grunwald's essay, American Renewal, and John Underwood's brilliant admonition and declaration of hope,...

•Donald Davidson, Houston Astro executive, extolling Pitcher Joe Niekro's ability to relax: "It takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes."