March 21, 1983
4—Brian Lanker15—AP20, 21—Andy Hayt22—Jerry Wachter23—Andy Hayt24—Jerry Wachter (top), Andy Hayt25—Andy Hayt26, 27—Peter Read Miller (top), Richard Mackson (2)28, 29—David Lissy (top), Tony...
PRO BASKETBALL—When Houston Forward Major Jones pleaded "no contest" to a drunk-driving charge last week, he unwittingly described most of the games his team has played this season. The 11-53...
March 21, 1983
SOPHIE PORTERWILMINGTON, DEL.Sophie, 17, a senior at Choate Rosemary Hall school, took every game of her five matches to win the national junior girls' squash title in Philadelphia. She defeated...
March 21, 1983 | Edited by Gay Flood
Sir:What a difference a year makes. Herschel Walker was on the cover of your March 7 issue ("Hitting Pay Dirt") almost one year to the day after another Walker cover (March 1, 1982) asked: "Will...
By now, just about every baseball fan is aware of the game's newest official stat—it's only three years old—the game-winning RBI, the ribbie that puts a team ahead to stay. It means that if you...
BEYOND THE BURFORD CASE AND INTO AN ACID HAZE
•The Rev. John Lo Schiavo, president of the University of San Francisco, when asked if Queen Elizabeth had said anything to him when he attended a state dinner for her in San Francisco: "Yes, she...
March 21, 1983 | Curry Kirkpatrick
Inspired by a familiar setting, St. John's defeated nemesis Boston College for the Big East championship
Oakland's USFL entry got a rousing welcome from 47,344 jilted NFL fans
March 21, 1983 | William Oscar Johnson
March 21, 1983 | Jim Kaplan
It's a rare rookie who's able to become a starting shortstop, but this spring there are a number of newcomers who could turn the trick: Oakland's Tony Phillips moves with grace afield and speed on...
Second Baseman Bill Doran hit .302 for Tucson and .278 in 26 games with the Astros.
March 21, 1983 | Philip G. Howlett
When a baseball player starts peppering his conversation with Wall Street buzz words like "upside potential" and "downside risk," you may think he's paying more attention to his stocks than his...
March 21, 1983 | Bruce Newman
The U.S. skaters swept the individual world titles at Helsinki
Iowa had it easier than ever in winning its sixth straight NCAAs
Playing on their own court, the Hoosiers beat Ohio State for the Big Ten title
March 21, 1983 | Alexander Wolff
LEROY COMBS: Oklahoma State's 6'8" senior center was the tournament's MVP for scoring 69 points, getting 33 rebounds and making 11 steals in three games as the Cowboys won the Big Eight title.
March 21, 1983 | Joy Duckett
Personalized linen, license plates, clothing, luggage, marathon finishes. Marathon finishes? For sure, at least for the first 13,500 or so interested runners who crossed the line in last year's...
No matter who pays what, baseball's new network deal will make it a winner
March 21, 1983 | Bobby Mitchell
Nineteen eighty-two was one terrific year for purple. Kansas State actually got to a bowl game, and Northwestern actually won a football game. In fact, three of 'em. When I think of purple, which...
March 21, 1983 | Richard Phelan
On Sept. 15, 1896, on a stretch of prairie a few miles north of Waco, Texas, two steam locomotives, each going 60 mph and each pulling six boxcars, crashed head on. At least forty thousand...
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