October 10, 1983 | Volume 59, Issue 16

When the playwright John Howard Payne said in 1823 that there's no place like home, he wasn't speaking of sports, but any coach worth his whistle will verify the value of the home-field advantage.

Perhaps it comes to all men, or perhaps just to middle-aged former athletes. I'm talking about the Just One More Time Syndrome: Score one more touchdown, ride one more bull, hit one more home run.

2, 3—Tony Tomsic (left), Rob Brown (top right), Bob Mummery4—John Papanek (top), George Tiedemann15—George Tiedemann18—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman20, 21—Heinz Kluetmeier22—John Iacono (top),...

BOXING—FRANK CEDEÑO won the WBC flyweight championship with a sixth-round technical knockout of Charlie Magri in Wembley, England.

PHILLIP WHITTENMARBLEHEAD, MASS.Whitten, 40, broke the world record in 50-meter backstroke for men age 40-44 at the U.S. Masters Swimming championships. His time of 29.94 also made him the first...

GUARDIAN OF THE INTERIORSir:Congratulations and thank you for the objective insights provided by Special Contributor Bil Gilbert and Writer-Reporter Robert Sullivan in the first part of your...

IN THIS SAD FISH STORY, THE NUMBERS SIMPLY DON'T LIE

•Tom Whidden, Liberty's tactician, after answering the phone when President Reagan called Skipper Dennis Conner in Newport to offer his condolences on the loss of the America's Cup to Australia...

Nebraska of '83, led by Mike Rozier (above), has the stuff to transcend Notre Dame of '24, Army of '44 and the rest

For John Papanek, who in July became a senior editor after six years as a writer, the editing of this season's hockey coverage presents a special challenge. Papanek's first close encounter with...

As the New York Islanders filed off the ice after a recent preseason practice, assistant trainer Jim Pickard put the 1983-84 National Hockey League season, which opens this week, in perspective....

The man to the left: Center Bryan Trottier of the Islanders.

NBC has hired wise old Marty Glickman to tutor its football commentators

Despite his 27 homers, 101 RBIs, .318 average and 211 hits, Baltimore Shortstop Cal Ripken downplays his chances of being the American League's Most Valuable Player. "I've always had this picture...

Toronto's Dave Stieb earned an extra $50,000 for one night's work last Friday. Stieb has a contract clause calling for a bonus of that amount if he pitches 275 innings in a season, and with one...

BOB FORSCH: The 33-year-old Cardinal righthander pitched the second no-hitter of his career by beating the Expos 3-0 in St. Louis. Forsch allowed only two Montreal runners to reach base.

After coming up to the majors on May 4, Met rookie Darryl Strawberry batted .161 with three home runs and nine RBIs in his first month. After June 4, Strawberry hit .282—to finish the season at...

Marietta College hasn't won a game in three years

OFFENSE: Oil Quarterback Gale Gilbert, a 6'3", 215-pound junior, led the Bears from 23 points behind to a 33-33 tie with Arizona, completing 24 of his 38 passes for 344 yards and two TDs.

Don't invite Memphis State's Rex Dockery and Alabama's Ray Perkins to the same coaches' clinic next summer. After spotting the Tigers 10 points last Saturday, the Crimson Tide rallied for 41 in...

Tulsa won Soccer Bowl '83 with a little assist from the NASL boss

Dave Schultz was the only U.S. winner at the Soviet-dominated worlds

In 1963 Holt, Rinehart and Winston published a book called Eight Men Out, by Eliot Asinof, about the fixing of the 1919 World Series by the Chicago White Sox. It was hailed by this magazine, among...

The name is JDavid. It first appeared in connection with the triathlon on the front of Kathleen McCartney's racing singlet at the 1982 Ironman in Hawaii. Since then, what's officially known as...