December 19, 1983 | Volume 59, Issue 26

The Miracle Machine recharged the arm of Terry Bradshaw, who juiced up the Steelers' playoff prospects.

The NCAA soccer final was a sweet vision for defending champ Indiana and an OT nightmare for Columbia, gem of the Ivies

One of our most popular features is FACES IN THE CROWD, which for 28 years has been saluting outstanding achievers—famous athletes at first, but now all in the outback of sport—local heroes who...

Iowa stumbled last week, but its new coach was keeping his cool

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KARL (Mailman) MALONE: The sophomore center scored 85 points, made 34 of 52 shots from the floor and had 27 rebounds as Louisiana Tech beat Centenary, Northwestern (La.) State and Kent State.

It was no surprise that free agent Dave Parker (right) bolted the Pirates for a two-year, $1.6 million contract with the Reds. What was surprising was Parker himself: When he showed up at...

JOHN McHALE: In a three-way deal that sent Scott Sanderson (6-7, 4.65 ERA) to Chicago, the Montreal president obtained lefthanded Reliever Gary Lucas (2.87 ERA, 17 saves) from San Diego.

Some of the most important people at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville last week were the hotel lobbymen, the folks who spend hours casting about for someone to trade with, swap info with or merely...

It was like '80 all over again as the U.S. Olympic team beat the Soviets 5-4

What are we to make of Peter Gent, onetime wide receiver and tight end of the Dallas Cowboys, whose third novel, The Franchise (Villard Books, $16.95), was published last month? Gent's first...

It sure isn't the same anymore at the old gym. It used to reek of liniment and sweat, and the stairs echoed with grunts all the way down to the street. You kept your gear rolled up in a damp towel...

2, 3—Jacqueline Duvoisin (top left), George Tiedemann (top right), Jerry Wachter4—(top to bottom) Fred Comegys Jr., Ken Randolph, Dennis Oda, Charlotte Kappler, Lew Stamp (2)9—Manny Millan10—John...

PRO BASKETBALL—New Jersey Guard Otis Bird-song and Dallas Forward Mark Aguirre each sang themselves a winning rendition of Happy Birthday to You. Birdsong celebrated turning 28 with 10...

ANTHONY BROWNSALEM, N.J.Anthony, a 205-pound senior at Salem High, rushed for 235 yards on 27 carries and scored three touchdowns to lead the 9-0-2 Rams past Woodstown 41-6. His first TD broke...

ONE MORE FOR THE CHAMPSir:Regarding Muhammad Ali's record 28 covers (19TH HOLE, Dec. 5), I believe the number should be 29. A check through my collection revealed that Ali (Clay) also appeared on...

"FIGHTING IS WHAT I DO BEST. IT'S WHY I WAS BORN"

•Larry Shenk, Phillies public relations man, on the team's purge of veteran players: "Without Rose, Perez and Morgan, I save 10 pages in my press guide."