March 04, 1985 | Volume 62, Issue 9

That was Jim Kelly's message as he put on a spectacular USFL aerial show at the Los Angeles Coliseum

In the days before the New Jersey Generals opened the 1985 season in Birmingham, Doug Flutie was a worried man. "I was—and still am—so scared of not being accepted," said Flutie. "For the first...

In his continuing serial, Ron Kellogg lifted Kansas over rival Oklahoma

Thanks to arbitration, Tim Raines of the Expos is the 36th million-dollar-a-year man in baseball

Minnesota made some noise in the Stanley Cup finals in 1981, but has slipped since then. Here's what happened along the way

Flying high above the rest of the NBA, old rivals Boston and Philly are on a playoff collision course

The scene above is the Bacon Street Omni in Natick, Mass., otherwise known as the iced-over backyard of staff writer Jack Falla. The ice is where we expect to find Falla, whether skating past his...

Ricky Davis, star of the U.S. soccer team and the St. Louis Steamers, is willing to sacrifice for his sport

One afternoon four months ago, Cindy Nelson won two six-packs of beer, a pizza and a pint of Häagen-Dazs ice cream by playing squash and betting on herself. Although her take was highly caloric,...

South Alabama's Terry Catledge is one high scorer with a low profile

MIDWEST

DWYANE RANDALL: The 6'7" Nevada-Reno junior forward scored 46 points, made 16 of 24 shots from the field and had 25 rebounds as the Wolf Pack defeated Idaho (87-76) and Boise State (76-74).

After decisioning Juan LaPorte, Barry McGuigan wants a title shot

In the past decade baseball has lost ground, and may lose more, to football in the marketplace, an arena in which numbers and crowd sizes are the significant indices. But baseball maintains a...

Caroming off and past the leader, a Porsche won the rich Grand Prix

The scoreboard clock showed 13:28 remaining in the first half when freshman Willie Brown made his home debut for Hofstra University in early December. It was alumni night, and a mixture of old and...

PRO BASKETBALL—On Wednesday Indiana suffered its seventh defeat in eight games, blowing a 67-57 lead over Cleveland to lose 102-92 and prompt a soul-searching, players-only meeting on Thursday....

NEWTON BARRETTMOLINE, ILL.Barrett, 94, a Methodist minister, ran a U.S. 90-to-94 age-group record 35.75 in the 100-meter dash to win his class at the Illinois Senior Olympics. The previous mark...

SUNSHINE (CONT.)Sir:Allow me to congratulate you on your latest swimsuit issue (Feb. 11). It was probably your finest ever. Your pictures captured not only the beauty and sensuality of your...

A LAW THAT NEEDS NEW MUSCLE

•Bob Richards, two-time Olympic pole vault champion and erstwhile spokesman for Wheaties: "I still eat them. A bowl of Wheaties and 10,000 hours of hard work will get you anything you want."