March 18, 1985 | Volume 62, Issue 11

GALLOPING AWAY

•Sparky Anderson, Detroit Tiger manager, asked by a sportscaster if it would be harder to win the World Series a second time: "Yes, because everybody is gunning for you."

The Hoyas heated up for an NCAA title defense by KO'ing all comers in the Big East tournament

Short on depth but long on heart, Georgia Tech won three games in 51 hours to take the ACC tourney

In a revealing home-and-home showdown, the Flyers got physical and caught up with the Patrick Division-leading Capitals

Gray and static as it may look on the page, a magazine's masthead is a living, breathing, changing thing. Indeed, sharp-eyed readers will notice that one familiar name is absent from our masthead...

In play-for-pay polo, the superstars like Florida-base Memo Gracida are whacking out handsome salaries

Wichita State forward Xavier McDaniel is at long last making a name for himself

EAST

ALFREDRICK HUGHES: The 6'5" Loyola of Chicago forward scored 71 points and pulled down 25 rebounds in the Ramblers' three victories en route to the Midwestern City tournament championship.

The so-called Golden Age of Sports gained its luster from a group of men whose exploits were prodigious, among them Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Bill Tilden, Red Grange, Bobby Jones and Tommy...

Led by silver-shoed Mike Conley, Arkansas soared to the NCAA title

In action again after surgery, Fuzzy Zoeller won the Bay Hill Classic

East Germany's Katarina Witt was a cut above the rest at the worlds in Japan

A TRAINING RUN ENDED IN THE SHOOTING OF KARI SWENSON AND THE DEATH OF A FRIEND

Since early December, a bright orange ring has been seen traveling remarkable distances above California campuses. This strange flying object can be thrown farther than anything else that can be...

The recession of the early 1980s hit Detroit hard. While the Motor City was idling, enrollment at Wayne State, a commuter school in the inner city, was dropping. It dropped from 34,408 students in...

TOM MESKANWASHINGTONMeskan, 28, a lobbyist for the National Association of Realtors and a center for the Washington Blazers in the National Novice Hockey League, made a shorthanded hat trick in a...

PRO BASKETBALL—The Detroit Pistons lost the use of their home court for the rest of the regular season when the roof of the Pontiac Silverdome caved in after a heavy snowfall. The Pistons beat New...

JOAN BENOITSir:My appreciation to Kenny Moore for as well-crafted an article as has been my pleasure to read (Her Life Is In Apple Pie Order, March 4). The qualities exemplified by Joan Benoit as...