February 03, 1986 | Volume 64, Issue 5

PRO BASKETBALL—Houston, the Midwest Division-leader, increased its margin over Denver to five games with a 3-0 week. In the third victory, Akeem Olajuwon scored 12 of his 27 points in the fourth...

SAM FAIVREBRANDON, VT.Sam, a senior at Otter Valley Union High, won the Vermont Division II cross-country championship for the second consecutive year. He also won the Marble Valley League...

EYEING THE HAWKSir:Thanks to Steve Wulf for his fabulous feature on Ken (The Hawk) Harrelson (The Hawk: A Nose For All Seasons, Jan. 20). I have no doubt the big guy will deal the White Sox to the...

"No matter where you go, there you are," observed Dr. Emilio Lizardo, the villain of the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. That '80s-style comic-book credo is the sort of thing espoused by...

A BASKETBALL PROGRAM IN TURMOIL

•Mike Bossy, New York Islanders wing, when told that his hair was turning gray: "That's a pigment of your imagination."

Predictably unpredictable, Jim McMahon labored long to make all of that hucksterism and hype work for him

After 25 years and 52 games, the Bears finally won one from UCLA

MIDWEST

SCOTT SKILES: Michigan State's 6'1" senior guard scored 40 points, making 15 of 20 field-goal attempts, and added eight assists and three steals as the Spartans upset third-ranked Michigan 91-79.

So the NHL playoff structure hurts; Hartford might get there anyway

Standing on the pitcher's mound, righthander Tom Brennan starts into his windup. He raises his left leg until his knee is waist high, lowers his hands and freezes. Then, as if remembering there is...