February 23, 1987 | Volume 66, Issue 8

When Geoff Bodine gambled on gasoline at Daytona, Bill Elliott was home free

Pete Dexter has lived most of his 43 years with the persistent dread that at any given moment someone on the planet might be having more fun than he is. One way he used to ease this fear was to go...

Josh Thompson's silver at the worlds was a first

Lee McRae edged a stellar sprint field in the Meadowlands

PROPAGANDA WAR

Damari Riddick, a 6'8" center for Fairleigh Dickinson, had 87 points and 28 rebounds in three victories last week. TONY WHITE, Tennessee's 6'2" guard, made 15 of 20 shots from the floor (3...

CHRIS WASHBURNRalph Wiley captured the essence of Golden State's Chris Washburn when he said (FROM THE PUBLISHER, Feb. 2), "Chris has transcendent ability, but he knows nothing of relentlessness."...

THE BLOC OF EX-ATHLETES ON CAPITOL HILL IS GROWING. HERE'S A LOOK AT TWO NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LINEUP

Close your eyes—whap!—and you can hear—whap!—batting practice—whap!—in Connie Mack Stadium. Open them, though, and you're not in Philadelphia in 1964, but in Washington, D.C., the House of...

Late on the night of Nov. 1, 1986, Tom McMillen looked for all the world like a loser. In just three days the voters of Maryland's Fourth District would send either McMillen, the Democrat, or...

For Roy Firestone, the interview is an art

PRO BASKETBALL—The road, generally hazardous to NBA teams, proved relatively hospitable. Visitors, who had won only 176 of 538 games entering the week, were 5-0 on Wednesday and 17-19 overall....

BRIAN DONARSKIDOWNERS GROVE, ILL.Brian, a junior center on the Downers Grove North High hockey team, had four goals and an assist in a 41-second span to lead the Trojans to a 17-4 victory over St....

NFL head-coach opening? Blacks need not apply

SOVIET PRO-AM DEBATE

•Mike Pollio, Virginia Commonwealth basketball coach, who uses cue cards to call plays from the bench: "Nobody can say our players can't read."