March 02, 1987 | Volume 66, Issue 9

Detroit beat Atlanta as those teams and Milwaukee slugged it out in the NBA's rugged Central Division

Playmaker John Lucas, a three-time loser to cocaine, has returned to the NBA to rejuvenate the Bucks

Defeating Iowa State sent Iowa's hopes soaring for a 10th straight NCAA crown

North Carolina's 6'9" J.R. Reid may be only a freshman, but he is in the upper class of college basketball

Michael Loeb takes over this week as director of SI's circulation department, replacing Lindsay Valk, who becomes chief of the circulation staff at our sister publication PEOPLE. "I've got...

With Louisville and Kentucky suffering through painful seasons, folks are singing the blues in the Bluegrass

An older, wiser Boris Becker deals with new pressures

...two small goalies have reversed the Jets

Peter Soens, a guard for Lynchburg College, made 11 of 11 from the floor, including all 8 of his three-pointers, during a 97-82 win over Roanoke. Grambling's CHARLES PRICE was also a perfect 5 for...

Once Kenny (Mouse) McFadden was no more than a funky rumor. That was back when Mouse seemed destined to join the Goat, the Helicopter and all those other New York City nicknames in basketball's...

York Larese used to tease his children with this trivia question: What two players scored 109 points between them in a regulation NBA game?

VISIONS OF VENUSThe Aussies can have the America's Cup. This American will take Australia's Elle Macpherson anytime (Sugar and Spice and, Oh, So Nice, Feb. 9).GEORGE C. REEDSpringfield, Ill.

Researchers are coming to the rescue of Mt. Hood climbers

PRO BASKETBALL—Washington beat the Lakers 114-99, only the third time this season the Pacific Division leaders have scored under 100, but Los Angeles bounced back with a 128-122 win over Denver, a...

DONNA FOSTVEDTCOLORADO SPRINGSFostvedt, a 37-year-old housewife, bowled two perfect games in a 20-day period at Harmony Bowl. Last autumn she bowled 10 700 series, one of them a 210-267-300—777,...

A DQ in golf suggests TV replays can go too far

FISCAL SHOWDOWN

•Kathi Hahn, wife of Ohio University's excitable basketball coach Billy Hahn, on what she thinks about when watching her husband frantically pacing and jumping up and down during games: "The...