February 06, 1989 | Volume 70, Issue 5

Mitch Richmond, strongman for Golden State, is at the top of the NBA's first-year class

After competing for their college teams and then slogging through the Olympic trials, after falling short in Seoul and then soaring in their initial NBA games, after 14 months of games and...

EAGLES-BEARSI was a little disappointed in Paul Zimmerman's article about the NFC playoff game between the Eagles and the Bears (The Game Was Lost in the Fog, Jan. 9). Why so much commotion about...

PASSING THE TEST

KIRK MANNSMichigan State's 6'1" junior guard came off the bench to score 64 points in wins over Purdue and Minnesota. In the 106-83 victory over Purdue, he had 40 points, including eight...

PRO BASKETBALL—In a matchup of two of the NBA's hottest teams, the SuperSonics defeated the Bucks 112-106 to extend their winning streak to six games and halt Milwaukee's string of victories at...

TERESA WEATHERSPOONPINELAND, TEXAS

COCAINE CONNECTIONS II

•Abe Lemons, basketball coach at Oklahoma City University, of two disgruntled alumni who visited his office: "They wanted to buy up my contract, but neither had change for $20."

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