November 27, 1989 | Volume 71, Issue 22

PRO BASKETBALL—The Pistons won their third straight game and took the Central Division lead, beating the Celtics 103-86. The victory stretched Detroit's regular-season home winning streak to 25....

GREGG HARTFORT WAYNE, IND.Gregg, a junior at Homestead High, set a national high school record by throwing the 4-pound, 6.4-ounce Olympic-sized discus 181'5". He also had a 1989 national high...

It wasn't just you, Coach, it was the whole system

•Charles Barkley, 250-pound Philadelphia 76er forward, on the advantages of playing alongside newly acquired 255-pound Rick Mahorn: "It means people will be able to see I don't have the biggest...

The U.S. squeaked past Trinidad & Tobago to reach the World Cup at long last

Mario Lemieux & Co. are letting their coach twist slowly in the wind

CLEMSONCurry Kirkpatrick's portrayal of Clemson was inaccurate and insulting (Paws! Oct. 23). Anyone of intelligence should realize that a Southern drawl, an agrarian background and the use of...

This year the Fifth Avenue mile was run on Sept. 23, the day Hurricane Hugo was supposed to blow through New York City. Everyone involved with the race was concerned with which direction the wind...

TEXILED

Giants at 49ers. Three years ago this week, New York was coming off a home win over an AFC West opponent (Denver) and heading west with a 10-2 record for a Monday-night matchup with San Francisco....

APOCALYPTIC BACKFIELD

OFFENSE:In a 57-20 win over Memphis State, Florida State senior Peter Tom Willis, playing less than three quarters, completed 23 of 31 passes for 482 yards, with no interceptions and a...

Rusty Wallace had a shaky ride to win the '89 NASCAR title and a big bonus