November 05, 1990 | Volume 73, Issue 19

These video games are a duffer's dream come true

Before the season, NBA General Managers received a videotape of the Top 10 hits of recent years from the league office. They were not gifts that moved the G.M.'s to sing along. The tape is a...

OFFENSEHouston's junior quarterback David Klingler completed 34 of 51 passes for 457 yards and seven touchdowns as the undefeated Cougars beat Arkansas 62-28. It was Klingler's sixth 400-yard game...

Two months into the season both the USC Trojans and their quarterback Todd Marinovich find themselves in unlikely, and unaccustomed, places. With two conference losses, USC has been all but...

ONE MORE REASON

In his 5½ years as an NFL wide receiver, Jerry Rice of the 49ers has set himself apart as few other pro athletes have. Since entering the league in 1985, Rice has caught 75 touchdown passes, 30...

TEA AND SYMPATHY

Raiders at Chiefs. Bo knows the way to Arrowhead Stadium. It's right across the street from his baseball home, Royals Stadium. One bit of friction here, though: The folks at Nike called the Chiefs...

An edition of A.J. Liebling essays is knockout reading

A cross-country slog became drearier once the author learned a friend had died

BOXING—Evander Holyfield knocked out the defending champion, James (Busier) Douglas, in the third round to win the undisputed world heavyweight title, in Las Vegas (page 76).

MARY MLINARCIKFAIRMONT, W.VA.Mlinarcik, 43, a sophomore physical-education and health major at Fairmont State, is an all-conference cross-country runner who finished ninth out of 64 runners at the...

Athletes could earn goodwill by giving back some loot

Associate picture editor George Washington has an eye for a good shot. For the last five weeks he has been sifting through 10,000 slides, culling the best pictures to be used for this week's NBA...

YES TO BIG GREEN

•Yogi Berra, reminiscing during a TV interview about New York Yankee battery mate Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series: "It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it...

•SPORTS TALKHaving just completed a six-month assignment hosting a nationally syndicated radio sports talk program, I was pleased to see Geoffrey Norman's story Yak Attack (Oct. 8). It was...

Even on one of the saddest days in racing history, there were uplifting moments, though they were all but lost in the gloom that surrounded Breeders' Cup VII. Only 30 or so minutes after the death...

By marking their catches, anglers uncover data on fish growth and movement