Jim McDaniels

JUMP BALL

And for 17 other reasons, a 7' ABA center jumped to the NBA, while the Nets induced Marquette's 6'11" junior center to sign

•Russ Thomas, Detroit Lions general manager, on why NFL teams are employing more than one quarterback: "The ideal situation would be to have a 24-year-old quarterback with a 35-year-old mind backed up by a...

•Jim McDaniels of Western Kentucky, who signed for an estimated $2.8 million with the Carolina Cougars, on his rapid rate of growth as a teen-ager—four inches in three months: "I cried at night in bed. It was hurting...