Jim Plunkett

QUARTERBACKS

A man who has played football and coached it offers some personal reflections on an ever-present but seldom discussed aspect of the sport—injuries—and the pragmatic manner in which they are often regarded

PASSER RATING, LAST SEVEN ACTIVE SEASONS

BOXING—WBC super welterweight THOMAS HEARNS retained his title with a third-round TKO of Fred Hutchings in Saginaw, Mich.

Like all of General Manager Joe Thomas' new teams, San Francisco began with a thud, losing its first five games, but then the 49ers silenced their critics and maybe saved their coach by upsetting the Lions