Spiro Agnew

•Bob Devaney, Nebraska athletic director: "Johnny Rodgers is not only the greatest athlete I ever coached, he is the greatest athlete I have ever seen. The only thing he could not do real well was drive a car."

When R. Alan Brown won a drawing held by the Washington State University Cougar Club he reluctantly turned down the prize, a free seat on the WSU flight to the Ohio State game. Brown takes good care of his teeth, and...

•Spiro Agnew, after he was grazed by a tennis ball hit by his partner in a doubles match: "They never tell about it when I get hit."

"I could see the sweat droplets fly off Mike Quarry's body," began New York Post Sports-writer Sheila Moran's story, in suitably gee-whiz fashion, as she became the first woman to cover a boxing match from ringside...