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BOATING—The Admiral's Cup, a four-race series for ocean-racing yachts in British waters, was won by GREAT BRITAIN for the fourth time. The British team of three boats compiled 420 points to runner-up Australia's 376,...

Controversy seems to be an essential ingredient of American sport, not a byproduct. Any good contest is likely to mean a good argument in the letters column, and a bad contest an even better one. From the vantage...

WASTED ENERGYSirs:After watching our performance in the U.S.-U.S.S.R. track meet, I would like to offer a few comments of my own. Our defeat was no disaster in itself. The usual post-Olympic letdown and our injuries...

BIG BEAT (CONT.)Sirs:I think Dan Jenkins' article, O.K., Everybody: Beat America! (July 26), is one of the most specious pieces of journalism I've read in a long time. But what is worse is the fact that inherent in...

ARCHERY—An Australian archer from Melbourne, HANS WRIGHT, compiled 3,684 points with 468 arrows at ranges of 35 to 100 yards to win the National Archerv Association's championship meet in Lafayette, Ind. GEORGE...