September 04, 1978 | Volume 49, Issue 10

6—Anthony Donna18, 19—Manny Millan20, 21—George Tiedmann35—Barry Staver (top), Lynn Pelham49, 63—drawings by Sandy Huffaker64—Tom Williamson66—Jerry Cabluck72, 76—Eric Schweikardt79—Tom...

BASEBALL—Chao-Min Pan struck out 13 to lead Taiwan to an 11-1 victory over Danville, Calif. and its second straight Little League World Series title, its seventh in 10 years, at Williamsport, Pa.

MIKE FLORESHOUSTON

BRUTALITY (CONT.)Sir:Punishment Is a Crime, Part 2 of your series on brutality in football (Aug. 14 et seq. is a shockingly revealing compendium of bad sportsmanship. I think this article will go...

HOPES UP, AND DASHED

•Lee Corso, Indiana football coach, after his fifth appearance at the Big Ten kickoff luncheon: "I think I've finally arrived. For the first time in five years Woody didn't call me Lou."

Rich and ready, the Cosmos won their second consecutive Soccer Bowl from a Tampa Bay team that sorely missed its big star

By roaring off with the Grand Prix at Zandvoort, America's Andretti wheeled closer to an elusive goal: a world title

Division leaders they might be, but both the Dodgers and Phillies were in misery, especially that "happy family" in L.A.

Bud Goode, prognosticator extraordinary, feeds his Univac 1106 computer a mawful of statistics, and reports the readout: close races in all divisions of the AFC but a runaway in the NFC for...

had pro football's most effective offense last year. The Dolphins were one of the NFL's highest scoring teams, yet they ran fewer plays than most. End zones, not opponents, stopped them. Of...

, once the scourge of the National Football League, is today typical of the AFC Central. The division that built a reputation as the league's toughest during 1975 and 1976 retains the image but...

was nudged out of first place last season for the first time in six years and only the second time in 11 years, but don't look for it to happen this time around. The Raiders are ahead of the rest...

could win this division playing its reserves, its only weakness being at placekicker. When All-Pro Efren Herrera demanded to renegotiate his contract, Dallas shipped him off to Seattle. But as...

Years of toting water to Washington Redskin huddles in the late '60s must have helped prepare Staff Writer Joe Marshall for the task of putting together the scouting reports for this, our annual...

keeps hanging on, but winning in this division is getting tougher and the Vikings aren't world-beaters at defending against the run. The defensive line still exhibits the ancient trio of Alan...

should have little or no trouble winning its sixth straight NFC West title even if owner Carroll Rosenbloom decides to do the coaching himself or turn the job over to his new cheerleading squad,...

When last we left Miami Attorney Ellis Rubin, it was 1972 and he was battling Commissioner Pete Rozelle and the NFL over a 75-mile television blackout of Super Bowl VI, played in New Orleans'...

J. R. Richard, tallest man in the game, may become the first righty in the National League to strike out 300 in a season

GEORGE HENDRICK: The St. Louis centerfielder blasted four homers, including a grand slam and a three-run shot in the same game. He also batted .407, with two four-hit games, as the Cards won their...

Bill Rodgers started with 4,000 at Falmouth but as usual he ended alone

Winner of 36 of 42 races in one year and a record $128,397 in purses, a wondrous greyhound named Downing is retiring to become the sport's only syndicated stud

Roger Staubach—Mr. Straight Arrow, the Galahad of the Gridiron—gets ready to mount his white horse and ride hell out of 1978

The dramatic possibilities of tennis are both enormous and obvious, as any Alfred Hitchcock admirer is well aware. One of Hitchcock's best-known scenes occurs in Strangers on a Train, when Farley...