November 06, 1978 | Volume 49, Issue 19

I had nearly forfeited my match to Romaine Lewis of South Central High because my nose wouldn't stop bleeding. The ref had to interrupt the match in both the first and second rounds because my...

Racquetball may be the sport of speed and youth, as its adherents claim, but for a spectator the game is usually about as exciting as croquet at a nursing home. After watching a couple of recent...

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: Washington, which began the week undefeated, seemed to have taken up right where it left off last year. Then the Bullets dropped three straight on the West Coast and fell to...

29—Jerry Cooke, Heinz Kluetmeier30, 31—George Tiedemann63—Barton Silverman73—Richard Mackson74—Carl Iwasaki76—Tony Tomsic80, 82—Eric Schweikardt87—Hank deLespinasse92, 97—John...

GARY KUBIAKHOUSTONA senior at St. Pius High, Gary broke the Texas schoolboy career passing record during the Panthers' 43-12 win over De-Quincy (La.). So far he has passed for 5,579 yards, 94 more...

Sir:While reading my baseball encyclopedia, I realized that not only did the New York Yankees win the World Series this year to commemorate the 75th anniversary of baseball's most prestigious...

A QUESTION OF RESOLVE

CRUNCH! Unbeaten Penn State has given up an average of nine points a game while scoring 33. Maryland, also undefeated, averages eight and 27 points. John Underwood relates whose irresistible force...

They're Whitehurst and Middleton and Johnson and Gofourth, and they may have brought Bart's Packers back

Georgia players admit that the squad is not long on talent or experience, but they can prove they're not quitters

OFFENSE: Billy Sims, an Oklahoma junior, had his second straight 200-yard game as the Sooners beat Kansas State 56-19, scoring twice and gaining 202 yards in 25 tries to up his season's rushing...

The U.S. women used to be patsies but Patty, Flo and Debbie are changing that

NFL defector Terry Metcalf has hardly dazzled them in Toronto the way he did in St. Louis, but it's not all his fault

The spring of 1951 was the worst time in the history of college basketball and one of the worst in the history of American sports. Beginning with the disclosure by New York District Attorney Frank...

The Hobie Cat world championship started with 248 sailors, but when the Texas Gulf winds began howling, a South African dad and son were the coolest cats of all

Bud Delp figures he has the favorite for the Kentucky Derby in Spectacular Bid, an impressive winner at Laurel