November 22, 1982 | Volume 57, Issue 22

The first time I fell off, I didn't actually fall. I was dragged.

While visiting my daughter Liza at Cornell recently, I stopped by an off-campus hangout called the Chapter House and, as I waited for a beer, I looked at the wall above the bar and saw my youth....

4—John Iacono19—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman26, 27—Mickey Pfleger28—Richard Mackson (top right), Mickey Pfleger (2)29—Mickey Pfleger (2)30, 31—Richard Mackson (right), Mickey Pfleger (3)32,...

BASKETBALL—The outcome was predictable when Seattle, the Pacific Division leader, tangled with hapless Houston on Sunday. Thanks to midweek losses to San Diego, New York and Cleveland, the...

MARK BRELANDBROOKLYNBreland, 19, world amateur welterweight champion, ran his career record to 84-1 by decisioning Candelario Duvergel during a USA-Cuba dual meet in Reno. Amateur Boxer of the...

JUNIOR TENNIS LESSONSSir:The article (The Glitter Has Gone, Nov. 8) on Lori Kosten by Barry McDermott should be required reading for every parent who has a child in sports. It is extremely well...

What makes New Hampshire's Wildcat Valley Trail a singular cross-country skiing adventure is the mile after mile of relentless downhill. The trail begins at the top of Wildcat Mountain and ends in...

WINNING AND CHEATING

•Billy Tubbs, Oklahoma basketball coach, on Sooner stars Chucky Barnett and David Little, who ranked one-two in Big Eight scoring last season: "Chucky's idea of good defense is taking the ball...

It was a glorious day in Vegas for Ray Mancini until he found what it had cost challenger Duk-Koo Kim

Alexis Arguello's 38-foot yacht lay at its berth at the King's Bay Yacht Club near Miami, its name, The Champ, lettered in gold on its transom. Also in gold were three crowns painted beneath the...

Though Clemson won a share of the ACC title, it faced expulsion from the postseason scene by the NCAA

Associate Writer Pat Putnam's piece on WBA junior welterweight champion Aaron Pryor (SI, Nov. 8) took him to McAfee, N.J., and the following week's cover story on Sugar Ray Leonard's retirement...

That's how far Anthony Carter, the All-America from Michigan, will go when he gets his hands on the ball

For years this hunter tried vainly to bag a Canada goose, but when his chance came, he got triple trouble

At 0:00, surprising Penn made a second-chance field goal to beat Harvard

OFFENSE: Henry Ellard, a senior wide receiver for Fresno State, caught seven passes—all of them in the first half—for 222 yards and scored 80-and 72-yard TDs during a 45-14 win over Montana State.

In sports-talk radio, Cleveland's Pete Franklin is the champ of insults

The offensive guard and team captain shows up for the weekly game wearing a 10-gallon hat, a red cape and bikini briefs and riding his 7-year-old daughter's hobbyhorse. One of the linebackers is...

After years of sluggish performance, the Pistons are now finally cruising

L.A. rookie scoring whiz Bernie Nicholls is eating up the opposition