November 29, 1982 | Volume 57, Issue 23

In the case of Billy Joe Hedgepath, the Free Agent Scouting Combine (FASC) did its job: It got him a chance. As a 5'10", 197-pound halfback from Southwest Missouri State, Hedgepath had been passed...

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OFFENSE: Junior Quarterback Ben Bennett paced Duke to a 23-17 upset of North Carolina by hitting on 25 of 34 passes for 273 yards and a touchdown against the nationally top-ranked Tar Heel defense.

Some of y'all may recall when I told you in these pages about the days when me and four other worthless cowboys were getting it down the road from one rodeo to another (SI, April 2, 1979). If you...

6—Manny Millan24, 25—Manny Millan26, 27—Manny Millan (top, bottom center), Carl Skalak (2)28—Jerry Wachter29—Tony Tomsic39—Roy Hobson (bottom)49—Richard Mackson50—Jerry Wachter51—Bill Luster52,...

BASKETBALL—Chicago Guard Reggie Theus can't seem to get off the number 111, and because of that the revitalized run-and-gun Bulls shot up in the Central Division standings. For the second time...

JEROME DAUSMANARLINGTON, VA.Dausman, 29, consultant to a public accounting firm, wheeled and dealed his way to first place in the sixth U.S. Monopoly Championships. He survived play against 50...

SUGAR RAY'S RETIREMENTSir:Many thanks for that great cover shot of Sugar Ray Leonard (Nov. 15), which, unfortunately, will probably be his last. What a fitting tribute to the best welterweight...

THE STRIKE: THE WINNERS. THE LOSERS. AND WHO DID WHAT TO WHOM

The following are some significant contract gains made by the players as a result of the strike:

The NFL finally resumed play, but 2-0 teams Buffalo and Miami proved that without practice it's hard to be perfect

For Joe Montana the question is: Will he remember the great NFL strike of 1982 for the $140,000 in salary that he lost, or for his 408 yards on 26-for-39 passing against St. Louis in the 49ers'...

...but last weekend the author and his Viking teammates foundered

Larry Anderson was bouncing a basketball as he walked across the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus. "I'm serious," he said. "It seems like the farther out I am, the better I feel it....

To paraphrase the Four Tops, it's the same old song for the UCLA Bruins. They are quick, talented and two-deep at every position and have four starters returning from a team that went 21-6. But it...

Ralph Sampson will live out his final year at Virginia on The Lawn, in a modest room where the only plumbing is a sink. The 7'4" center is one of only 54 students, all seniors, who rate a room on...

Though Coach Rollie Massimino may look a little different this season after shedding 35 pounds, his team won't. Four starters return from last year's 24-8 squad that advanced to the NCAA's final...

It didn't take Billy Thompson long to discover that life in the country—or, at least, in Louisville—isn't quite as mellow as it might have seemed from his vantage point in Camden, N.J. The 6'8"...

Though Coach Dean Smith now has the monkey off his back, there's no need to fear there will be a complacent paunch around North Carolina's collective middle. The defending national champs simply...

Is there anything Keith Lee can't do, except gain weight? Yes. Keith Lee can't play point guard. The opponents on Memphis State's 20-win (at least) schedule should consider themselves lucky. Lee...

This team lost its best offensive player under 7 feet tall (Sleepy Floyd), its best defensive player under 7 feet tall (Eric Smith) and its meanest player under 7 feet tall (Ed Spriggs). Its best...

The Southeastern Conference can be a tough place for a wimp, says a man who ought to know. "Brute strength is the most important thing in the SEC," states Alabama Coach Winfrey (Wimp) Sanderson....

For months now, basketball fans in Kentucky have been wondering how a program with the biggest and best of everything can lose to a Middle Tennessee in the opening round of the NCAA tournament....

In Oklahoma, where the football spiral comes whistling down the plain, basketball is reaping a whirlwind of interest. "I used to beg people to come out to games," says Guard Bo Overton. "Now...

At a recent practice, Indiana Coach Bobby 'Knight called over Ted Kitchel, his sweet-shooting senior forward. "Kitchel," began Knight, "do you have any idea how old I am? I've been screaming at...

The situation is under control at Tennessee, which means the Vols haven't brought in Godzilla and Mothra from a juco, didn't sign everybody's Ultra-All-Universe out of high school, will continue...

The Hawkeye fan, now immortalized in a poster that depicts an advanced state of inebriation ($3.75 at the university bookstore, $4 elsewhere), is loyal, generous and spirited. Why, last year when...

For years now, the Oregon State football team has played like the Northwestern of the Northwest. But every fall, just when the losses and rains threaten to establish a feeling of permanent gloom...

The two best centers in college basketball are Virginia's Ralph Sampson and Georgetown's Pat Ewing, which is why they play a major role in this, our 26th annual college basketball issue. A major...

Missouri plays a schedule that Coach Norm Stewart calls "professional suicide." The Tigers open against defending national champion North Carolina, have other early-season games with Oregon State,...

Practice was over and West Virginia's Greg Jones sat on the training table getting his calluses scraped by Trainer Jack Brautigam. "Ow! I'm telling you, Jack, I'm going to sue you if you don't...

Last season Illinois State made a memorable debut in the Missouri Valley Conference by bringing defense to what had been known as a run-'n'-gun league, limiting Valley opponents to only 58 points...

Remember Cal State-Fullerton? Cal State-Who? That's what a lot of folks were saying in 1978 when Cal State-Who came within an eyelash of advancing to the NCAA Final Four. But when George McQuarn...

When James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. fancified its name from Madison College and became a Division I basketball team six years ago, the world outside the Shenandoah Valley didn't...

These 32 teams should be among the 52 that receive bids to the expanded NCAA tournament

What happens when an irresistible force such as Ralph Sampson meets an immovable object like Patrick Ewing? We'll know for sure on Dec. 11

Deon Mayfield, 20, should have known that no good can come to an athlete who spreads his efforts over three events as demanding and specialized as the high, long and triple jumps. The muscles and...

When Ted Turner's superstation, WTBS, bought the television rights to the Ewing vs. Sampson game for $575,000 last summer, it landed the most important sports event ever to appear on "basic" cable...

That's what a lot of experts think about freshman Cheryl Miller of top-rated USC

1. SOUTHERN CAL2. TENNESSEE3. LOUISIANA TECH4. OLD DOMINION5. GEORGIA6. MARYLAND7. LONG BEACH STATE8. TEXAS9. CHEYNEY STATE10. KANSAS STATE

Spud Webb of Midland College, the defending NJCAA champ, is 5'6" (almost), but he plays as if he's 6'6"

Record-setting End Henry Ellard helped Fresno State bag a bowl bid