November 23, 1992 | Volume 77, Issue 22

Leon JoslinSEATTLEJoslin, 80, a retired real estate salesman, set a 16-pound shot-put world best of 22'1¾" for the 80 age group, surpassing by 4¼" the previous mark, established in 1986 by Arnold...

A 20-3 Loss to the raiders on Sunday kept the Seahawks (1-9) on pace to finish the season as one of the worst offensive teams in the last half century. The lowest-scoring team in NFL history after...

SEILER'S SIDE

OFFENSEIn a 52-28 defeat of Hawaii, San Diego State's Marshall Faulk ran for 300 yards on 43 carries to become the only player besides Herschel Walker to gain more than 3,000 yards in his first...

In a fanciful locker room showdown, college athletes go to extremes to get their due from the NCAA

Ready or Not

Ron Polk, Baseball CoachMississippi State UniversityMississippi State, MS 39762

•Bob Ford in the Philadelphia Inquirer, after the Utah Jazz's lead-footed 7'4" center, Mark Eaton (left), was injured jumping for a ball: "Now, why would he go and try that after all these years?"

•Bob Knight, Indiana basketball coach, whose son is back on the team after having been dismissed following his arrest last spring on a public intoxication charge: "Pat Knight is a living example...

Steve Young cast his own shadow in leading the 49ers over the Saints

Join us on our quest to chart the luminous bodies and fading stars in the ever-changing universe of the college game

Last Friday's fight between TVKO's Al Bernstein and the viewers should have been stopped

A pair of New Yorkers, coach Rick Pitino and forward Jamal Mashburn, have raised Kentucky up from the depths of scandal

Three teams emerging from the Final Four in New Orleans will be singing the blues, leaving one atop the charts. Who? The cool Cats of Kentucky

1. Kentucky2. Kansas3. Michigan4. Memphis State5. Duke6. Florida State7. North Carolina8. Seton Hall9. Indiana10. Iowa State11. Tulane12. Iowa13. Oklahoma14. Arizona15. Louisville16. Michigan...

Freshmen Jason Kidd at Cal and Othella Harrington at Georgetown are about to assume the burden of being franchise players

Forty-four other teams will join our Top 20 in the NCAA tournament. Recent history says one of these will reach the Final Four

Colonial Athletic ConferenceJames Madison

Haven't heard of Vin Baker? You're not alone, although scouts will tell you that the University of Hartford center is a potential NBA lottery pick

Whatever you want to call it, trash talkin' is a bigger part of the game than ever—and not everybody is happy about it

Premed student Val Whiting is Stanford's prescription for another winning season

The Tide's Coming In AgainThank you for recognizing the good season Alabama is having ('Bama's a Bear Again, Oct. 26). Still, it is time America realizes that Crimson Tide fans do not bow five...

With all five starters returning from last season's championship team, including All-America Val Whiting (page 86), Stanford is the rational pick to repeat as champion at this season's final Four...

The cardboard box behind the desk of Troy (Ala.) State coach Don Maestri is overflowing with saucer-sized lapel pins emblazoned with 258—BELIEVE IT! Two hundred and fifty-eight. That is the number...

1. Rollins2. Virginia Union3. Troy State4. Kentucky Wesleyan5. Central Oklahoma6. North Dakota7. Grand Canyon8. South Dakota9. Wayne State10. Delta State

If you take Interstate 90 far enough into central Wisconsin, the udder of America's dairyland, you will reach the town of Wisconsin Dells. There you will find one of the nation's best Division III...

1. Wisconsin-Platteville2. Calvin3. Scranton4. Colorado College5. Illinois Wesleyan6. Kean7. Otterbein8. Salem State9. Emory & Henry10. Christopher Newport