December 22, 1986 | Volume 65, Issue 27

Jesse Orosco made the final toss in a wondrous World Series.

A BIG MAC FROM SAN DIEGO

Kevin McReynolds, be forewarned. Here are the I Hate New York All-Stars, players who in recent years have blamed disappointing past performances on the Big Apple:

Doug Riggs, a Providence (R.I.) Journal reporter, writes in his introduction to Keelhauled: Unsportsmanlike Conduct and the America's Cup (Seven Seas Press, Inc., $19.95) that the book began as...

Marcus Aurelius Burr has been a sports writer for 15 years, and he has no idea how to bet on a football game. Neither does Lieutenant Harvey Danzig, a detective in Brooklyn, who asks Burr to find...

The best and the boneheaded of '86 receive their just rewards

Bonecrusher Smith won the fight, Don King won the money

SEOUL MAN

St. Leo held Navy to a 92-57 win just 48 hours after losing to Georgetown by 75—a 40-point improvement. Good luck to the Monarchs in their upcoming games against Iowa's twin powers, Cornell...

Vanderbilt had fun with Indiana. The student newspaper published a "Stevie" (Alford) calendar ("Thursday: comb hair.... Friday: admire yourself...."). Then the home team shocked the Hoosiers 79-75...

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Sportswear and sporting equipment are not, of course, interchangeable terms. Parkas, slacks and swimsuits are useful but not necessary to skiing, golf and scuba diving. But now an imaginative New...

PRO BASKETBALL—The highlight of Atlanta's perfect 4-for-4 week came against Chicago on Wednesday in a matchup between the Hawks' Dominique Wilkins, last year's NBA scoring leader, and Chicago's...

WINNIEWINNETKA, ILL.Winnie, a six-year-old golden retriever and aspiring ball girl, loves tennis balls and can hold three of them in her mouth at the same time. She can also lie on her back and...

What began with Jackie Robinson is not yet done

In the English village of Buttermere, Cumberland (pop. 50), the winner of the annual fell race crosses the finish line in pleasant spring sunshine. David Cartridge, of Bolton, Lancashire, has run...

CALL FOR A FRESH START

•Dale Tallon, Blackhawks broadcaster, during a game between Chicago and Winnipeg: "I wouldn't say it's cold, but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman."

L.A.'s rejuvenated Lakers snapped the Celtics' Garden winning streak, exposing a barren Boston bench

Cleveland's erratic defense shut down a high-powered Cincinnati attack to take the AFC Central title

The America's Cup challengers are down to the final four, and the New York Yacht Club, alas, is not one of them

PENN STATE'S 40 BASEAs QB Shaffer does a reverse pivot and pitches the ball to TB Dozier, TE Brian Siverling hooks the left end, and G Dan Morgan pulls right to seal off the inside. Man blocking...

As you've no doubt noticed, our cover has a new look this week. The typeface on the logo is new and, to make it more legible, larger. Also, SPORTS and ILLUSTRATED in our logo are stacked,...

CREAM-PUFF CHAMPIONSAttaboy, Rick Reilly, for your piece on the wimpy schedules that major colleges are playing (It Only Hurts For A Little While, Nov. 24). The Miami Hurricanes would be reduced...