December 5, 1983 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
FOR TRACK AND FIELD NUTS, THE LITTLE GREEN BOOK PUTS IT ALL IN A NUTSHELL
Kentucky
Sam Bowie did everything but score a basket as Kentucky blew out Louisville in the rivalry that wasn't—but now is
By wading in like his slugging dad, Marvis Frazier fell to Larry Holmes
By Pat Putnam
Skins Game
No Skinsflints Around Here, For Sure
When golf's greatest foursome met for a $360,000 game of skins, they had a bonny Desert Highlands fling
By Dan Jenkins
Olympic
They Plan To Do Some Tough Sledding
Though U.S. lugers don't figure to win Olympic gold, they've improved so rapidly they might win a medal
Finland's Matti Nykänen, the best ski jumper in the world, also has a temper that can soar to the heights
By Bob Ottum
A GUIDE TO THE UPS AND DOWNS OF SKI JUMPING
By Bob Ottum
Houston-Tampa Bay
The loser was also the winner when Houston met Tampa Bay
By Steve Wulf
College Football
Nebraska remained unbeaten and No. 1 by holding off Oklahoma
By N. Brooks Clark
Cross-Country
A North Carolina State coed won both the NCAA and TAC championships
By Craig Neff
College Basketball
The city game made a celebrated comeback at New York University
By Jim Kaplan
Pro Basketball
All bets were off when the Utah Jazz played their first game in Nevada
Valvano
HOW KING RAT BECAME THE BIG CHEESE
Can V talk? Oh, yeah. Can V coach? No question about it. Jim Valvano proved that his act was ready for the big time when his North Carolina State Wolfpack won the '83 NCAA title
On The Scene
IN THE POOL OF OLYMPIC ASPIRANTS, THESE GUYS ARE OLDIES BUT GOODIES
By Franz Lidz
For The Record
A roundup of the week Nov. 21-27
Compiled by Rob Buchanan
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer