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December 5, 1983 Table Of Contents

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Booktalk

FOR TRACK AND FIELD NUTS, THE LITTLE GREEN BOOK PUTS IT ALL IN A NUTSHELL

By Richard Rogin

Kentucky

The Big Cat Came To Play

Sam Bowie did everything but score a basket as Kentucky blew out Louisville in the rivalry that wasn't—but now is

By Curry Kirkpatrick

No Chip Off The Old Block

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

By Alexander Wolff

A Flight To The Finnish

Finland's Matti Nyk√§nen, 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

A Clash Of Turkeys

The loser was also the winner when Houston met Tampa Bay

By Steve Wulf

College Football

A big day for the D

Nebraska remained unbeaten and No. 1 by holding off Oklahoma

By Jack McCallum

THE WEEK

By N. Brooks Clark

Cross-Country

Betty Springs to the fore

A North Carolina State coed won both the NCAA and TAC championships

By Craig Neff

College Basketball

The Violets bloom again

The city game made a celebrated comeback at New York University

By Jim Kaplan

THE WEEK (Nov. 21-27)

By Roger Jackson

Pro Basketball

New floor show for Las Vegas

All bets were off when the Utah Jazz played their first game in Nevada

By Anthony Cotton

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

By Curry Kirkpatrick

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

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Robert L. Miller

SCORECARD

Edited by Robert W. Creamer

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