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November 10, 1986 Table Of Contents

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Sideline

PAINTER FRANK STELLA APPLIES SOME FINE STROKES ON THE SQUASH COURT

By T. Nicholas Dawidoff

Injuries

The Agony Must End

As injuries in the NFL continue at an unacceptable rate, a longtime student of pro football tells what has to be done

By Paul Zimmerman

Breeders' Cup

Pardon Me, But It's Lady's First At The Races

On a day of beaten favorites at the Breeders' Cup, the filly Lady's Secret triumphed to become front-runner for Horse of the Year

By William Nack

Buckner

The Hub Hails Its Hobbling Hero

Even though Bill Buckner let Game 6 slip through his injured legs, the fans in Boston showed last week how much they admired his courageous play in the World Series

By Peter Gammons

Lockbaum

A Wonderful Throwback

Gordie Lockbaum, the only 60-minute man in major-college football, is evoking another age this autumn at Holy Cross

By Rick Reilly

Kookaburra

Upset Time Down Under

Upstart Kookaburra III got the jump on her Aussie rivals in the America's Cup defenders' trials

By Sarah Ballard

Pro Basketball

A quick start for the Hot Rod

After idling last season, Cleveland's John Williams hits the road in the NBA

By Jaime Diaz

College Football

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

By Douglas S. Looney

THE BELL TOLLS FOR THE TIGERS

By Ivan Maisel

Hockey

Pittsburgh warms up to its Penguins

All it took to turn on Steel Town was a near-record string of wins

By Bob Kravitz

Pro Football

Getting better and better

John Elway burnished his reputation by beating the Raiders as he pleased

By Ralph Wiley

EXTRA POINTS

By Jill Lieber

Maryland

ONE SHOCK WAVE AFTER ANOTHER

The cocaine death of Len Bias, the Maryland basketball star, has prompted criticism of the school's athletic policies—and last week led to coach Lefty Driesell's resignation

By Craig Neff

FOR LEN'S PARENTS: GRIEF AND DEBT

By Bruce Selcraig

For The Record

A roundup of the week Oct. 27-Nov. 2

Compiled by Joy Duckett CAIN

FACES IN THE CROWD

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Donald J. Barr

SCORECARD

Edited by Robert Sullivan