Making Up Lists Across Sports And Fans
A column explores imagined top five lists for baseball Hall of Fame, sport decrees, greats across baseball football basketball golf tennis track boxing and asks which figures readers wish would vanish. It also ponders college choices for star athletes and ends with favorite sports columnists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Henry VIII
Hall-of-Fame
Galaxy of Stars
Cooperstown
Marty Marion
Pee Wee Reese
Phil Razzuto
Luis Aparicio
Mark Belanger
Robin Yount
Hoyt Wilhelm
National Basketball Association
Cleveland
Detroit
Houston
San Diego
Joe Dimaggio
Jim Thorpe
Bill Russell
Bobby Jones
Chris Evert Lloyd
Jesse Owens
Joe Louis
Jim Brown
Pauby Warfield
Norm van Brocklin
Bear Bryant
Bobby Knight
John McGraw
John Glenn
George Steinbrenner
New Jersey
Marv Thornberry
Ralph Sampson
Wake Forest
Virginia
Georgia
South
Auburn
Penn State
Notre Dame
Washington
Colorado
North Carolina
Louisville
Villanova
Pepperdine
Furman Bisher
Jim Murray
Thomas Boswell
Mike Royko
Lewis Grizzard
Royko
Grizzard
Dede Biles
Balanced Attack Leads USC Win
USC center Mike Brittain sparked a 75-68 second round NIT win over Virginia Tech after a midseason slump. Brittain scored 15 points with a key block and clutch free throws, helping South Carolina reach the quarterfinals to face Wake Forest. Virginia Tech's Dell Curry led all scorers with 27 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Mike Brittain
South Carolina
Gamecocks
Wake Forest
Brittain
Virginia Tech
Greensboro
N.C
Jamie Kimbrough
Mike
USC
Bill Foster
Foster
Hokies
Perry Young
Old Dominion
Curry
P. Young
Colbert
Beecher
A. Young
Steppe
Dixon
Everhart
Gurley
Holmes
Jorgenson
Peacock
Hawthorne
Martin
Kendall
Dasmety
S. Carolina
Carolina
NCAA Tourney Seeds Hold Through Elite Eight Set
The Associated Press notes the NCAA field trims to 13 of 16 with Utah North Carolina State and Iowa added. It cites computer limits and committee judgment, praising balanced seeds and upcoming East Mideast matchups while defending the selection process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
North Carolina State
Iowa
UCLA
Nevada
Las Vegas
Missouri
Midwest
Gene Corrigan
Notre Dame
NCAA
Indiana
Hoosiers
Ted Kitchel
Dereck Whittenburg
Whittenburg
Wolfpack
Pepperdine
UNLV
Georgetown
Hoyas
North Carolina
East
Mideast
St. John’s
Georgia
Ohio State
Louisville
UNC's Michael Jordan Named Sporting News Player of the Year
Sophomore guard Michael Jordan of North Carolina is named national college basketball player of the year by The Sporting News and heads the All-America first team. Other first-team members include Ralph Sampson and Dale Ellis, with Sam Perkins on the second team. Jordan averages 19.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game and has 77 steals. He scored the crucial 18-footer that delivered the 1982 NCAA title for UNC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina
Michael Jordan
Sporting News
Jordan
Ralph Sampson
Virginia
Jeff Malone
Mississippi State
Tennessee
Dale Ellis
Antoine Carr
Wichita State
Keith Lee
Memphis State
Sam Perkins
Sidney Green
Nevada
Las Vegas
Wayman Tisdale
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
John Paxson
Ennis Whatley
Alabama
Pat Ewing
Georgetown
Missouri
Steve Stipanovich
Tar Heels
Dean Smith
National Basketball Association
West
Sampson
Sampson Leads Virginia Toward Dream With BC Test
Virginia star Ralph Sampson eyes his first NCAA title as the No. 4 Cavaliers face No. 11 Boston College in the West Regional semifinal. Coach Terry Holland says pressure rises for Sampson, who must rebound, run, and tighten defense to beat the Eagles and reach the final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Bobby Beecher
Virginia Tech
Charlie Moir
Sampson
Virginia
Terry Holland
Holland
Washington State
Cougars
Cavaliers
Boston College
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Mike Strickland
Aiken Standard
Keith Amet
Vlina
Valery South Carolina
Jimmy Foster
Carolina Colane
The
Associated Press
Kansas
Kentucky
Kansas State
Arkansas
DePaul
Tulsa
Dave Cawood
UNC
Michael Jordan Player of the
Dream
Ogden
Albuquerque
N.M
Unimetrics
Boyy
Ue Taina
Zebco Omega
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