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Friday, March 13, 1987
STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT : Division I Girls' Semifinal : Edison Has Extra Power to Win

A gap in a gimmick defense and two energy sources by the names of Michelle Hennessey and Denise Ogburn helped lead Edison High School to a 46-42 victory over Mission Viejo Thursday night in the...

Thursday, March 5, 1987
For Keba Phipps, 17, It's an Education on Volleyball Team : She's Very Young and Very Good

Keba Phipps intends to become the volleyball version of Cheryl Miller--the world's best and most exciting player in her sport.

Friday, February 20, 1987
Pepperdine Tries to Finish in Middle

Pepperdine used to make its own breaks in winning five of the last six West Coast Athletic Conference basketball championships.

Tuesday, February 10, 1987
THE TOP 100 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROSPECTS

The top 100 college football prospects in the United States, selected for United Press International by the National High School Football Recruiting Service in Houston, with California players in...

Saturday, February 7, 1987
Michael Burke, 70; Spy, Ex-N.Y. Yankees President

Michael Burke, a spy whose exploits were memorialized on film and who also was a former president of the New York Yankees and Madison Square Garden, died Thursday of cancer in Ireland, where he...

Monday, February 2, 1987
South-Central L.A. Was Where It Began for Reds' Eric Davis - But Now, the Sky's the Limit

The playground on the corner of 68th Street and Denver Avenue is mostly deserted these days, another blight in an area where skeleton frames of cars line the streets and iron bars protect the...

Sunday, February 1, 1987
Meyer Owns $7.2 Million Dragstrip

While it would be ludicrous to suggest that Billy Meyer built his $7.2 million Texas Motorplex simply as a test facility, having the world's fastest dragstrip right in his own backyard is bound to...

Monday, January 5, 1987
Alabama Replaces Perkins With Curry as Coach and Sloan as Athletic Director

Bill Curry signed a multiyear contract as football coach at Alabama Sunday, and Steve Sloan, a former Crimson Tide quarterback, accepted the athletic director's job at his alma mater.

Saturday, December 20, 1986
Chris Evert Lloyd Says Reports True: She and Her Husband Have Separated

Chris Evert Lloyd and her husband John Lloyd have agreed to a separation, the couple confirmed in a news story published Friday.

Thursday, December 11, 1986
1986 ALL-STARS : SOUTH COAST

The proof that you don't have to be big to be an all-star was at Paramount High School this season.

Tuesday, December 9, 1986
Getting Together Can Be a Problem : Mt. Miguel Will Be Tough to Beat Once Football Is Over

Every Grossmont League basketball coach named Mount Miguel High School, with four returning starters, as the team to beat this season.

Monday, December 8, 1986
Anaheim Stadium Telephone Threats Cause Landry to Briefly Leave Field

A gray fedora wasn't the only thing Tom Landry was wearing that distinguished him from the average football coach Sunday night in Anaheim Stadium.

Saturday, December 6, 1986
Waiting . . . and Wondering : Running Back Raises Roof Over Failure to Make NFL

Bernard White spent the fall the last two years pounding the football into opposing defenses.

Wednesday, November 19, 1986
Miraleste Girls Win Tennis Title

The only consolation for Palos Verdes High School was that there's always next year.

Sunday, November 16, 1986
Football Tragedy : Bonita High School Struggles to Deal With the Death of an Athlete

The play was a simple sweep to the right, with Bonita High School tailback Sam Bonanno carrying the ball.

Monday, November 10, 1986
Bias' Father Says Firm Mismanaged Finances

James Bias, the father of Maryland basketball player Len Bias who died of a cocaine overdose in June, says the sports management firm that handled his son's financial affairs "did a bum job."

Wednesday, November 5, 1986
Texas football Coach Fred Akers, who has...

Texas football Coach Fred Akers, who has five years left on his contract, has responded to reports that he will be fired by saying he would appreciate a vote of confidence from Athletic Director...

Friday, October 10, 1986
Newman Stands Tall in Dispute

To actor Paul Newman, it might just be the height of folly, but he's willing to play a little hardball to prove his point.

Saturday, October 4, 1986
Vince DiMaggio, the Oldest Brother, Dies at 74

Vince DiMaggio, of the famous baseball family, died Friday at his home in North Hollywood.

Sunday, September 28, 1986
Tanner Is Now USC's No. 1 Trick Passer : Wide Receiver Fools Defenses With His Arm--and He Can Catch, Too

'I haven't got into the end zone myself yet, but I've helped Kenny (Henry) get there twice already this season.

Monday, September 22, 1986
Motor Racing Roundup : Miss Bahia Wins San Diego Hydroplane Race

Miss Bahia came back from a two-year layoff to win the Miller High Life Thunderboat Regatta Sunday on Mission Bay at San Diego.

Tuesday, September 16, 1986
Small Colleges / Alan Drooz : Starting Over, UCSB Doesn't Do It Old Way

When we last checked in on UC Santa Barbara football, the Gauchos were getting spanked so soundly by San Jose State that they dropped football.

Sunday, September 14, 1986
Patrick Ewing Is Enjoying Being a Hands-On Parent

If you think Patrick Ewing, the 7-foot-tall New York Knick center and former Georgetown Hoya star, is tough on a hardwood floor, you should see him as a daddy.

Friday, September 5, 1986
PRO FOOTBALL '86 : The Decline and Fall of Monday Night Football

"Monday Night Football," beginning its 17th season Monday, is television's second-longest-running prime-time show.

Monday, September 1, 1986
Motor Racing Roundup : Garza Suffers Broken Leg in CART 200; Rahal Wins

Defending champion Bobby Rahal slipped past Danny Sullivan with 10 laps to go and, with the help of a caution flag, held off Roberto Guerrero of Colombia to win Sunday's Mid-Ohio CART 200 at...

Tuesday, August 19, 1986
Again, Ernie D Is Trying to Earn His Stripes in NBA : ON THE SECOND BOUNCE

When the average gym rat realizes that playing basketball all day, every day, will not pay the bills or feed the kids, he usually stops being a gym rat.

Thursday, August 7, 1986
Recalling the Punch : Matt Millen Doesn't Look Back in Anger

It was a Raider season like any other.

Sunday, August 3, 1986
When Rights Go Wrong : Before June 27 Drug Death, Don Rogers Was Troubled; Maybe He Cared Too Much

In his short but eventful life, Don Rogers almost always did what most people would consider the right thing.

Tuesday, July 29, 1986
Commonwealth Games : Thompson Gives Gold Shoulder to the Officials : He Wins Third Straight Decathlon Title, Then Throws Away the Sponsor's Bib

England's Daley Thompson moved from one controversy to another but swept to a third successive Commonwealth Games decathlon gold medal in the pouring rain Monday.

Tuesday, July 22, 1986
Sports in Soviet Union Only for Elite : There Are Top Athletes, and Then There Are Those Who Sunbathe and Watch Drawbridges Go Up

A young language student at Leningrad University, who said her name was Helen, endorsed an American tourist's observation on recreational patterns here recently.

Sunday, July 20, 1986
Memories of '78 Red Sox Collapse Hang Heavily Over Boston

I've got a feeling we're going to blow this thing.

Saturday, July 19, 1986
$55-Million Action Alleges Financial Mismanagment : Abdul-Jabbar Sues Former Manager

Lakers' basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar filed a $55-million suit Friday against his former business manager, complaining that a long history of financial mismanagement had left him with a...

Wednesday, July 16, 1986
U.S. Basketball Team Advances, 69-60

Center David Robinson scored 21 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Tuesday night as the United States beat Yugoslavia, 69-60, to reach the final four of the World Basketball Championships.

Sunday, July 6, 1986
Lawyer in Cocaine Scandal Asks Court for Time to Kick His Own Drug Habit

A lawyer who defended a small-time dealer in the baseball cocaine scandal last year has asked a judge to delay his own sentencing for attempted bribery so he can get help kicking a 16-year cocaine...

Wednesday, June 25, 1986
Cocaine Caused Bias' Death, Autopsy Reveals : Dose Said to Trigger Heart Failure; Criminal Inquiry to Be Pressed

University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias died of "cocaine intoxication" after ingesting an unusually pure dose of the drug that stopped his heart within minutes, Maryland's chief medical...

Sunday, June 22, 1986
Inverted Activity Causes Physical Changes : Upside-Down Exercise Dangerous to Eyes, Study Shows

Putting the feet above the head during yoga, handstands or hanging from anti-gravity boots may relieve back problems or tension, but a researcher reports that the upside-down position is dangerous...

Wednesday, June 18, 1986
The mother of Boston Red Sox star...

The mother of Boston Red Sox star Wade Boggs was killed in Tampa, Fla., and his grandmother injured when the car they were in was hit by a cement truck that ran a red light.

Steve Roah Fired at Channel 5; Ed Arnold Is Likely Replacement

Steve Roah, Channel 5's weekend sportscaster, has been fired, effective July 1, Jeff Wald, the station's news director, confirmed Tuesday.

Tuesday, June 17, 1986
Tennis Roundup : Mysterious Illness Forces Graf to Withdraw From Wimbledon

Steffi Graf is suffering from a mysterious virus and will miss the Wimbledon championship where she was seeded third.

Saturday, June 7, 1986
Nancy Lieberman Helps Men's Pro Team Win

Nancy Lieberman, the former Old Dominion All-American guard and 1976 U.S.

Sunday, June 1, 1986
WORLD CUP MEXICO 86 : In a Surprising Opener, Bulgaria Ties Italy, 1-1

It was difficult to tell here Saturday night which was the more depressed: the Mexican economy or the Italian national soccer team.

Friday, May 30, 1986
WORLD CUP : English Team and Its Fans Are Receiving a Stern Test in Mexico

The 13th World Cup soccer championship begins here Saturday, with each of the 24 competing nations feeling varying degrees of doubt and uncertainty.

Saturday, May 24, 1986
Race Track Deal in Peril After Raid, INS Claims

A temporary worker program designed to help Southern California's major race tracks is in jeopardy because of Friday's pre-dawn raid on a thoroughbred horse training center here that resulted in...

Thursday, April 24, 1986
Official Says That Pistons Will Leave the Silverdome After 1987-88 Season

The Detroit Pistons will move from the Pontiac Silverdome when the team's contract with the domed arena ends after the 1987-88 season, a Silverdome official said Wednesday.

Friday, April 18, 1986
UCLA Tackle Falls Off Balcony, Critically Hurt

Mike Beech, a freshman football player at UCLA from Newport Beach, was in critical condition Thursday night at UCLA Medical Center after undergoing 14 hours of surgery following a fall from a...

Friday, April 11, 1986
Community College Tennis : Gauchos Clinch Conference Title

Saddleback College, led by Fred Morris, clinched the South Coast Conference championship Thursday by defeating Orange Coast, 5-4, at Orange Coast.

Sunday, April 6, 1986
Ex-Dodger Is Down in Dumps : Larry White Tries to Find Road Back

As training camp broke last spring, Larry White sat in a comfortable airline seat with the Dodgers, winging his way back to Los Angeles on a chartered jet.

Saturday, March 29, 1986
Accepting Free Ride to Tampa Puts a Finish to Bo Jackson's Athletic Career at Auburn

A quick trip to Florida in the private plane of Tampa Bay Buccaneer owner Hugh Culverhouse ended Bo Jackson's athletic career at Auburn, but the National Football League team said Friday that the...

Thursday, March 20, 1986
Norton Out of Hospital and in Therapy for Injuries Suffered in Auto Accident

Ken Norton, former heavyweight boxing champion, has started a daily therapy program to recover from injuries he suffered in a car accident.

Saturday, March 15, 1986
Autrys Say Jackson Is Mistaken : Angel Owners Deny Having Told Him He Should Retire

Angel owners Gene and Jackie Autry, responding Friday to comments made by Reggie Jackson, denied having told him that he should retire and said they were mystified as to why he thinks the club...

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