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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...

Tuesday, March 4, 1986
Track and Field Previews : USC Expecting a Renaissance of Sorts in '86

The prominence that USC once took for granted in track and field no longer exists.

Thursday, February 27, 1986
Slain 49er Missing from Hall of Fame

Where's the name of Leon Burns?

Saturday, February 15, 1986
Theismann Fan Club Seeking New Members

I have a 2-year-old son, and when he's grown I hope he is a devoted husband and father (as is Jim McMahon).

Friday, February 14, 1986
UCLA Signs Two Southland Girls' Volleyball Stars to Letters of Intent

Cinnamon Williams of Southern California Christian High School in Anaheim, a Volleyball Monthly All-American, and Daiva Tomkus of Chaminade in Canoga Park, an All-Southern Section pick, have...

NHL Roundup : Kerr Helps Flyers Beat Islanders

Tim Kerr, returning from a battle with the flu, scored twice Thursday night at Philadelphia to lead the Flyers to a 6-3 victory and end the New York Islanders' domination over them this season.

Friday, January 31, 1986
Proud Truth Is Counting on Inside Draw : Outside Post Position Could Hurt His Chances in $500,000 Strub Stakes Sunday

The week before the San Fernando Stakes at Santa Anita Jan. 19, Proud Truth was doing his imitation of Henry VIII at barn No. 14.

Thursday, December 19, 1985
Norman Is Dropped by USC

USC Coach Ted Tollner said Wednesday that senior split end Hank Norman will not accompany the team to Honolulu for the Aloha Bowl game against Alabama on Dec. 28.

Monday, December 16, 1985
Free Football Party Lures Fugitives Into Arms of Law

For Charles Watkins, Sunday looked like a dream day.

Sunday, December 15, 1985
Roger Maris Dies; Broke Ruth's Record but Got an Asterisk

Roger Maris, vilified as much as he was applauded for hitting 61 home runs in 1961 to break Babe Ruth's 1927 record of 60 homers in a season, died of cancer Saturday in Houston.

Sunday, December 8, 1985
THIS FULLBACK IS A COMPLETE BACK : Roger Craig Was Mike Rozier's Caddy at Nebraska; Now, He Carries the 49ers

This is for all National Football League players who consider a team man someone who can make it from breakfast to lunch without once mentioning out loud (a) his name, (b) his net-yard rushing...

Saturday, December 7, 1985
Indiana's Alford Suspended for 1 Game : Photo in Charity Fund-Raising Calendar Brings Action by NCAA

Indiana University basketball star Steve Alford has been suspended for one game because he allowed his photograph to be used in a sorority calendar that was sold to raise money for charity,...

Sunday, November 24, 1985
Bettors Left Holding an Empty Bag After Bookie Closes

A sports book that closed after a robbery on a busy football betting weekend left angry bettors holding unpaid winning tickets and unanswered questions about what happened to more than $1 million...

Friday, November 8, 1985
Judge Frees 'Hurricane' Carter

Rubin (Hurricane) Carter was released from prison today by a federal judge who rejected prosecutors' claims that the former middleweight boxing contender remains a "violent, dangerous man" after...

Wednesday, October 30, 1985
Cobb Goes Down, Out in First Round of Comeback Bid

Tex Cobb was pleading with referee Lou Filippo. "Just give me a second," he kept saying.

Friday, October 18, 1985
Kicker Makes Her Point on Varsity Gridiron : 5-Foot-1 1/2 100-Pounder Puts Best Foot Forward for Fresno High School Team

When Dinuba High School arrived at McLane Stadium for its game with Fresno Hoover, it found banners proclaiming "57 Is Great and She's a Girl" and "We Love You, Bridget."

Sunday, October 13, 1985
Bo Jackson Makes a Difference as Auburn Routs Florida State

The final score wasn't close Saturday as 12th-ranked Auburn pounded No. 4 Florida State, 59-27, but Seminole Coach Bobby Bowden figured his team might have won with one extra player.

Thursday, September 26, 1985
Two of a Kind : Webster Slaughter, LeRoy Wardell Have More in Common Than Delta Connection

Maybe it is more than coincidence that receiver Webster Slaughter and cornerback LeRoy Wardell have been standouts for San Diego State this season.

Wednesday, September 25, 1985
It Was a Blow, but Hartmeier Got Over It : UCLA Guard Soon Regained His Starting Job After Freak Eye Injury

Mike Hartmeier spent a long couple of days in the hospital about a month ago.

Monday, September 23, 1985
Gentle Ben : A Young Giant From Louisiana Will Carry Hopes of Clippers, Fans

Out in the woods beyond Carroll High School's playing fields, the crickets continued their high-pitched chirping until the sound became so pervasive that it drowned out almost everything else.

Martin Gets Broken Arm Fighting Whitson in Bar

Billy Martin, the embattled New York Yankee manager, suffered a broken right arm in a fight with pitcher Ed Whitson early Sunday at a Baltimore hotel.

Wednesday, September 18, 1985
Westlake Dusts Off Wing-T for Raccoon-Coat Football

While many college and high school football teams have gone to quick-hitting, newfangled passing attacks in recent years, Westlake High Coach George Contreras has dusted off a run-oriented,...

Wednesday, September 11, 1985
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREVIEW : SUNSET LEAGUE

Birmingham COACH: Alan Epstein, 5th year LAST SEASON: 3-6 overall.

Thursday, September 5, 1985
Booker Russell, a former Oakland Raider running...

Booker Russell, a former Oakland Raider running back, was arrested by Houston police on a murder charge after allegedly telling sheriff's deputies that he had killed his common-law wife.

Sunday, September 1, 1985
Roger Bossard Is on Familiar Ground When Tending Turf at Comiskey Park

If the Chicago White Sox don't win the American League pennant this season--and chances are good they won't--don't blame Roger Bossard and his team.

Thursday, August 8, 1985
He Doesn't Want to Be the Modern One Play O'Brien

In football lore, Johnny (One Play) O'Brien was a Notre Dame end who caught a touchdown pass on a 78-yard play that beat Army in the fourth quarter in 1928 at Yankee Stadium while 78,188 people...

Saturday, August 3, 1985
Baseball's Comet : Few Pitchers Have Had a Season Like Smoky Joe in 1912

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood?

Monday, July 29, 1985
L.A. Still Carrying Torch for Olympics : Coliseum Ceremony Rekindles Passions on Games' Anniversary

The excitement sparked by the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was rekindled Sunday as former gold medalist Rafer Johnson relit the Olympic torch atop the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to commemorate the...

Sunday, July 28, 1985
At the Beach, a Sport With a Beat : Ex-Boxer Has Fitness Routine in the Bag

Standing in the muscular shadows of the body builders and health enthusiasts, 56-year-old John Romero didn't look like an athlete.

Friday, July 26, 1985
Out of Miracles? : Herb Brooks Once Went for Gold, but Now Will Sell It--and Says He's Through With Coaching

Herb Brooks went for the gold in 1980, coaching the United States Olympic ice hockey team to an upset of the heavily favored Soviet Union and on to a gold medal in the Lake Placid Winter Games.

Thursday, July 25, 1985
Ken Margerum Has Found Life Very, Very Good : Free-Spirited Receiver Looks to Make Comeback in Chicago

You can sense a certain confidence in Ken Margerum's stride as he walks down a street in this small Chicago suburb and compliments a woman for the dress she is wearing.

Thursday, July 11, 1985
Industry Hills Makes a Splash : Up-and-Coming Swim Club Challenges Powerhouses

When it comes to swimming clubs, none quite compares with Mission Viejo.

Sunday, June 30, 1985
U.S. International Shooting Championship : Bensley Wins Running Target-Mixed Run Title

Todd Bensley of Las Cruces, N.M., captured the running target-mixed run title Saturday at the U.S.

Thursday, June 20, 1985
Smallest Jockey at Los Alamitos Rides Tall Among Peers

In a room filled with country music and little men, he was the littlest.

Wednesday, June 12, 1985
HOUSTON McTEAR : His Sprint Career Ended Nearly as Fast as One of His Races; Now He's Coming Back

Glory days, well, they'll pass you by. Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye.

Sunday, June 2, 1985
He Took His Best Shot but Saw It Go Up in Smoke

At the Munich Olympics in 1972, Brian Oldfield was dying for a smoke.

Wednesday, May 29, 1985
This New Addition Changing Life and Life Styles of Rileys

Patrick James Riley and James Patrick Riley watch a lot of television together.

Tuesday, May 28, 1985
The Joke Is Always on Others

Only a fool would pick the Boston Celtics to beat the Lakers in anything but a bad-body contest, according to Skip Bayless of the Dallas Times Herald.

Thursday, May 2, 1985
CBS Announcer Frank Glieber, 51, Collapses While Jogging, and Dies

Frank Glieber, a CBS-TV sports announcer and the original color commentator for the Dallas Cowboys, collapsed while jogging Wednesday and died, apparently of a heart attack.

Sunday, April 28, 1985
THE ORDEAL OF THE CANNONS : Billy Jr. Is the Son of a Famous Father Now in Prison and He Is Lucky to Have Survived Severe Neck Injury

It is six months later and Billy Cannon Jr. says he still feels numbness; pins and needles tingling in both thumbs.

Friday, April 26, 1985
Denny McLain Gets 23-Year Prison Sentence

Denny McLain, major league baseball's last 30-game winner, was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison by a federal judge who chided him for not accepting his conviction on racketeering,...

Monday, April 1, 1985
Dave (Tiger) Williams, who was recently acquired by the Kings, is the NHL's all-time leader in penalty minutes and, perhaps, the most feared player in hockey. Because his value to a team is measured in victims, not statistics, they call him . . . : THE TIGER

One look at Dave (Tiger) Williams' distinctive face tells us almost everything there is to know about his 11-year career in the National Hockey League.

Thursday, March 28, 1985
Benefit Tourney Scores an Ace

The Olive Crest Celebrity Golf Tournament, held Sunday at Irvine Coast Country Club, raised an estimated $24,000 for the Olive Crest residential care program.

Sunday, March 24, 1985
McDowell: 'I Was Biggest, Most Hopeless. . .Drunk' in Baseball

In the mid 1960s and early '70s, he was coming in overhand with the American League's most recognized strikeout pitch, and he was in many ways a valid counterpart to the National League's pride,...

Wednesday, March 13, 1985
Drag Racer Shepherd Dies in Crash

A new race car went airborne in "awfully windy" conditions and crashed, ripping Lee Shepherd from his harness and killing the five-time national drag racing champion, authorities said today.

Sunday, February 10, 1985
Sarajevo Didn't Go Back to Sleep : Old City Found New Enthusiasm After Winter Olympics

Kids in ski parkas scampered across main street of the Olympic Village.

Denise Long, the Patron Saint of Girls Basketball, Is Now 33 : LONG

In the small villages of the heartland, clusters of modest frame houses huddle around the only two structures deemed worthy of brick--the church and the school.

Wednesday, January 30, 1985
The Magic Kingdom : He's Got It All--Disco, Tub and Home-Court Advantage

From behind the disc-jockey console of his colossal sound system, Earvin (Magic) Johnson can pump disco-soul music so far out into the canyon behind his home that it would take a search party a...

Monday, January 28, 1985
The Punch : Tomjanovich and Washington Both Still Feel the Pain From That Terrible Moment

He saw nothing and felt nothing.

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