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...defense, first team All-Ivy and All-New England selection Mike Ananis leads a talented group of stick-handlers. Gary Leahey and Pete Howard are impressively backed by sophomore ace defenseman Bob McDowell, and sophomore giant Pete Barber, the biggest man on the squad...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Laxmen Prepare for Awesome Navy, Battle Top Squads on Spring Jaunt | 3/27/1968 | See Source »

...Boston Bruins, with ace defenseman Bobby Orr playing for the first time since February 10, lost to the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 in Detroit last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celtics Sneak by Pistons; Red Wings Drop Bruins | 3/25/1968 | See Source »

...dollars to play semipro baseball. And it illustrated how deeply the hypocrisy of "shamateurism" stains the fabric of sport. If Killy did accept money for a story, is he any less an amateur than the tennis star who collects under-the-table payments from promoters? Or the basketball ace who gets discounts from the" stores and restaurants in his college town? And how about the "amateur" Communist athletes who make little pretense of working at their cover occupations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics: Hero in the Dock | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

...Graves, who is the brother of Gunsmoke's Jim Arness, browses through photos of available M:I agents. He invariably chooses Barbara Bain, the group's sexy smoke screen; Martin Landau (in real life Barbara's husband), master of sleight of hand and disguise; Greg Morris, ace engineer; and Peter Lupus, strong man. The team sets off to the rescue without informing the audience of its plan-which is always a variation of the con game. Each operative wins the enemy's trust by playing a separate innocent role; together, they catch the villain off balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programs: Mission Possible | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...progressive," says U.S. Amateur Tennis Ace Arthur Ashe. Perhaps that explains why Ashe took the court recently for exhibition matches in Manhattan's Vanderbilt Tennis and Athletic Club wearing snazzy powder-blue shorts and shirt. All the other players were showing colors too-either "Match Blue," like Ashe, or "Trophy Yellow." What's more, the new Technicolor togs, manufactured by Catalina Martin, bore the endorsement: "Selected by the U.S.L.T.A. for the U.S. Davis Cup Team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Whites Are Right, But Color Is Coming | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

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