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High school football is a quasi-religion all over the South, but in Odessa, Texas, it is more -- a mania, a frenzied obsession, a compensation, perhaps, for living in the wind-beaten, mesquite-covered, dust-ridden, sun-baked locale that novelist Larry McMurtry calls (in Texasville) "the worst town on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: Odessa's Obsession | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

In the National League, talent carries a curse of its own. The New York Mets, predicted first every season, but whose favorite finishing spot is second, enjoyed a splendid June that propelled them near the top of the N.L. East. For the other five months, though, the Mets have played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Streaking Hard for the Top | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

THE NOTEBOOK: Next up for the Crimson is a match down the river at MIT Thursday night...But don't be afraid to accuse the squad of looking beyond the MIT match. Harvard faces the daunting challenge of competing against number-one Cal-Berkeley, number-two UCLA and defending national...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: Aquamen Nab Fourth At Brown Invitational | 9/18/1990 | See Source »

OUT: The Harvard varsity heavyweight crew--former national champions. After defeating Wisconsin by a healthy margin in the Eastern Sprints, the Crimson was stunned by the Badgers in Cincinnati, losing the NCAA title by a whopping 4.34 seconds.

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The New Ins And Outs of Harvard Sports | 9/14/1990 | See Source »

OUT: The Harvard varsity heavyweight crew--former national champions. After defeating Wisconsin by a healthy margin in the Eastern Sprints, the Crimson was stunned by the Badgers in Cincinnati, losing the NCAA title by a whopping 4.34 seconds.

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The New Ins And Outs of Harvard Sports | 9/12/1990 | See Source »

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