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For the doubles team of Kristin Bland and Jamie Henikoff, it was one win after another this weekend. And their final win--which crowned them champions of the Rolex ITCA Northeast Regional Championships yesterday--is taking them places. All the way to Minnesota.

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Henikoff, Bland Gain ICTA Title | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

Anthony Cipoletta (at right), a young patient at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has probably never seen ice-skating. He also does not know that the Jimmy Fund, the primary source of private contributions to the Institute, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Neither does he know that the Evening...

Author: By Anh T. Nguyen-huynh, | Title: Ice for Life: Evening With Champions | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

When New York Giants fans showered their 1986-87 NFC champions with the ticker-tape parade Ed Koch would never hold.

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: A Fan's Gear: Octopiand Tennis Balls | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

I thus greeted the four division champions with less than brimming enthusiasm, but at least I could construct some half-reasonable bases for choosing. I would root for the Tigers over the Twins. After all, they play on grass in an urban park. Moreover, this traditionalist remembers the old 8...

Author: By Stephen J. Gould, | Title: On Rooting | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

Besides, all the world loves an underdog, and the Twins were once the Washington Senators, who won only once, in 1924. Shades of Walter Johnson, and all that. But then, I could also see pulling for the Cards. They were among the original eight of my youth, and I have...

Author: By Stephen J. Gould, | Title: On Rooting | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

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