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Today's game shapes up to be a cliff hanger, and it could become a battle of the boots, with Army's star place-kicker Craig Stopa or Harvard thunder foot Jim Villanueva kicking the deciding field goal...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: A Retaliatory Strike for an Old Loss: Army's Gridders Invade the Stadium | 10/1/1983 | See Source »

...Paul Gompers, in 29:42. Andy Gerkin was second with a time of 30:29, followed in order by Bruce Webber and Peter Jelley in 30:42, Jim McDonald (30:57) and Paul McNulty (30:58). Felix Rippy finished eighth in 31:15, with Paul Kent, John Duffy and Cliff Sheehan behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men, Women Harriers Trounce Brown | 10/1/1983 | See Source »

...known for any of these traits. His humor, kindness, and wisdom have benefit text not only the Niemans, but many of the rest of us as well, Jim Thomson's departure is a deep loss for Harvard, and a great gain for any place lucky enough to have him. Cliff Sloan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Loss, Somebody's Gain | 9/27/1983 | See Source »

...games. Now his record is 10-7 with an earned run average of 2.54, but it is misleading to consider him the Blue Jays' only star. Jim Clancy and Luis Leal have been formidable pitchers, and the able hitters include First Baseman Willie Upshaw, Outfielder Lloyd Moseby and Cliff Johnson, the old designated hitter, whose varied sojourns included a memorable pause with the New York Yankees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Swinging at Snowballs | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...precisely measured 167 ft. 6 in. behind the takeoff board, farther than any competitor. Forward velocity-not height-makes for distance, believes Tellez, and Lewis defies gravity by continuing to run almost straight off into the air, pedaling furiously for balance, not unlike Wile E. Coyote going off a cliff in a Road Runner cartoon. "It's my best attribute," he says. "In basketball I could hang up there and triple pump." As a sprinter, he also has uncanny staying power. "Everybody," he says, "decelerates from about 60 meters to the finish line-everybody." But Lewis, relaxed and controlled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Only a Tick Away from L.A. | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

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