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Meanwhile, B.C. was hitting an obnoxious 64.5 per cent from the floor, thanks mainly to the hyper-active play of guard Ernie Cobb (ten points in first half) and center Bob Bennifield (12 points), Chestnut Hill's answer to young Connie Hawkins, who blocked four Harvard shots during the course of the game...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: B.C. Stifles Cagers' Comeback, 75-71 | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

Harvard drove right at B.C.'s zone, getting layups and drawing fouls. A three-point play by Hooft at 13:53 and a free throw by Irion brought the lead down to 51-42 before Cobb went temporarily bananas with two straight steal-hoop jobs...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: B.C. Stifles Cagers' Comeback, 75-71 | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

Freshman Julie Cobb describes crew as involving a "strange sort of team interaction...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: 'Cliffe Novice Crew Builds Skills, Togetherness | 11/5/1976 | See Source »

...Concord is a shrine. Junior Johnson, Tiny Lund and the illustrious Petty clan (Richard Petty, king of the stockers, won $378,865 last year) began their racing careers here. Spectators expect the local boy they applaud to become tomorrow's NASCAR hero. Says Cabarrus County Sheriffs Deputy Stowe Cobb: "We're all participants because those boys out there are our own people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South/sport: Just Like Whiskey | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...Brooklyn Dodger outfielder who stole a spot in the Hall of Fame by swiping 738 bases during a 20-year career in the majors that ended in 1933; of cancer; in Miami. Noting Carey's better success ratio, some baseball observers rate him above legendary Base Bandit Ty Cobb, who finished his 24-year American League career with 892 steals. But while in one year Cobb was thrown out 38 times in 134 attempts, Carey, in 1922, stole 51 bases in 53 attempts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 14, 1976 | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

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