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The MVP of the NBA Finals deserves a good year. Throughout his career, Worthy has played behind Jabbar and Johnson. If Worthy played on any other team in the NBA, he'd be a franchise.

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Eight FAN-tastic NBA Season Facts | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

"I T'S morning in America"--that's what Ronald Reagan told the voters in 1984, while his opponent Walter Mondale was busy asking his Democratic rivals "Where's the beef?" No wonder Reagan won: He had Ben Franklin and 200 years of early birds backing his re-election bid...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Putting Style Before Substance | 8/5/1988 | See Source »

Perhaps the Buffalo Bisons best illustrate the metamorphosis of the minors. In 1982 the Double A team drew an audience of just 77,000 for the season. That year Rich bought the franchise for $100,000. In 1984 he sold the team for $350,000 to investors who moved it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonanza In The Bushes | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

It must be the New Jersey Devils, who had not qualified for the NHL Playoffs--an elite group of the "best 16" of the 21 league teams--since the franchise moved from Denver to the northeast.

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, | Title: M-I-C-K-E-Y D-E-V-I-L-S | 5/6/1988 | See Source »

Farmer, 49, an effervescent backslapper who never misses an opportunity to promote himself or his candidate, is the master of modern political fund raising: a person who can franchise a nationwide pyramid of captains and lieutenants to seek out $1,000 donations, the maximum permitted by law. So far he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farmer with A Green Thumb | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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