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...goals by Craig Janney helped Boston College edge the University of Minnesota, 3-2, in NCAA Tournament play Saturday night, but Minnesota eliminated the Eagles, 6-4, in the two-game, total-goals quarterfinal matchup...
...Oklahoma-Pitt second-round matchup will feature two immensely talented but inconsistent teams. Oklahoma has the superior backcourt, and Darryl Kennedy and Harvey Grant can score with Pitt's outstanding front line. But Oklahoma's defensive lapses will probably tell in the end. Iowa (27-4) is tough, but Pitt, led by Jerome Lane (13.8 r.p.g.) is one team that can rebound with the Hawkeyes. If Curtis Aiken stops building houses from three-point range, the Panthers could go to the regional final...
...meets also marked the final races at Blodgett Pool for Harvard's six seniors. Saturday, immediately before the Yale matchup, Hugh Murray, Clay Miller, Bill Cleveland, Jim Kornish, and Co-Captains Simkowitz and Lars Reierson were given awards commemorating their dedication to the team...
...strategy paid off as Stars & Stripes grew stronger during the competition. The boat seemed to find a "magical lift," according to rival USA Skipper Tom Blackaller, who lost the semifinals to Conner in four straight three weeks ago. That set the stage for a neat matchup of opposites last week because New Zealand was designed for maneuverability on high seas. The result, says Conner, is "like a fuel dragster vs. a turbocharged Porsche. While the dragster might have more speed in a straight line, he doesn't want to go 24 hours at Le Mans." The series was also...
N.F.L. traditionalists hoped for a Giants-Browns matchup, a game fit to be watched on black-and-white television. But Super Bowl tradition is founded in the old American Football League too, and Elway casts something of a Joe Namath shadow on the mismatch. As of last week Elway had not guaranteed a victory, but he did say this, "You have got to win the Super Bowl before you are a great quarterback...