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Andover evened the score when the referee assessed Garrett with a charging violation and awarded a penalty kick to Andover. Although Harvard disputed the ruling, the Phillipians made good on the kick and the game ended in a tie, 2-2.

Author: By Thomas H. Green iii, | Title: J. V. Booters Tie Andover, 2-2 | 11/2/1978 | See Source »

By 9 o'clock, a couple of hundred customers are seated on red vinyl chairs around small, black cocktail tables, while at long bars on opposite sides of the room, shots and beers are dispensed to small clusters of men. The room is dim despite red, orange, green and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Arizona: Pleasure and Pain from Disco Punches | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

In the next bout, 182-lb. Slaymaker, fighting in blue-denim overalls and bare feet, faces Gerard Ranare, a younger (20) fighter of the same weight. Slaymaker, like McDoniels before him, is slowed by his prefight drinking; Ranare is pure concentration. He bloodies Slaymaker's nose with a right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Arizona: Pleasure and Pain from Disco Punches | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

They disallowed hand-checking on defense, experimented with a three-point field goal, added another referee, and tightened up rules on zone defenses. And Jesus, though they tried, the Nets were still bankrupt and Marvin Barnes only played when he felt like it.

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Little Hoop, Lots of Hoopla | 10/12/1978 | See Source »

Spinks, defending the title in only his ninth professional fight, was obviously ill equipped to run Ali to ground. The former champion's talent may have dimmed, but he was still a superbly conditioned athlete. Six months ago Ali could not escape Spinks and had folded his hands over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Young Once Again at 36 | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

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