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...year, beating scrappy Florida State 81-76 in the final. It marked the Bruins' sixth straight victory in the championship, now known in some circles as the U.C.L.A. Invitational. It was also the Bruins' eighth title in the past nine years and their 45th consecutive victory in regular-season games and playoffs. And the end is not in sight. Four of this year's five starters, including the college player of the year, Sophomore Center Bill Walton, will be back next year...
...many, the season kicks off inordinately early-in the heat of July when the top team in the National Football League plays the College All-Stars. After that, for the next six months, the pros play 78 exhibition games followed by 182 regular-season games, followed by six playoff games, followed by the game: the Super Bowl...
...even if Maryland fares poorly over the regular season, the team will have a reprieve in the form of the ACC playoff in March. Last year a North Carolina team that won the League title over a 14 game season lost it to South Carolina in a three game knockout tournament. Instead of going to the NCAA playoffs, where the other regular-season conference champions were, the Tarheels had to settle for the NIT at New York, which they won easily...
Neither do his teammates. When regular-season play ended last week, the Bruins had not only won the division title easily, but had eclipsed no fewer than 35 N.H.L. records-itself a record. In setting new marks for the most victories at home and on the road, they made more goals (399) than any team has ever scored in a season. Ten Boston players each put in 20 or more, which is roughly equivalent to a baseball team's having ten .300 hitters. Center Phil Esposito alone netted 76, far surpassing the old record of 58 set by Chicago...
Died. Terry Sawchuk, 40, New York Rangers' back-up goalie who during a 21-year career in the National Hockey League set a record of 103 regular-season shutouts and was considered by many to be the game's greatest goal tender; of a blood clot in the lung following injuries suffered in April during a brawl with Teammate Ron Stewart; in Manhattan...