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...Grant Blair, who last season had one of the best freshman seasons any goaltender ever enjoyed, is back as a sophomore to mind the nets. Picked by the Calgary Flames in the sixth round of the NHL's June draft. Blair allowed 2.74 goals per game, the NCAA's second-best mark...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Showing Tonight: 'The Season After' | 11/22/1983 | See Source »

...running game, you might argue for tailback Steve Ernst as the overlooked hero of the day, with 115 yards on only 29 carries--a 6.1 yards per rush average. But Gizzi's rushing performance stole the show--he got the Harvard offense rolling on its second-best outing this fall with a spectacular 47-yard touchdown run in the second quarter...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Yes, Frank, He Can Pass | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

...Kinnock and his wife Glenys took a stroll along Brighton beach for the benefit of photographers. As the cameras clicked, Labor's new standard-bearer tripped and fell into the chilly surf. Picking himself up, with a grin on his freckled face, Kinnock shook the water off his second-best suit and observed that "the damn tide came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Labor Reaches for Unity | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...together since then." The Rhode Island native started after the third game of his sophomore year, and has turned into a steady backup ever since. With a save average consistently over 60 percent, he was All-Ivy honorable mention last year, and has the second-best save average of Ivy starting goalies this year...

Author: By Mohammed Kashani-sabet, | Title: Tim Pendergast | 5/13/1983 | See Source »

Jiangsu isn't a variant of Chow Mein, but the second-best hoop squad in the People's Republic of China, which beat a visiting Harvard team...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Cagers Chop Chinese, 113-73, In First Briggs Center Game | 11/24/1982 | See Source »

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