Word: stan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...applaud our countryman's excellence, we should keep in mind that he really isn't a very talented ambassador yet. Maybe he could take some lessons in protocol from elder statesmen Stan Smith and Arthur Ashe, men who never had McEnroe's talents but who nonetheless dominated the game for short periods with grace and good humor...
...example, is looking to surpass Ty Cobb's record of 4,191 hits and become baseball's alltime hit leader; Rose is at 3,630 now, but at 40, will need another few seasons to catch Cobb. Indeed, he needs only one more hit to pass Stan Musial; he got a hit last week-in a softball game in Cincinnati. Tom Seaver of the Reds needs 48 wins to join that select group of pitchers with 300 career victories; at 36, he cannot easily afford to lose a season's pitching starts...
Implicit in the title of "tennis champion" is a certain code of behavior emphasizing patience, dignity, generosity, and courage. Stan Smith possessed these qualities during his brief reign at the top of the world rankings. Arthur Ashe rarely questioned a call and certainly never called an umpire a "fool" before thousands of fans. Further back, men like Laver and Rosewall exemplified these virtues, as did the countless female champions of the century. Today, the dominant force in men's tennis--Bjorn Borg--carries himself with the pride of a man who never has to whine for a point...
...titles for the Pale Hose with a .388 average in 1936 and .328 mark in 1943. 23. Richie Zisk of the visiting Chicago White Sox. 24. Lou Piniella of the Yankees and Marty Pattin of the Royals. 25. Ron Reed played with the Detroit Pistons: Bob Gibson. 26. Stan Musial and Nate Colbert. 27. Claude Passeau. 28. Danny Murtaugh of hte Pittsburgh Pirates. 29. Matty and Jesus Alou: Denny and Brian Doyle: Lee and Carlos May. 30. Lou Brock and Bake McBride of the 1974 St. Louis Cardinals. Brock stole 118 that year, and McBride pilfered 30. Last season LeFlore...
...oiled the engines every six months," says Systems Engineer Stan Soderberg, 55, who has spent his adult life caring for the big plane. A parachute rigger fresh out of the Navy, he signed on with Hughes at 21, in 1946. "We ran the controls every other week, hydraulics one week and electrical the next." Soderberg is a lean, intense fellow who wears an airman's jumpsuit. He saw the plane's only flight, on Nov. 2, 1947, when Hughes lifted it off the water of Long Beach Harbor and flew it at a height...