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Under Bob Blackman, who was the winningest coach in Ivy League history before he left. Dartmouth for a sabbatical at Illinois, Cornell has gone undefeated this season with only one tie. The Ithacans have been averaging 227 yards a game rushing and have only thrown a piddling 29 passes...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Ivy Rivalries Resume as Cornell Enters Stadium | 10/14/1978 | See Source »

This month's 74-69 victory over UMass Boston was win number 100 for the Basketeers. With a career total of 102-25. John Harvey now stands out as the winningest coach in the history of the Gen Ed Department...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Classics Pass Century Mark; Hoopsters Notch 100th Victory | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

...beneficiary of all this talent is new coach Dave Fish, who succeeds Jack Barnaby. Barnaby was not only the most respected and winningest squash coach of all time, but rumor has it that he invented the game itself. Otherwise, Fish is starting from scratch...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Racquetmen to Defend Title | 12/7/1976 | See Source »

Wilson's hallmark in this enterprise was not glowing political vision but sharp political acumen. It made him the winningest P.M. in British history, with four election victories (1964, 1966 and two in 1974) against one defeat (to the Tories' Edward Heath in 1970). Wilson himself conceded: "I am not doctrinaire, I just want to get on with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Man for a Season of Decline | 3/29/1976 | See Source »

...request was not surprising. Charlie Finley, 57, is the winningest and most notorious businessman in baseball. The national pastime has never been noted for imagination in the front office, and change of any sort has usually been equated with heresy, but Finley is an unabashed maverick. "I've never seen so many damned idiots as the owners in sport," he sputters. "Baseball's headed for extinction if we don't do something. Defense dominates everything. Pitching is 75% of the game, and that's why it's so dull. How many times have you seen a fan napping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Charlie Finely: Baseball's Barnum | 8/18/1975 | See Source »

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