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...could threaten for all the marbles. Right now, however, the Big Red look a little thin to maintain consistency over the grueling ten-game slate, which includes formidable Rutgers as an adversary. The Crimson will have the good fortune of catching Cornell the week after the Big Red's showdown with the Scarlet Knights...
...tensions stem from the aftermath of what the Lebanese have come to call the July 7 coup. In a decisive, three-day military showdown between the two main Christian groups, Gemayel...
...Ranko Zeravica threw down the gauntlet after his Yugoslav deadeyes trounced Italy, 86-77, for the gold medal. Said he: "The question of who is best-the Yugoslavs or the U.S.-is being disputed, so we must meet and find out." But the U.S. Amateur Basketball Association said a showdown was not likely. Admitted Cosic: "We play better against the Russians. The Americans-they kill...
...heavy business of the Olympics, track and field, did not get under way until late in the week. Most eagerly awaited was the showdown between England's exciting runners, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, in the 800 meters. Another Briton, Allan Wells, 28, beat them to the gold with a victory in the 100-meter dash; Wells needed a closing rush to edge out Cuba's Silvio Leonard in the relatively slow time of 10.25. (The best U.S. time this year was 10.02 by James Sanford of the University of Southern California.) A Cuban woman, Maria Colon...
...first part of their long-awaited showdown finally took place last Saturday in the cool evening air of Moscow's Lenin Stadium. In something of an upset, Ovett roared past Nikolai Kirov of the Soviet Union in the final curve, held off Coe in the stretch, and won the gold medal in the 800 meters. The winning time of 1:45.4 was a full 3 sec. slower than Coe's world record. That pace favored Ovett's driving, elbowing style. "I'm a competitor," he said beforehand. "I like to beat the other people...