July 8, 1974 Table Of Contents
Out Of The Pack
Pumping through the Sierra for seven days and 475 miles, the second-longest bike race in U.S. history met unbelieving cops and unyielding semis
By Roy Blount Jr.
WARNING: DANGEROUS SLURVES AHEAD
That is the pitch from Atlanta as league-leading Buzz Capra and his fellow lay analysts do their best to cure a case of acrophobia
By Ray Kennedy
IN DEFENSE OF THE COMPETITIVE URGE
The Vice-President reflects fondly on his "halcyon days" as a Michigan football star and Yale coach, and ponders the current state of sport, arguing that winning is a necessary goal; that international athletic victories serve nations well; and that the preoccupation with money may end up alienating the fan
Marbles
It was a time for reverie on the hot, flat Jersey sands, as the children participating in the national tournament knuckled down with their shooters of exotic colors
By Mark Kram
TV
Baseball
Failing to get timely hits from vaunted batsmen and needed relief from the bullpen, Pittsburgh's Pirates are treading water above last place
By Pat Jordan
By Joe Marshall
Pro Football
Are you ready for the WFL? It's here!
While the old established National Football League was fretting about player strikes and picket lines, the upstart new league was displaying precocious professionalism as it prepared to launch its first season
By Joe Marshall
Golf
Not even Jack Nicklaus can outdrive Jim Dent, who wishes the rest of his game was smashing, too
For The Record
A roundup of the week June 24-30
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
Edited by Andrew Crichton