May 26, 1975 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
FOR THOSE WHO SIS-BOOM-BAH AND HAVE A TASTE FOR SIDE BANANA JUMPS
By Frank Deford
Movietalk
REDFORD COMES IN ON A WING, A SMILE AND A PRAYER—AND IS KILLED BY A PLOT
By Mark Donovan
Record Mile
Sprinting away from a classy field in Kingston, Jamaica's Dream Mile, 21-year-old Filbert Bayi of Tanzania broke Jim Ryun's 8-year-old world record to clearly establish that he is the king of the milers
By Ron Reid
The bettors didn't like him, but a solid colt named Master Derby refuted his 23-to-1 odds by upsetting Foolish Pleasure
Year after year, the Colonels have been ready to chomp on a Kentucky-fried championship and never quite made it. But after three games of the ABA finals they had the Pacers by both drumsticks
Cubs
Though some deride the Cubs' early foot, a versatile pitcher answers the unbelievers with rhyme and reason
By Roy Blount Jr.
Fred Shero
Armed with his trusty legal pad, a snippet of Beatles philosophy and a Westernized Russian tactical plan, Philadelphia Flyer Coach Fred Shero created the prototype of future NHL teams
By Mark Mulvoy
TV/Radio
Baseball
The Rangers' boy hero struggles to recover his stuff in the minors
By Pat Jordan
By Herman Weiskopf
Boxing
Of all the stuff Ali showed Lyle, only the right hand was telling
By Tex Maule
Brains
...but rarely anyone else's. MIT fields teams in a record 22 sports without granting a single athletic scholarship or charging admission or caring if anyone turns out to watch, which is always a possibility
For The Record
A roundup of the week May 12-18
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Sarah Pileggi