
CONTENTS
12 Those Golden Gates
They opened at Innsbruck for two American skaters and a West German skier
by William Oscar Johnson
18 Images of Innsbruck
A portfolio of color photographs captures the rich variety of the Games
26 Odds-on Favorite in Vegas
High rollers should put their chips on the Nevada, Las Vegas basketball team
by Barry McDermott
30 Slick's Not Just His Name
If Seattle staged a popularity contest, this SuperSonics' guard would be a shoo-in
by John Papanek
34 Blueprint of Disaster
The architects of progress have provided at Mica Creek a model of what not to do
by Robert Cantwell
58 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Clarke
Faultless Bobby Clarke can turn into a holy terror when he goes on the ice
by Ray Kennedy
The Departments
9 Scorecard
42 College Basketball
48 TV/Radio
50 Motor Sports
54 Golf
73 For the Record
74 19th Hole
Credits on page 73
Cover photograph by John Olson
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Next Week
Dogs he's fought, but until now no lions. Correcting that oversight, Muhammad Ali ventures to Puerto Rico to beard Jean-Pierre Coopman, the Lion of Flanders. Mark Kram will report.
PRESENTING: THE POSSUM. He wowed the court of Ferdinand and Isabella, but America wearied of the timid critter and soon he was on the road to ruin. Roy Blount Jr. gives him his due.