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May 3, 1976 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
THE AUTHOR OF 'JAWS' IS AT IT AGAIN, IN A SEA NOVEL WITH A BIT-PART SHARK
By Frank Deford
First Fling
Tuning up for the Olympics at the Penn, Drake and Mt. SAC Relays, U.S. hopefuls gave some nifty performances—including one shattering throw
By Pat Putnam
By Joe Marshall
By Joe Jares
Clouts And Outs
Those premier power whiffers, Phillie Mike Schmidt and Met Dave Kingman, are off and swinging again. Each has had a torrid homer streak, including Schmidt's four in one game, and a ton of strikeouts
By Larry Keith
The Derby
NICE TO BE THE DERBY FAVORITE, BUT...
Mighty Honest Pleasure faces not only a quality race-alike front-runner, Bold Forbes, at Churchill Downs this weekend, but also some upsetting Derby history
Cliff Diver
Sam Hernandez found it takes more than skill and bravery to dive off the cliffs at Acapulco
By Sam Moses
Part 3: Religion In Sport
The preachers to the pros, like the Rev. Billy Zeoli (right), often are modish and flamboyant, but the slick sermons they deliver in locker rooms before games psych up the players
By Frank Deford
Baseball
Houston's on top, just where L.A.'s not, in the upside-down division
By Ron Fimrite
By Herman Weiskopf
Hockey
Philadelphia's Stanley Cup champions survived the Toronto war, while New York's Islanders routed Buffalo and charged off to battle Montreal
By J. D. Reed
Tennis
But in the doubles world Freddy McNair (left) and his partner Sherwood Stewart are now No. 2
By Paul A. Witteman
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 19-25
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Douglas S. Looney
