May 17, 1976 Table Of Contents
Viewpoint
STOP PICKING ON CALIFORNIA. THERE'S A MAN HERE WITH A CHIP ON HIS PROSE
By Ron Fimrite
Rangers
With a blend of seasoned pitchers, youthful hitters and a congenial manager, the Rangers are on top in the American League West
By Ron Fimrite
Reggie Leach displayed the flare of Maurice Richard as he blitzed Boston for five goals in one game and blasted the Flyers off to Montreal for a Stanley Cup confrontation with the Canadiens
By J.D. Reed
IT WAS A LIKE-HATE RELATIONSHIP
Bjorn Borg and Guillermo Vilas are the best of friends, but when they met for the WCT championship in Dallas, they were the best of enemies. Borg won in four sets to become the best of the best
The doctor
THE DOCTOR OPENS UP HIS MEDICINE BAG
In the first four games of the ABA championships Julius Erving had the right prescription for Denver, and the Nets prospered
By Pat Putnam
'I'LL NEVER PLAY THE SAME OLD RIFF'
By John Papanek
Indy
For years Parnelli Jones and Ol' Calhoun were kings of the Brickyard; now the car is silent in the museum while the man keeps going full bore
By Sam Moses
Baseball
Batters usually ground out against Randy Jones, the Padres' studious sinkerballer, who has become an ace by working fast and throwing slow
By Ron Reid
By Herman Weiskopf
Outdoors
It is loose and lumpy and the feet are big, but it has saving graces
Horse Racing
Since the auctioneers' hammers banged down, a lot of expensive colts have failed to measure up to the hopes of the high bidders
Golf
Ignoring the shakes, Sally Little won the Women's International as you'd like it, blasting out of a bunker for a sensational birdie on the 72nd hole
For The Record
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By Jack Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer