June 7, 1976 Table Of Contents
Viewpoint
IT'S A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OVERDUE, BUT AT LAST RED SMITH HAS A PULITZER
By Frank Deford
As I See It
TAKE PILEUPS OUT OF THE PRIMARIES: TURN THEM INTO POLITICAL FOOTBALL
By Frank Deford
Arttalk
THE SHOW OF MUSCLES AT THE WHITNEY WAS VITIATED BY ACADEMIC FLABBINESS
Shopwalk
SOME BICYCLE MANUFACTURERS PICTURE GRAPHITE AS THE FRAME OF THE FUTURE
Indy 500
Make that the 255. Cooling it under cover in the pits after rain cut short his spirited duel with A. J. Foyt, Gentleman Johnny Rutherford learned he had won the day
By Sam Moses
After two lackluster losses to the Celtics, Phoenix came home and put life in the NBA finals. The victory showed that rookie Alvan Adams could hang in there with the old folks when the pressure was on
A BEAUTIFUL BEAST, MR. NICKLAUS
The course you built, Jack, is pleasing to the eye, but the guys who had to go out and play it were lucky to escape alive
By Dan Jenkins
Bicentennial Cup
O.K., WE'VE GOT NO KICK COMING
England, Italy and Brazil—superb soccer teams all—breezed in for a Bicentennial party and even Team America had fun
By Clive Gammon
Cameron
The Strongest Man in the Free World, 237-pound Mark Cameron has 28-inch thighs, a dragon tattooed on one hip and a good shot at muscling a medal out of Montreal
By Philip Singerman
The Count
Is he just plain John Montefusco, a Rookie-of-the-Year righthander and a homebody? Or is he The Count, the mouth without peer?
By Ron Fimrite
TV/Radio
Baseball
Ron LeFlore was not in Detroit's lineup on Opening Day, but then he swung out on the longest American League hitting streak in 27 years
By Larry Keith
By Herman Weiskopf
Catapulting
First among those who cast stones
An ancient martial art had lots of language scholars rocking
By Bruce Newman
Pro Football
Sporting strangely conservative threads, free agent Fullback John Riggins jets around the league trying to peddle his services for $1.5 million
By Ron Reid
Lacrosse
Big Red sticks it to the Terps
Cornell came from far behind to win a thriller of an NCAA final
By Joe Marshall
Karate
Goaded by his father, a professor with a passion for martial arts, Freddie Simons has earned his black belt at the remarkably early age of eight
By Kent Hannon
Gerraway
The Irish love of the chase pits the fastest, most agile greyhounds against hares and each other for three hard days, but for their bettors it is an around-the-clock teat of wit and capacity
By Clive Gammon
For The Record
A roundup of the week May 24-29
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer