June 21, 1976 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
CLOSEUPS OF A CUDDLY-LOOKING BAT AND A PRAYING MANTIS DINING ON A FLY
By Roy Blount Jr.
Two Bagels
Continuing a streak that began in the Italian Open, Adriano Panatta beat the Bagel Twins, Eddie Dibbs and Harold Solomon, to win the French Open
GEORGE FILLS THE ROYALS' FLUSH
George Brett has emerged as the blue-chipper who could lead Kansas City to victory in the AL West
By Ron Fimrite
In one swoop, Bobby Orr bolted the Bruins, jolted the Black Hawks for $3 million and had his ravaged knee checked out by doctors
By J. D. Reed
In Clover
Texan Bunker Hunt has his hoards of oil and sugar and silver, and lately he has begun cornering the market in thoroughbreds, winning two Derbies and more than half a million dollars in seven days
By Edwin Shrake
Babashoff
In her first race little Shirley Babashoff dog-paddled to victory. She's been a big winner ever since, and is our best hope at Montreal
Track
TV/Radio
Baseball
The youngest major-leaguer, Minnesota Catcher Butch Wynegar, 20, is the biggest overachiever to date in the precocious rookie class of '76
By Douglas S. Looney
By Herman Weiskopf
Motor Sports
IMSA has elbowed into the crowded racing scene with small stockers that have drawn Southern comfort
Track & Field
It was no laughing matter when Marty Liquori, preparing for the 5,000-meter run in the upcoming Olympic Trials, strained a hamstring
By Ron Reid
Golf
Favored to sweep the NCAA championship, the Deacons expired as Oklahoma State and USC's Scott Simpson applied the coup de grace
For The Record
A roundup of the week June 6-13
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer