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July 12, 1976 Table Of Contents
Wimbledon
On Friday, Chris Evert glittered, on Saturday Bjorn Borg shone, both exulting in their Wimbledon titles
B.J. IS A HIT EVEN WHEN SHE MS.'S
Heading to California, the riders are sore, and not just from their saddles
Uncommon Success
UNCOMMON SUCCESS FOR A COMMON MAN
Padre Randy Jones, who pitches at ordinary speeds, could do the extraordinary—win 30
By Ron Fimrite
Smilin' Jack
A LIVING LEGEND CALLED MEAN SMILIN' JACK
Pittsburgh's young middle linebacker, Jack Lambert, plays with a vicious Butkus-like intensity that makes him special even on a team of stars
By Robert F. Jones
AN EYE FOR THE ESSENCE OF THE GAME
TV/Radio
Baseball
Rookie righthander Mark (The Bird) Fidrych has sent the spirits of Tiger fans winging with his youthful eccentricities and a 9-1 record
By Jerry Green
By Herman Weiskopf
Golf
Australian Jan Stephenson, once a nobody, is now a tour celeb
By Mark Donovan
Gymnastics
For the first time within memory, there's light at the end of the Olympic tunnel for the U.S. men
By Herman Weiskopf
Boxing
Introducing the youngest of the Benitez boys and also the youngest champion in boxing history
By Pat Putnam
East Germany
Young athletes in East Germany are taught that to excel in sports is as much duty as fun, the ultimate goal being the top step of the victory platform in the Olympics
For The Record
A roundup of the week June 28-July 3
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer