February 7, 1977 Table Of Contents
Irish Guys
Eamonn Coghlan ran away with the Millrose Games mile while Niall O'Shaughnessy nearly nailed the indoor record in Missouri
By Joe Marshall
EVERYBODY IS COURTING THE KING
Brooklyn high school star Albert King is the college recruiters' most wanted man
By Kent Hannon
A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN LAGOS
Dick Stockton, the legendary champion of the Lagos Tennis Classic (concluded in Caracas, if you recall), last Sunday upset Jimmy Connors in five sets in Philadelphia to win the U.S. Indoor Championship and instant celebrity
Fargo Street
THIS SPORT IS NOT ON THE LEVEL
When a Los Angeles bicycling club launched an assault on a concrete Everest, it proved uphill all the way
Donut Line
ON THE WHOLE, IT'S THE DONUT LINE
Centers come and go, but Montreal Wings Guy Lafleur and Steve Shutt fly on toward the goal-scoring title
Kidvid Bid
Promoter Bill Riordan is at it again. Suddenly he's into skateboarding and is about to lay it on the little screen
By Frank Deford
College Basketball
Athletes in Action preach the gospel at halftime, but during games they give opponents a devil of a time. Last week Nevada-Las Vegas never had a prayer
By Joe Jares
By Herman Weiskopf
Squash
Two well-conditioned Aussies gave the Americans a lesson in their own game
By Jim Kaplan
College Hockey
Union College didn't have a team, a schedule or even any ice when Coach Ned Harkness arrived, but now it battles the best on even terms in the Achilles Arena
By Pat Putnam
Soccer
Gildo Rodrigues and other Brazilian coaches give a crash course in the U.S.
By J. D. Reed
Pro Basketball
That's what Coach Slick Leonard calls Don Buse, perhaps because he doesn't remember how to pronounce his name
By John Papanek
For The Record
A roundup of the week Jan. 24-30
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Jack Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer