March 21, 1977 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
PUT A ROTOR ON THE ROOF, SPORTSMEN, AND YOU'VE GOT A CABIN IN THE SKY
The Sixers
With all its high-priced talent, Philadelphia was supposed to be awesome. Instead, it is an enigma—and sometimes awful
IT WAS A PIECE OF CAKE FOR BAKER
Rain turned the Daytona 200 Motorcycle Classic into half of what everyone expected, which was just fine with Yamaha factory rider Steve Baker. He handily won his first official 750-cc. world championship race on his first try
By Sam Moses
THE SIXTEEN SWEETEST FIGHT FOR A KISS
But only the NCAA champion will get it. Will it be Michigan? UCLA? Or will it be a team that lost to Georgia Southern earlier in the season?
World Cup
AFTER THE LAST HURRAH, A FINAL MURMUR
By shutting out the Australians in the Aetna World Cup, the U.S.—and Jimmy Connors—applied the coup de gr√¢ce to a glorious dynasty
By Frank Deford
TV/Radio
College Baseball
A catcher who's caught their fancy
Major league scouts have their eyes on Florida State's Terry Kennedy, a long-ball hitter with an arm like Bench's
By Jim Kaplan
Skiing
Making like a giant in slaloms
The medals may be pins and the races easy, but everybody stars in NASTAR
By Sam Moses
Design For Sport
Now this is one way to travel light
Frank Shorter has come up with running gear that is also dry, cool and warm
For The Record
A roundup of the week March 7-March 13
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer