March 28, 1977 Table Of Contents

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Nevada-Las Vegas is Omnibound, racing into the NCAA final round with North Carolina, Marquette and surprising N.C.-Charlotte, the survivors of the seismic regionals

By Barry McDermott

EXTRA WEEK OF ROOM SERVICE FOR AL McGUIRE

By Joe Jares

THE ROAD TO SUCCESS PASSES FOUR CORNERS

By Kent Hannon

YOU'LL NEVER HUSH HUSH CHARLOTTE NOW

By William F. Reed

'JEEMY YOUNG! JEEMY YOUNG! JEEMY YOUNG!'

The crowd roared for the underdog who outfought George Foreman and traumatized the heavyweight boxing scene

By Pat Putnam

Rookies

BUMPER CROP OF BOYS FROM THE FARM

Baseball, it seems, is about to enjoy its third straight rich harvest of rookies, and Texas may reap the biggest prize in switch-hitting Second Baseman Bump Wills

By Peter Gammons

Goaltenders

REINCARNATION AND 13 PAIRS OF SOCKS

Pity the hockey goalies cowering in the nets. To soothe their jangling nerves they subscribe to outlandish beliefs and perform bizarre rituals

By Jerry Kirshenbaum

Whale Of A Show

WHERE THE WHALES PUT ON A WHALE OF A SHOW

The cobalt blue waters of Baja's Magdalena Bay are where the gray whales winter—big, barnacled mamas and their newborn 15-foot, half-ton offspring

By Robert F. Jones

Feeling Fit

FEELING FIT TO HURT A LOT OF FEELINGS

Having just streaked to 15 victories on the boards, Sprinter Steve Riddick is raring to dust his rivals outdoors

By Joe Marshall

Boating

Up to the scuppers in cups

Five skippers honing their talents for the America's Cup clashed with five others in California's Congressional Cup. The winner in the head-to-head series: Ted Turner

By Coles Phinizy

College Basketball

'Dance on his face, Flenoil!'

Independence (Kans.) beat the favorites to waltz away with the JC championship

By Bruce Newman

Wrestling

Same state, different champion

The Iowa State Cyclones dethroned Iowa's Hawkeyes for the NCAA title

By Douglas S. Looney

Fishing

Salmon for Hizzoner

Don't snicker. If the Big Precinct Leader in the Sky gets out the vote for Chicago's late Mayor Daley, Chinook will run in the Chicago River

By Rick Telander

Golf

In a class all by itself—for now

The TPC is not a major championship and will not be for a good long while yet, but the world's best professionals were grand-slammed at savage Sawgrass

By Dan Jenkins

That Orange Shirt

THAT ORANGE SHIRT MEANS SOMETHING

Even in a last-minute farmhouse recruiting session where he has to compete with a Jerry Lewis movie, making a case for playing football at Tennessee comes naturally to the Vols' new coach, Johnny Majors

By John Underwood