February 20, 1978 Table Of Contents
Preview
No sooner had Lake Placid unveiled its new Olympic rink than champion Eric Heiden slashed his way to victory in what could be a dress rehearsal for 1980's Winter Games
By William Oscar Johnson
HOLDING BACK TO CHUTE THE WORKS
The East Germans were sneakily slow in practice, then really poured it on to ice the four-man bobsledding title
By John Papanek
Rookies
IT'S WHOOOOSH! BOOM! WHOOP! TIME
The NBA's rookies are resoundingly led by the Suns' Davis, Johnson of the Bucks and King of the Nets
Cardinals
HE DON'T GET NO RESPECT FROM HIS CARDINALS
His players have little use for St. Louis owner Bill Bidwill, and the team is disintegrating. Coach Don Coryell and All-Pro Guard Conrad Dobler are gone. Terry Metcalf may be the next defector
By Joe Marshall
Small World
Riding with NASCAR star Benny Parsons on a thundering tour of Daytona can be eye-opening—if you have the nerve to look
By Sam Moses
College Basketball
Loco about the Lobos once more
A pack of transfers has New Mexico fans howling, not for blood but with joy
By Larry Keith
By Bruce Newman
Boating
Williwaw is giving them the willies
At the halfway mark of the SORC it looks like Dennis Conner and Williwaw in a breeze
Horse Racing
He hasn't got the horse right there
But Darrel McHargue is running away with the great Santa Anita jockey race
Jobs
While we tote those barges and lift those bales, these three play for pay
By Douglas S. Looney
For The Record
A roundup of the week Feb. 6-12
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By Jack Meyers
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum