May 8, 1978 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
HOOKING COOKS ON EVERYTHING FROM THE SEA ROBIN TO BOILED PERIWINKLES
Viewpoint
AN OUTDOOR MAGAZINE WITH A MINIMUM OF ME-AND-JOE-WENT-HUNTING TALES
By Ron Rau
NBA Playoffs
Washington upset the Spurs, then got a surprising edge on the 76ers. In the West, Denver could not buck Milwaukee
By John Papanek
American divers demonstrated they were as strong as ever with impressive performances in a pair of big international meets
By Bruce Newman
A LIVING LEGEND LIVES UP TO HIS NAME
Sam Snead and money have been close friends for many years, and he wasn't about to let the $400,000 Legends of Golf title get away
By Dan Jenkins
IT'S THE ROSIEST DERBY IN YEARS
With favored Alydar and Affirmed resuming their redoubtable rivalry and unbeaten Sensitive Prince a figurative if not literal dark horse, the 104th running of the Kentucky Derby could blossom into a beauty
ROSES, JULEPS AND EQUINE HEAVENS
Race Walker
Race walker Ron Laird has no regular job and no address—only plans to be a U.S. Olympian for the fifth time
Disaster
The perils of rural tennis include bulls that horn in on your matches and snakes that steal tennis balls
By J.D. Reed
TV/Radio
By Sam Moses
Baseball
Rejected by other teams and their own fans, the young A's are surprise winners
By Ron Fimrite
By Herman Weiskopf
Bridge
Going down the old tube—in spades
This wasn't a commuters' game on the Long Island Rail Road. This was big time on the big eye. And this was disaster
Boxing
He'd sooner play shortstop, but Duran saves his hands for slugging opponents
By Pat Putnam
Rodeo
Perhaps unhinged by the largest purses in the sport, favorites in all events came up losers in the Copenhagen/Skoal rodeo at Fort Worth
By Douglas S. Looney
Track & Field
Led by Mark Belger, Villanova won five out of five races at the Penn Relays
By Ron Reid
Hockey
Toronto's plan was to win by bullying, and when the Islanders failed to fight back, they dropped a shocking series
By Mark Mulvoy
Yesterday
A BROKE SCOT HAS A HIGH OLD FLING GOLFING WITH AN AUTOCRATIC ARMOUR
By John Gonella
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 24-30
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood