May 22, 1978 Table Of Contents
As I Saw It
BY ORDAINING A DYING YOUTH HIS NO. 1 ETERNAL FAN, ALI WAS THE GREATEST
Booktalk
THE PREEMINENT JOSH GIBSON RATES A BIOGRAPHY, BUT THIS ONE BATS .230
Viewpoint
THOSE AUTHORS OF FLY-FISHING BOOKS SHOULD WADE INTO TROUBLED WATERS
Playoffs
Seattle was flying high, about to shut the Nuggets down, when it encountered Game-5 turbulence at 5,000 feet in Denver and had to head for home
MOTHER'S DAY PRESENT FOR HIS FATHER
In the WCT finals, Gerulaitis beat Dibbs for the first time, pleasing his dad and enabling him to put a down payment on the Ferrari
GIMME AN 'S' GIMME AN 'E', GIMME...
...an 'X'. And NFL fans are going to have it this coming season, as cheerleaders for more and more teams are adopting the Dallas Cowboy look. Where it's going to lead only Oakland Raider Coach John Madden knows
By Bruce Newman
Bute
NEW UPROAR OVER A CONTROVERSIAL DRUG
After one death and several accidents, some jockeys are beginning to ask questions about the Butazolidin being given to their horses
By Douglas S. Looney
Human Power
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE-OR, IN THIS CASE, FROM THEM
With its two-man crew pedaling and cranking like mad, White Lightning broke through the 50-mph barrier to win the Human-Powered Speed Championships
...and an outside rush into the rolling swells of the Pacific mark the Swiftsure Lightship Classic, in which the sailors find that the tides wait for no man
By Julie Lamb
TV/Radio
ADDING LINKS TO THE ANCHOR CHAIN
By Frank Deford
Baseball
I'll tell you what—this guy can hit
Not only that, Toronto's versatile Bob Bailor has already played six positions
By Jim Kaplan
By Herman Weiskopf
Horse Racing
Victor Coladonato's dream almost came true, but then Legend came up hurting
By Clive Gammon
Africa
By Robert F. Jones
For The Record
A roundup of the week May 8-14
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert H. Boyle