June 19, 1978 Table Of Contents

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Affirmed and Alydar staged the most dramatic of their nine duels in the Belmont, and after another stirring stretch run Affirmed had his hard-earned Triple Crown

By William Leggett

MORE THAN A RUNNER-UP

By Douglas S. Looney

FOR HOLMES, IT WASN'T SO ELEMENTARY

Larry Holmes had to fight the hard fight and rally in the closing seconds of the final round to wrest the WBC title from Ken Norton

By Pat Putnam

ALL SMILES WHILE SHE TEARS UP THE TOUR

Nancy Lopez, the amazing 21-year-old rookie, won her fourth straight tournament by routing the field in the LPGA championship

By Barry McDermott

World Cup

GETTING A HANDLE ON THE CUP

Eight teams advance at the World Cup in Argentina, with a rejuvenated Peru a qualifier and Scotland knocked out

By Clive Gammon

Godzilla

WAITING FOR GODZILLA

A 200-pound tarpon surely swims in Florida's Gulf waters, and one fine day it will fall to the angler's fly

By Robert F. Jones

Incredible Open

THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN OPEN LIKE IT

The past, future and present came together on one incredible day at Cherry Hills in 1960 as Palmer caught Hogan and Nicklaus

By Dan Jenkins

Sheene

MAKING A BLOODY GOOD GO OF IT

Barry Sheene feels grotty and is facing tough new challengers, but the cocky Cockney cyclist keeps the throttle wide open in defense of his title

By Clive Gammon

Theater

FOR ONCE, THE CUBS IN A LAUGHER

By Sarah Pileggi

Baseball

A cutdown in cuts

The intentional unintentional pass has turned the bats of hot hitters Rod Carew and Jeff Burroughs into walking sticks

By Larry Keith

THE WEEK (June 4-10)

By Herman Weiskopf

Track & Field

Dual duels in the sun

A sprinter and a distance runner each took a pair of titles at the AAU meet

By Joe Marshall

Pro Basketball

They're first, at long last

After 16 seasons and 233 days, the Bullets won their first NBA title by shutting down Seattle's hot guards and getting plenty of backspin from a surprising hero

By John Papanek