July 24, 1978 Table Of Contents
Bonny Victory
Jack Nicklaus won his third British Open at what has come to be his native heath, Scotland's Royal and Ancient
By Dan Jenkins
Leon Spinks
And when that mood strikes, it's fly away now and train later for Leon Spinks, who is enjoying the heavyweight title in his own style as he prepares to meet Muhammad Ali in their September showdown in New Orleans
By Bruce Newman
Phillies
THE LITTLE BIG MAN FOR THE PHILLIES
While teammates of greater stature slumped or sat, Shortstop Larry Bowa used his bat, glove and guts to take Philadelphia to the divisional lead
By Larry Keith
Oshkosh
By Julia Lamb
Money In Sports: Part 2
FOR THE ATHLETE, HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
Although team owners have the loot to pay today's large salaries, can sports or the players afford them?
By Ray Kennedy
Baseball
Do they really know the score?
The decisions of the official scorers are almost always a hit with the home team, but the visitors feel that they often err
By Jim Kaplan
By Kent Hannon
Soccer
Led by Mike Flanagan, the NASL's leading goal scorer, Boston beat the Cosmos twice and happily found itself, expansion club or no, in first place in its division
By Clive Gammon
Cycling
The Zinger was a real humdinger
Over the Colorado mountains, across the valleys and into exhaustion, the cyclists found that eight days and 600 miles of agony aren't everybody's cup of tea
For The Record
A roundup of the week July 10-16
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum
Departments
Edited by John Papanek