August 28, 1978 Table Of Contents
Double Eagle
Braving ups and downs and surviving the dread cold sink, three Albuquerque balloonists rode their Double Eagle II to a historic Atlantic crossing
By Clive Gammon
CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE WORST KIND
When Affirmed cut off Alydar in the backstretch of the Travers, he became a loser even though he finished first
Nyad
Diana Nyad failed to swim from Cuba to Key West when adverse winds, whipping up huge swells, forced her out of the water
By Dan Levin
Kinsella
By Ron Reid
Brutality: Part 3
Where coaching stops, chemistry steps in with encapsulated fury. It's madness
Baseball
Rookie Manager Jim Fregosi has the California Angels knocking at the pearly gates in the AL West. After sweeping the Orioles, they trailed the Royals by .001
By Larry Keith
By Jim Kaplan
Billiards
Under a news blackout, Ray Martin got a second chance and won the world pocket billiards title in the small hours
By Michael DelNagro
Connors
Raised by Women to Conquer Men
Cosseted by his grandmother, coached by his mother, Jimmy Connors bestrode the world of tennis in 1974. Although he has slipped since, he refuses to alter his game
By Frank Deford
For The Record
A roundup of the week August 14-August 20
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Bruce Newman