Booktalk
ANCIENT GREEKS AND MODERN YANKS CONTRIBUTE TO FINE BASEBALL FICTION
Shopwalk
ON LAKE OR SEA, THE AQUASCOOTER CAN BE A GREAT GETAWAY VEHICLE
By Wilmer Ames
Indy Qualifying
The acrimony abated in Indy car racing, and so did the rain, as qualifying set the stage for this year's 500—and at a far faster pace than anyone expected
By Robert F. Jones
FROM BOOM TO BUST TO BOOM IN THE WEST
The Sonics found their confidence game just in time to stave off the Suns and send the conference championship back to the Kingdome
By John Papanek
Football Scandal
A QUICK COOK'S TOUR ACROSS THE STREAM
At one point the race left her breathless, but Betty Cook, ex-world and current national champion, blew them all away in the Bacardi
By Julia Lamb
Oakland
THEY'RE JUST MAD ABOUT CHARLIE
As few as 653 fans have seen the A's play, but it's owner Finley who's being sued for nonsupport
By Ron Fimrite
Cousineau
When Ohio State's Tom Cousineau was tabbed by Buffalo as the NFL's No. 1 draft pick, he told the Bills...
By Douglas S. Looney
Baseball
When Lou Brock said he'd retire at the end of this season, it seemed he was giving up the chase for his 3,000th hit. But a hot bat has him in hot pursuit once more
By Jim Kaplan
By Herman Weiskopf
Hockey
Captain Serge Savard's Canadiens gained the Stanley Cup finals by beating Boston in overtime, then his pacer placed third and the Rangers beat Montreal in Game 1
By E.M. Swift
Horse Racing
Even the women in Marian Franklin's yoga class joined in the triumphant celebration for her son, the jockey
By Clive Gammon
Pro Basketball
Sort of a court of last resort
Ron (Don't Call Me an Agent) Grinker showcased his clients at Riverfront Coliseum, hoping to find them a future
Chinaglia
LOOK AT ME! I AM GIORGIO CHINAGLIA! I BEAT YOU!
He is the NASL's leading scorer—a proud, vain man whose life is soccer—and when he gets a goal for the Cosmos, he lets the world know about it
By J.D. Reed
Yesterday
NEWARK WASN'T THE BEST BALL CLUB IN '37. WOULD YOU BELIEVE SECOND?
For The Record
A roundup of the week May 7-13
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert H. Boyle
