April 21, 1980 Table Of Contents
Footloose
VISITORS TO THE BIG APPLE MAY NOW SERIOUSLY INQUIRE: TENNIS, ANYONE?
WHAT IS NEITHER GOLF NOR AN OLYMPIC SPORT? OLYMPIC GOLF, THAT'S WHAT
By Andy Meisler
Booktalk
AN OUTDOOR DUO: RIVER WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE, WATERFOWL THAT MERIT ONE
A GEOGRAPHER CHARTS AN ANTIDOTE TO EXCESSES OF COLLEGE RECRUITING
Viewpoint
THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER IF YOU USE THAT HAND-POWERED LAWN MOWER
Sideline
THIS RED SOX HISTORIAN GOES BACK SO FAR THAT HE SAW THE BABE PITCH
By Jim Kaplan
The Masters
Except for one jittery hour, 23-year-old Severiano Ballesteros ruled the Masters with an iron hand, humbling our finest
By Dan Jenkins
By Myra Gelband
Olympic Boycott
With the full weight of the Presidency pledged to an American boycott of the 1980 Summer Games, the U.S. Olympic Committee—distraught, dismayed but dutiful—has acceded to the inevitable
By Kenny Moore
Whiffs
Replete with strikeout aces, the Astros opened with J.R. Richard's two-hitter and, oops, a four-bagger by Nolan Ryan
By Larry Keith
Brodeur
Ed Brodeur is not only the inventor of surfaces, notably Supreme Court, on which tennis is played, but he is also a prophet who can foretell who's going to win a tournament from the "dynamics of the court"
By Ray Kennedy
By Bill Colson
Me And Red
How a young Celtics fan found a champion in the Boston coach, suffered with him and shared in his joy
Baseball
Al Oliver is a .300 hitter who bats .000 in the recognition department
By Steve Wulf
Swimming
Mike Bruner made a fired-up comeback at the national championships, but he wasn't as hot as record-setters Rowdy Gaines, Mary T. Meagher and Par Arvidsson
By Joe Marshall
Bowling
Marshall Holman is a hot dog to some fans, but others really relish his style
Boxing
The Mexican machine makes his mark
WBC featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez stamped out Ruben Castillo
By Douglas S. Looney
Hockey
Read you, Roger, wilco and out
Innovation is the name of the game for Buffalo, which has a really hot hotline
Penn Circuit
The Penn Circuit can be the road to glory, or the road to nowhere, for tennis pros who are hoping to move up to the big-time tour
Yesterday
AT 98, THIS FORMER OLYMPIAN JUST KEEPS PADDLIN' AWAY, FAR FAR AWAY
By Bill Colson
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 7-13
Compiled by Brooks Clark
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Steve Wulf