May 5, 1980 Table Of Contents
Perspective
OLD AND UNIMPROVED AS THEY MAY BE, SPLIT-CANE FLY RODS CAN'T BE BEAT
Sideline
AN ITALIAN SCIENTIST HAD A CAPITAL TIME AT THE MONOPOLY TOURNAMENT
NBA Playoffs
In the eyeball-to-eyeball cockpit of the NBA playoffs those Jones Boys—Caldwell (below) and Bobby—caged Larry Bird as Philly triumphed in five games
By John Papanek
By Bruce Newman
LES CANADIENS ARE LAID TO REST
There will be no champagne-filled Stanley Cup for Montreal this spring. In a shocking upset, Minnesota stopped the Canadiens' bid for their fifth straight Cup by beating them 3-2 in Game 7 of the quarterfinals
Native's Return
A champion at two who had taken his lumps at three, Rockhill Native won the Blue Grass to revive his Kentucky Derby prospects—and set off a down-home hoedown
By William Nack
Kent Tekulve
HERE IT COMES, SPECIAL DELIVERY
Batters dread facing Reliever Kent Tekulve, whose sidearm pitches arrive by way of third base, but in Pittsburgh he's earned the stamp of approval
By Bob Ottum
Niatross
IS THIS HORSE A LEGEND IN THE MAKING?
As unbeaten Niatross eyes the 1980 season, there is talk, not altogether fanciful, that the pacer may become a legend of Dan Patchian proportions
By Douglas S. Looney
Show Jumping
O.K., arena advantage, but with the World Cup held in Baltimore, it was fitting that Conrad Homfeld and Melanie Smith of the U.S. rode off with the top honors
Baseball
Does Julio play for Houston, or is it Jose or Victor or...? With the accrual of the Cruz crew reaching a crucial point and creating confusion, here is a handy guide
By Steve Wulf
Diving
In only six years, Chinese divers have sprung from nowhere to beat the U.S.
Golf
Arnold Palmer made his debut among the game's senior-citizen demigods, but Tommy Bolt—Art Wall were the heroes
By Dan Jenkins
The Earth
The Environmental Decade is past, but is environmentalism passè? A status report
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 21-27
Compiled by Roger Jackson
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum