March 2, 1981 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
AN UPBEAT STORY ABOUT A DYING MAN WHO TURNS TO SPORT AND FINDS LIFE
San Diego Track
Having espied a portentous green bikini and donned his lucky singlet, Coghlan cleaved two seconds off his world indoor mile record with a 3:50.6 in San Diego
By Kenny Moore
Johnny Miller may have something brewing again after winning his second tournament of '81, the L.A. Open
By Dan Jenkins
J.R. Richard
J.R.'s Pledge: I'm Going to Return
After a stroke, two operations and a long winter of recuperation, J.R. Richard of the Astros is on the road to recovery
By William Nack
The Brothers Bibby
HE'S NOT HOT STUFF, HE'S MY BROTHER
The Bibby boys, little Henry of the NBA Clippers and big Jim of the baseball Pirates, are notables, though not to one another
Mickey Thompson
IS THERE LIFE AFTER HOT-RODDING?
Once the template of the Sh-boom generation and the man who set more than 400 speed records, Mickey Thompson, 52, rolls on—and often over
By Bob Ottum
College Basketball
They're tall, but that ain't all
By learning to work together, the mountainous front line of Center Tom Chambers and forwards Karl Bankowski (left) and Danny Vranes has Utah atop the WAC
By Bruce Newman
Tennis
That's just what the classy Leslie Allen has given to the lifeless women's tour
By Jim Kaplan
Carstensz Pyramid
Three Americans set off to climb 16,023-foot Carstensz Pyramid, a mysterious, haze-shrouded peak in New Guinea, but first they must contend with ghosts and an ominous jungle. Part I of a two-part story
By Sam Moses
For The Record
A roundup of the week Feb. 16-22
Compiled by N. Brooks Clark
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum