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April 13, 1981 Table Of Contents
The Title
There are no NBA champs now that the defending titlist Lakers were stunningly upset in the first round of the playoffs by Houston
Gerry Faust
THE IRISH HAVE FLIPPED OVER FAUST
The mantle of Rockne, Leahy and Parseghian is being readied for Notre Dame's new head coach, if only he'll hold still long enough for a fitting
By Ray Kennedy
Baseball '81
As a new season begins, many a club has many a new face, and a player strike could be in the offing, but certain verities remain. Take two: George Brett (left) and Mike Schmidt, paragons at their position, and compelling proof that for any team which seriously hopes to contend for a league championship this year...
By Jim Kaplan
If Atlanta Third Baseman Bob Horner is ever able to play a complete season, he might set some long-distance batting records
By Steve Wulf
By Jim Kaplan
By Steve Wulf
By Ron Fimrite
By William Nack
A manager may have many talents—molder of men, master tactician, super psychologist—but the only thing he's sure to be is a goner
By Ron Fimrite
By Robert W. Creamer
TV/Radio
By Jim Kaplan
Monique Berlioux
Olympic Committee presidents may come and go, but Monique Berlioux is an enduring power in amateur sport
Rowing
In the year's first major regatta, Washington's outsized oarsmen, exhorted by an emotional cox, outpulled Yale, Harvard and other classy crews from both coasts
By Dan Levin
Tricks Of The Trade
Loaded bats, phantom DPs and balls doctored with everything from flour to fly-line cleaner may be illegit, but they're as much a part of the grand old game as, well, the spitter
By Steve Wulf
For The Record
A roundup of the week March 30-April 5
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
