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May 4, 1981 Table Of Contents

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Sideline

IN FEMALE ATHLETICS, THE WOODS ARE FULL OF LADY LIONS AND TIGERETTES

By Robert V. Behr

Sixers-Celtics

THE WEARIN' DOWN O' THE GREEN

The 76ers floored the Celtics at Boston Garden and went on to take a 3-1 lead in the East

By John Papanek

TO THE GREATER GLORY OF JUMBO

Villanova's runners paid honor to their late coach in a fitting manner at the Penn Relays

By Jack McCallum

Fernando Fever

EPIDEMIC OF FERNANDO FEVER

Los Angeles is delirious over dazzling rookie lefthander Fernando Valenzuela

By Jim Kaplan

Too Tall

THE TALL AND THE SHORT OF IT

Ed (Too Tall) Jones is a great athlete who has never lived up to the expectations of a public that believes he should be as good as he is big

By Douglas S. Looney

Caddies

IT'S MONEY IN THE BAG

Caddies for the top players on the PGA Tour have discovered that even reflected glory pays nice dividends

By Walter Bingham

Flytier

GOTCHA! HOOK, LINE AND LINGERIE

Nothing's sacred when John Betts scouts synthetics to use in his revolutionary flies

By Robert H. Boyle

TV/Radio

Casey here, Casey there

The theater and public television pay respects to Stengel, with mixed results

By Robert W. Creamer

Baseball

The heat is on with Heaton

Neal Heaton and his 93-mph fastball are the University of Miami's top attraction

By Walter Bingham

THE WEEK (April 20-26)

By Kathleen Andria

Boxing

An unsentimental education

A little learning can go a long way—12 rounds, as Thomas Hearns found out

By Bruce Newman

Hockey

It was the Oo-la-las in six

The Sasson boys, alkla the New York Rangers, showed St. Louis they could skate better than they sing and dance

By E.M. Swift

Gerry Cooney

Gerry Cooney Can't Beat His Old English Teacher, But He Could Become Heavyweight Champion Of The World

Cooney, who fights Ken Norton on May 11, has dominated everyone he has faced in the ring, but on his frequent trips back to his old school he meets his match in two-fisted Geraldine Gorman

By William Nack

Reminiscence

THE A'S TEAM TAILOR STRUCK A GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP WITH A DIAMOND STICKPIN

By Ben Waxman

For The Record

A roundup of the week April 20-26

Compiled by N. Brooks Clark

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Philip G. Howlett

SCORECARD

Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum

CREDITS

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