May 25, 1981 Table Of Contents
Sideline
IN BUBBLE-GUM CARDS, TOPPS IS STILL TOPS, BUT NO LONGER UNCHALLENGED
By Franz Lidz
Stanley Cup
Man up, man down, all even, the Islanders scored every which way to blast to a 3-0 Stanley Cup final lead over Minnesota
By E.M. Swift
Pleasant Colony, a droopy-eared cipher before the Derby and Preakness, is now a solid bet for racing's Triple Crown
NBA Finals
ONCE MORE, WITH A LOT OF FEELING
Love, hate, anger and some inspired play by two young forwards—series MVP Cedric Maxwell and Larry Bird—enabled the Celtics to defeat the Rockets and revive a Boston tradition: winning the NBA championship
By John Papanek
TV/Radio
A bunch of fun and good advice
By Franz Lidz
The Big Ten Mess
Harsh penalties following a bizarre series of events have made some Illini clamor to get out of the conference
By Douglas S. Looney
Baseball
Cleveland's Len Barker promised only a no-hitter, but he delivered a lot more
By Bruce Newman
Golf
The way to victory in the Colonial, that is, if not the future nature of the tour
By Dan Jenkins
A.J. Foyt
Get Out Of the Way, Here Comes A.J.
When push comes to shove, at his ranch in Texas or on a racetrack anywhere in the world, A.J. Foyt bulldozes to the fore
By Bob Ottum
By Donia McMurray-Kirmsse
Nostalgia
AIMING TO PLEASE, HE THREW THE LAST STRIKE OF HIS MINOR LEAGUE CAREER
By Larry Colton
For The Record
A roundup of the week May 11-17
Compiled by Craig Neff
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum