June 22, 1981 Table Of Contents
Perspective
VACANT LOTS WERE NEVER IDLE IN THE SPORTS-FILLED YOUTH OF THE AUTHOR
By Jim Strain
Sideline
WHEN HE'S IN DOUBT, AND AT ALL OTHER TIMES, THE AUTHOR UPS AND PUNTS
By R.D. Rosen
Baseball Strike
At an impasse with club owners over the issue of free-agent compensation, major league players went on strike
By Jim Kaplan
Holmes-Spinks
NOW, DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION?
Larry Holmes' stature as a champion is endlessly denigrated, but his effortless handling of Leon Spinks was the McCoy
By Pat Putnam
Hagler-Antuofermo
When middleweight champion Marvin Hagler and Vito Antuofermo put their heads together, the loser in every way was the bloody challenger
By Clive Gammon
Steve Scott
AS WE JOIN OUR SHOW, STEVE, IS, AS USUAL, RUNNING
Can young Steve Scott, miler and soap opera junkie, find happiness and success with a world record? You can bet he'd like to find out
By Kenny Moore
Borg
Bjorn Borg has had several close shaves at Wimbledon, but he hasn't lost in five years. The secret may be a private ritual the preceding fortnight
Baseball
Last week's strike came at a bad time for Pete Rose and other record chasers
By Steve Wulf
Track & Field
The only minutes that dragged for Coe came after he ran his world-record 800
By Craig Neff
Golf
Donna Caponi is no longer Young, but that was the least of her worries as she beat off challenges by Jerilyn Britz and Pat Meyers to win another LPGA Championship
Muldowney
THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB IS A WOMAN
When it comes to driving a 2,500-horsepower dragster, two-time world champion Shirley Muldowney is unexcelled
By Sam Moses
For The Record
A roundup of the week June 8-14
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