August 10, 1981 Table Of Contents
Footloose
BELIEVE IT: A BIRD IN HANDICAP CAN BE WORTH TWO POINTS IN THE BUSHES
By Joe Wing
Baseball
And so the rancorous big league baseball strike came to an end, and players began preparing for the "second" season
By Jim Kaplan
By Steve Wulf
Cleveland and Atlanta open the season with Brian Sipe and Steve Bartkowski inspiring hopes of a meeting in January
By E.M. Swift
7-Footers
SUMMIT MEETING OF THE SUPER 7-FOOTERS
Three altitudinous college freshmen-to-be were the centers of attention at last week's third National Sports Festival in Syracuse
Channel Swimmer
Channel swimmer Cindy Nicholas, who holds the two-way record, is aiming to become the first to swim the English Channel three ways, nonstop
Abbatiello
His fellow harness drivers aren't exactly fond of abrasive Carmine Abbatiello, but he really couldn't care less. He's already won $29 million in that sulky
Movies
Seeking soccer "Victory" over P.O.W.s, the Germans stop playing Mr. Nice Guy
By Frank Deford
The TV Revolution
Cable and pay TV, which already have brought remarkable variety to the home screen, are precipitating revolutionary change, and all of sport will be affected. The first of two parts
By William Oscar Johnson
By Wilmer Ames
For The Record
A roundup of the week July 27-Aug. 2
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer