July 26, 1982 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
A NOVEL BASED ON THE BUNION DERBY MASTERS THE SUBJECT, NOT THE LINGO
By Jeremiah Tax
British Open
Tom Watson's latest British Open win, at Troon, came thanks to a young American who faded and a South African who folded
By Dan Jenkins
Restaurateur Rocky Aoki, bent and broken in a crash, returned to racing with a bang, winning his own Benihana race
It Was Just Another Mary Chase
Mary Decker Tabb celebrated her homecoming by entering a 10,000—and set her seventh world record of 1982
By Kenny Moore
Rookies
They Haven't Been Kidding Around
Seriously, folks, a lot of rookies in the National League look as though they've been in the bigs for ages
By Steve Wulf
Van Beveren
Jan van Beveren got in Dutch in his native Holland, so he emigrated to Fort Lauderdale, becoming the NASL's top goalie
By Bruce Newman
Baseball
The Reds may be dead, but Shortstop Dave Concepcion is alive and clicking
By Ivan Maisel
Handball
Here's a cat who's an unrepentant killer
Naty (El Gato) Alvarado has this game by the tail
By Franz Lidz
TV/Radio
Except for the Cosells, the networks have given up on sports journalism
By William Taaffe
Boxing
The lure of one last payday keeps 37-year-old Earnie Shavers in the ring
By Ralph Wiley
Bill Walsh
In 1979 Bill Walsh brought his iconoclastic, unpredictable and wide-open brand of football to the lowly San Francisco 49ers. Three seasons later they were Super Bowl champions
By Kenny Moore
For The Record
A roundup of the week July 12-18
Compiled by Rob Buchanan
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
Edited by John Papanek