February 7, 1983 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
HERE'S A BIG LEAGUE BOOK ABOUT THE SEAMY ASPECTS OF LIFE IN THE MINORS
By Art Hill
Spotlight
THIS ADVENTURER TRAVELED TO NEW HEIGHTS, THEN REACHED THE DEPTHS
Super Bowl XVII
Hail victory! And good grief! The whooping began after good young Charlie Brown (87) scored the clinching TD against Miami in Super Bowl XVII
Pole Vaulters
Records are falling as Billy Olson leads a U.S. resurgence in an event it used to dominate—pole vaulting
By Craig Neff
Bombs Away
Despite confusion and controversy, experimental rules are giving major college basketball the scoring boost it wanted
McKinney
For Tamara McKinney, a skier from Kentucky, fast is fabulous, which is why she's on top of the World Cup
By William Oscar Johnson
TV / Radio
NBC did itself proud at the Super Bowl with a magician named Merlin
By William Taaffe
College Basketball
Show Time! at top-ranked Laredo JC means lights-out for the opposition
Pro Basketball
After a 12-0 launch, Seattle seems to be on the verge of flaming out
By Bruce Newman
Fitness
For most of our citizens, especially young ones, the heralded physical fitness boom is a bust
For The Record
A roundup of the week Jan. 24-30
Compiled by Bruce Anderson
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum