
CONTENTS
THE YEAR
The feast of 1982 featured both plain and fancy cooking 10
PRO FOOTBALL
Skins sank Fins in a Super ending to a strike-marred year 12
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
At long last, Penn State and Paterno were perched on top 26
BASEBALL
Cards flew, Brewers went flat in the first Suds Series 40
TRACK & FIELD
World records tumbled; seven fell to a girl named Mary 60
WONDERFULLY MAD
Britain's David Moorcroft ran a truly astounding 5,000 68
PRO BASKETBALL
The fast-breaking Lakers sped off with the NBA title 86
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Nothin' could be finer than North Carolina's NCAA win 98
BOXING
A death and a retirement both saddened the ring world 112
HOCKEY
Gretzky and the Islanders were the NHL icemen of the year 122
TENNIS
Jimbo was back, winning the U.S. Open and Wimbledon 126
SOCCER
In the world Cup final, everything came up Rossi for Italy 132
GOLF
And who won the two Opens? Elementary, my dear. Watson 138
GALLERY
Drivers, riders, swimmers and skiers: clock-watchers all 142
Picture credits on page 151
Cover Design by T. Thurston Martin