August 15, 1983 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
THIS BASEBALL NOVEL WOULD BE A HIT, EXCEPT FOR A FEW AUTHOR'S ERRORS
Swimming
Five world and two American marks were set at the Long Course Nationals in Fresno, but some old champions were struggling to keep afloat
There's A New Bear On The Loose
Hal Sutton put a death grip on the PGA Championship to stop a classic Jack Nicklaus charge
By Dan Jenkins
Macho Camacho went home to Puerto Rico and knocked out Bazooka Limon to win the WBC super featherweight title
John Elway
In Denver, Delirium is Spelled E-L-W-A-Y
Playing his first NFL game, Quarterback John Elway exceeded even the mile-high hopes of a football-mad city
By Douglas S. Looney
World Track
Splendor And Agony In Helsinki
As the first World Championships in track and field began, there was victory for some, but for others grievous injury
By Kenny Moore
Misdeeds
What's Happened To Our Heroes?
Each week brings news of athletes' misdeeds. How serious is the situation? Here is the result of an SI inquiry
By William Oscar Johnson
Baseball
Baltimore's Jim Palmer went to Hagerstown to begin his comeback from an arm ailment
By Steve Wulf
INSIDE PITCH (Through August 7)
Tennis
Hungary's fast-rising Andrea Temesvari feasted at the U.S. Clay Courts
By Franz Lidz
Harness Racing
Still mourning a dead colt, Stanley Dancer won his fourth Hambletonian
Yannick Noah
Heir apparent to the legendary Four Musketeers, Yannick Noah is the toast of France and a vital new force in the tennis world, but now he agonizes that he may be "losing control of my life"
By Ray Kennedy
For The Record
A roundup of the week Aug. 1-7
Compiled by Lisa Twyman
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum