March 5, 1984 Table Of Contents

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The Lakers

The Toast Of Both Coasts

The newly resurgent Lakers delivered a playoff message by beating Boston in L.A. and the champion Sixers in Philly

By Bruce Newman

USFL

They're Loaded With Trump Cards

The New Jersey Generals now have more than Herschel Walker, as they proved in a win against Birmingham

By Ralph Wiley

This Debut Was A Real Debacle

By Dan Levin

Big Ten

The Prince Of Pecs Gave Purdue A Lift

Led by brawny center Jim Rowinski, the unheralded Boilermakers muscled past the Fighting Illini into the Big Ten lead

By Curry Kirkpatrick

Now Appearing: Bobby K And The Four Freshmen

By Ed Burns

Woody Stephens

He's Got The Horse Right Here

Here's a hot tip straight from the mouth of trainer Woody Stephens: Triple Crown-favorite Devil's Bag is the best horse he has ever had

By William Nack

College Basketball

Making it the hard way

Iona guard Steve Burtt excels at his game to counteract his sadness

By Jaime Diaz

THE WEEK (Feb. 20-26)

By Roger Jackson

Tennis

The host didn't have the most

Ilie Nastase was more patsy than Nasty in Romania's loss to the U.S.

By Robert Sullivan

Boating

Diva really hit the high seas

A German donna was prima in the SORC, the No. 1 regatta in the U.S.

By Sarah Pileggi

Track & Field

They kept the joint jumping

A former ballerina and a Lewis who wasn't Carl lit up the TAC meet

By Craig Neff

For The Record

A roundup of the week Feb. 20-26

Compiled by Ivan Maisel

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Robert L. Miller

SCORECARD

Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum

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