March 12, 1984 Table Of Contents
Spotlight
THE LAST WORD IN P. A. ANNOUNCERS IS PRONOUNCED DAAAAVE ZIIIINK-OFFFF!
By Lisa Twyman
The Flamingo
The $36 million wonder horse Devil's Bag was outraced in the Flamingo by his chief rivals, Time for a Change and Dr. Carter
By William Nack
Olympic champ Bill Johnson's crisp curves meant victory in an Aspen World Cup race
By William Oscar Johnson
Kansas City
A Sudden Slide Into Uncertainty
After a year of disappointments and cocaine busts, Kansas City puts on its new face
By Jim Kaplan
Steve Young
The Los Angeles Express came up with a 43-year, $36 million package to lure Steve Young to the USFL
By Ralph Wiley
Umpire School
Say 'He's Out!' Not 'You're Out!' Or You're Out!
Joe Brinkman's school, where 90% of aspiring umps get the thumb, is one of only two routes to the pros
West Germans
Two Bits, Four Bits, Six Bits, A Deutsche Mark!
Basketball with a Teutonic twist has sent the Washington Huskies to the top of the Pac-10, and that's just the tip of the Eisberg in the U.S.
Tennis
Martina Navratilova won the best-of-five Virginia Slims final going away
By Jaime Diaz
College Basketball
When Auburn center Charles Barkley uses body language, people listen
TV/Radio
As an incubator of sportscasters, the school has a dazzling record
By William Taaffe
America's Cup
The author, who skippered Defender in the trials, says the U.S. had charted a fatal course before the races began
On The Scene
COMIC-STRIP COACH GIL THORP: GOING STRONG AFTER 25 YEARS ON THE JOB
By Craig Neff
For The Record
A roundup of the week Feb. 27-March 4
Compiled by N. Brooks Clark
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum