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April 30, 1984 Table Of Contents

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FOR SAN FRANCISCO SPORTS NUTS, AN OPPONENT IS ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY

By Demmie Stathoplos

On The Scene

AT THE OLD-TIMERS' BASKETBALL GAME, THIS REPORTER SPELLED HER MVP D-A-D

By Lisa Twyman

Viewpoint

A PHONE CALL CONVINCED THE AUTHOR THAT DOUBLE D IS A HALL OF FAMER

By Bruce Anderson

Basketball Trials

It Was Trial By Fire

A brutal week of basketball in Bloomington left 20 qualifiers for what could be the best U.S. Olympic team ever

By Curry Kirkpatrick

Now It's Domination On The Dirt

Martina Navratilova routed Chris Evert Lloyd at her own game on her own beloved clay court to win at Amelia Island

By Barry McDermott

Detroit Tigers

Tigers, Tigers Burning Bright

Aided by their savvy coach, pitchers Jack Morris and Dan Petry have Detroit off to a blazing start

By Jim Kaplan

NFL

The Choice Is Leftovers

The NFL draft used to be a grand harvest of talent, but this year's crop of players has been picked over by the USFL

By Paul Zimmerman

A Circus And A Charade

That's all the draft is, says the author's old friend The Coach, who thinks it is high time that the system was scrapped

By John Underwood

The Toughest Coach There Ever Was

By Frank Deford

Baseball

Philly's new whiz kid

Rookie Juan Samuel is a leadoff man with big speed—and a big bat

By Ivan Maisel

INSIDE PITCH (April 16-22)

By Henry Hecht

Pro Basketball

For the 76ers, it was almost a Net loss

New Jersey ran off to a 2-1 lead over defending champ Philadelphia

By Anthony Cotton

Max Blank

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Soviet émigré Max Blank is learning life in America can be sweet if you're 6'8½" and can hit the turnaround jumper

By Bruce Newman

For The Record

A roundup of the week April 16-22

Compiled by Joy Duckett CAIN

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

CREDITS

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