April 30, 1984 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
FOR SAN FRANCISCO SPORTS NUTS, AN OPPONENT IS ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY
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
Basketball Trials
A brutal week of basketball in Bloomington left 20 qualifiers for what could be the best U.S. Olympic team ever
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
Detroit Tigers
Aided by their savvy coach, pitchers Jack Morris and Dan Petry have Detroit off to a blazing start
By Jim Kaplan
NFL
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
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
The Toughest Coach There Ever Was
By Frank Deford
Baseball
Rookie Juan Samuel is a leadoff man with big speed—and a big bat
By Ivan Maisel
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
Max Blank
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
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum