May 14, 1984 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
WHATEVER YOUR GAME IS, A LESSON IN PHYSICS CAN GIVE YOU AN EDGE
By Jeremiah Tax
DOES A CURVEBALL CURVE? YESSIREE, SAYS A FOND HISTORIAN OF THAT PITCH
By Robert W. Creamer
Reminiscence
ONCE, LONG AGO IN THE LAND OF COOP AND KELLY, LITTLE MO MET HER MATCH
First Person
FOR THE CHAMPION IN THE ROTISSERIE LEAGUE, JOY IS A YOO-HOO SHAMPOO
By Steve Wulf
Kentucky Derby
That's the word from Churchill Downs after Seattle Slew's son won the 110th Kentucky Derby, leaving 19 behind
By William Nack
Tigers
Even though they continue to win at a blistering pace, the Detroit Tigers recognize that it won't last forever
By Ron Fimrite
The Islanders
The Great Ones Go After The Great One
After a slow start New York stuck it to the Canadiens and now faces the Gretzky Oilers with dynastic élan
By E.M. Swift
Ben Crenshaw
A man of rare graciousness in his years of despair, Ben Crenshaw is still that after his epic Masters win
Danny Sullivan
If you don't think life as a front man for a pizza chain can be beautiful, take a careful look at Indy-Car driver Danny Sullivan
By Bob Ottum
TV/Radio
ESPN's Dick Vitale may not speak softly, but he carries a big shtick
By William Taaffe
Baseball
He's a hefty problem for pitchers
Tony Gwynn of the Padres may be weighty, but so is his .396 average
By Ivan Maisel
INSIDE PITCH (Statistics through May 6)
By Henry Hecht
Pro Basketball
Maurice Lucas's power helped lift Phoenix to a 3-1 lead over Utah
Pro Football
For the hapless Washington Federals, the USFL ain't what it used to be
By William Oscar Johnson
Tristan Jones
Sailor-author Tristan Jones has lost one leg but not his enthusiasm for high adventure on the high seas
By Ray Kennedy
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 30-May 6
Compiled by Armen Keteyian
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum