April 7, 1986 Table Of Contents
Sideline
A BOOKSHOP OF MOUNTAINEERING LORE ON, APPROPRIATELY, THE FIFTH FLOOR
By T. Nicholas Dawidoff
Booktalk
IF YOU'RE AT SEA IN THE SEARCH FOR A GOOD BOOK, HERE'S A GRIPPING TALE
By Robert F. Jones
First Person
JOINED BY A TEAM OF STAR CLIMBERS, A NOVICE WEATHERED MOUNT RAINIER
By Tom Brokaw
Footloose
HERE'S A MEMORY LANE FOR BOWLING FANATICS WHO HAVE SOME SPARE TIME
By Jim Kaplan
Shopwalk
WHEN IT COMES TO THE INDY 500, TWO NEWSPAPERS ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
By Bob Brown
NCAA Championship
Center Pervis Ellison lifted Louisville to the NCAA championship
AN UP ENDING FOR MR. UP AND DOWN
TPC Golf
John Mahaffey gained four shots in eight holes to beat Larry Mize
By Rick Reilly
The Bird
The Bird Fell to Earth
For one fairy-tale year, Mark Fidrych was king of baseball, but the reign ended far too soon
By Gary Smith
Bill Laimbeer
Master of the theatrical fall, Detroit's Bill Laimbeer is one of the NBA's most disliked players—and its top rebounder
Horse Racing
A.J. Foyt's Rare Brick survived a speed duel to win the Rebel Stakes
Bowling
New Latin twist on the pro tour
Venezuela's Amleto Monacelli is a striking figure on the PBA lanes
By Jaime Diaz
College Hockey
Surprising Michigan State beat Harvard to win the NCAA championship
By Bob Kravitz
Women's Basketball
Texas wound up a perfect season, beating USC for the NCAA crown
The Masters
Viewing THE MASTERS With A New Eye
Of God, Golf And Green Jackets
Even in a bad year for the azaleas, the Masters is a beautiful, though enigmatic, event. At least that's what the author discovered on his first trip to Augusta to observe this annual rite of spring
By Frank Deford
Reminiscence
A FATHER SAVORS HIS LITTLE GIRL'S GROWING ENTHUSIASM FOR BASEBALL
By John Gerlach
For The Record
A roundup of the week March 24-30
Compiled by Bailey Breene Gendron
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert Sullivan