July 7, 1986 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
WITH A LUMINESCENT GOLF BALL, IT'S A LONGER DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
By Andy Meisler
World Cup
Superstar Diego Maradona fast-stepped Argentina to the World Cup championship over West Germany in Mexico City
By Clive Gammon
Just eight days after the Len Bias tragedy, cocaine proved fatal to safety Don Rogers of the Browns
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Jimmy Connors's ouster in the opening round at Wimbledon highlighted a week of upsets at The Championships
By Frank Deford
Football Trial
Give The First Round To The USFL
The embattled younger league has scored tellingly against the NFL in the trial of its $1.32 billion antitrust suit. Now the NFL has the ball
By William Nack
Canseco
...and say hello to A's rookie Jose Canseco, who's leading the majors in RBIs while building his batting-practice legend
By Ron Fimrite
Anglo-American Football
Football, that is, the American version. NFL telecasts have made the game so popular in England that teams are springing up everywhere
By Clive Gammon
Swimming
If you want records, go to the Matt
Matt Biondi sprinted to a couple of world marks in the U.S. trials
Inside
THE GIANTS' MR. SENSITIVITY HITS HIS STRIDE
By Franz Lidz
Bislett
Since it opened in 1922, Bislett Stadium in Oslo has been the site of an astonishing number of world records in both track and field and speed skating. What is there about the place that lifts athletes in two sports to such stellar performances? Part of the answer can be discovered in the Norwegian people themselves
By Kenny Moore
For The Record
A roundup of the week June 23-29
Compiled by Duncan Brantley
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Craig Neff And Robert Sullivan