August 3, 1987 Table Of Contents
Special Report
Norby Walters stormed into college sports and, with his fellow agent Lloyd Bloom, wooed blue-chip athletes with cash. The upshot of it is a grand jury investigation, charges of threats, ruined college careers
By Craig Neff
By Jill Lieber
Inside
Television
Vic Jacobs's 4½ minutes is no ordinary sportscast
By William Taaffe
Thunderbirds
When the Thunderbirds take to the air in the classic diamond formation, with two solo planes to spice things up, the spirits of those who view them soar, too
By Frank Deford
Spotlight
Floyd, Lloyd and Troy, the fighting Weaver siblings, can hit hard, harder and hardest
By Franz Lidz
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week July 20-26
Compiled by Austin Murphy
Point After
Rick Pitino deserted Providence, and so his players suffer
Departments
Edited by Gay Flood
Edited by Steve Wulf
When B. Ripken hit town, Baltimore's woes waned in an 11-game winning streak
Boris Becker won two tense five-set matches for Germany to relegate the U.S. to the Davis Cup boondocks
By Franz Lidz
Stephen Roche of Dublin came from behind on the next-to-last leg of the Tour de France to become his nation's first winner