May 22, 1989 Table Of Contents
Books
THE BASES ARE LOADED WITH NEW TITLES
By Jay Jennings
NBA Playoffs
A NEW FACE, BUT THE SAME OLD MAGIC
With Magic Johnson—minus the goatee—smoothly directing the Lakers' offense, L.A. beat Seattle 4-0 in the NBA playoffs
With the wondrous Michael Jordan in full flight, Chicago took a 3-1 lead over New York in the Eastern semifinals
By Hank Hersch
Stanley Cup Finals
Calgary held off Montreal 3-2 to open the Stanley Cup finals
Tour De Trump
The Tour de Trump, billionaire Donald Trump's bike race through the American countryside, was a smashing success
By E.M. Swift
Michael Nunn
Michael Nunn stopped dancing, started punching and fought his way to the IBF middleweight title
By Pat Putnam
Motor Sports
ROCKET RICK BURNS UP THE TRACK
Rick Mears launched himself into the pole position for the Indy 500 in record time
By Sam Moses
Boxing
Julio Cèsar Chàvez KO'd Roger Mayweather again
By Pat Putnam
Inside
Television
BOY WONDER GETS THE BOOT AT NBC
After six innovative years, Michael Weisman was canned by his new boss
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week May 8-14
Compiled by Richard O'Brien
Point After
Which numbers should be retired in whose honor
By Rick Reilly
Departments
Edited by Gay Flood
Edited by Craig Neff
