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A Fourth U.S. Open title is Jack Nicklaus' aim at Medinah, just a wedge shot away from Chicago. Such folk as Johnny Miller, Gary Player, Tom Watson and Hale Irwin will be battling him. Dan Jenkins observes.

It pays to steal in the American League West, where larceny has become so rampant that historic stolen-base records are sure to be broken. Ron Fimrite reports from speedways in Anaheim, K.C. and Oakland.