Next Week

October 08, 1979

Pro basketball tips off a season that promises something old, something new, something borrowed and somethin' else. The newcomers are Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, whom Douglas S. Looney calls the most exciting rookies to hit the NBA since Bill Walton. Walton, writes John Papanek, is his old self on the court, but changed off it—what with his new vested suits and appearances at Rotary lunches. Plus coverage of the baseball playoffs, the football news and the long-awaited matchup in New York's Jockey Club Gold Cup of Affirmed and Spectacular Bid.