Replay 15 Years Ago in Sports Illustrated

Edited by Steve Wulf

June 17, 1991

Dwight Stones of Long Beach State made our June 14, 1976, cover with his world-record high jump at the NCAA championships. It was a busy week: The Celtics won their 13th NBA title; Sugar Ray Leonard and Michael and Leon Spinks earned berths on the U.S. Olympic boxing team; and Bold Forbes, trained by Laz Barrera and ridden by Angel Cordero Jr., won the Belmont. Said Barrera, "God, I have found out, is Latin."