January 31, 1972 | Volume 36, Issue 5

In his latest comeback, Jim Ryun not only beat Kip Keino. He talked, he laughed, he waved at the crowd, he joked with his fellow runners and he almost forgot to take home his trophy

The rebirth of the St. Louis Blues began for real when Philly left Coach Al Arbour, who had been typed as a noncom without clout, in stitches. Meanwhile, the star kept his hair and the owner his cool

East side story in the NBA: the unheralded Boston Celtics are on top while those heralded New York Knicks fight to regain first. Peter Carry reports on the division race.

Everything that charm, efficiency, esthetic sensitivity, hard work, pride, clean living, prayers—and lots and lots of money—can do has been done to make the 1972 Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo an...

Something new has been added to la vie en roads, as played by Renaults and Citroëns in Paris. Robert Dussard, director of the Road and Highway System there, has been experimenting with a new kind...

Each season one team stands below all the rest, a laugher, a team of such colossal ineptitude that eventually its deeds of derring-don't attract a following of woe-wishers who impatiently scan...

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When Don Gambril was coaching at Long Beach State he liked his swimmers to keep their hair short and their workouts long. Now he's at Harvard, where he's the nonconformist, and his team is four...

With the help of artificial dyes, an infusion of new money and some persuasive talk by Dean Martin, the tour is shining in sun country

Sports Illustrated's six-member Winter Olympic team arrived in Japan only a few days ago, but Senior Editor Bob Ottum and his crew have been living with, and around, the '72 Olympics for more than...

BASKETBALL—ABA: Runner-up Indiana, whose six-game winning streak was broken by Kentucky 108-88 the night before, defeated West leader Utah 119-113 (page 46) and climbed within three games of the...

Cover—poster design by Don Moss6—John D. Hanlon17—Tony Triolo22, 23—AP24—Roy DeCarava30, 31—Neil Leifer35—Guus de Jong36—T. Tanuma37—SGR Bild/IMS38—Sheedy & Long39—Neil Leifer40, 41—Eric...

Maureen Cloonan, 14, of Kenilworth, NJ., won the women's heavyweight title in the East Coast Invitational Judo championships when she threw the defending champion in a five-second final. A...

SUPERCOWBOYSSirs:John Underwood's article Dolphins, by a Nose (Jan. 17) predicting the outcome of the Super Bowl was extremely articulate, perceptive and stimulating. Fortunately for the Dallas...

SUPER SEVEN WESTMiami is gone for the moment as a Super Bowl site, and New Orleans is going. Next locale is likely to be Palo Alto, of all places. Stanford's stadium holds 90,000 people, but...

•Harry Toscano, golf pro, asked by an acquaintance how he was playing: "I'm hitting the woods just great, but I'm having a terrible time getting out of them."