April 17, 1972 | Volume 36, Issue 16

On both sides of the Atlantic, in the Royal and Ancient at St. Andrews and at the U.S. Golf Association here, the committees on rules beaver away on behalf of duffers everywhere. These backroom...

BASKETBALL—ABA: Third-place New York raced to a surprising 3-2 lead over heavily favored Kentucky in their semifinal playoff series (page 28). In the other East semifinals, Virginia defeated the...

Dave Hannula, an A student at Woodrow Wilson High in Tacoma, Wash., set state records in the 200-yard individual medley with a 1:54.8 and the 100-yard backstroke (53.0) in leading the Rams to...

5—drawing by Arnold Roth22—Heinz Kluetmeier24, 25—Heinz Kluetmeier (2), Neil Leifer26, 27—Herb Scharfman28—John D. Hanlon36, 37—Eric Schweikardt64—Curt Gunther69—AP, Dick Swaim-Cincinnati...

ON THE STRIKESirs:I have been an avid baseball follower for many years. I think it is a great game and would support it at any level. But with nothing to cheer about during the major league...

ADVANTAGE, BUSH

•Larry MacPhail, who ran three major league baseball teams: "If Bowie Kuhn had made them select four player representatives and four club owners for each league and made them sit down in the same...

Vicente Rondon was the light-heavyweight champion (two pounds overweight) and so was Bob Foster. So the pair had it out in Miami, and after two terrified rounds Rondon (above) was out for good

The outcome of the series wasn't as important at the moment as the fact that the Nets were two stars short against mighty Kentucky. And that's when they decided it was time to shoot and run

BASKETBALL'S BIG BASH: The confrontation will pit the Milwaukee Bucks against the Los Angeles Lakers, and Peter Carry will be reporting on how the (NBA) West is won.

About eight months ago one of our more youthful senior editors announced to the astonishment of almost everyone that he had turned 65 and was heading for partial retirement in Key West, Fla. As a...

Jim Palmer, the handsome Orioles 20-game winner, made almost $5,000 when he filmed his last commercial for hair cream. Considering the employment situation in major league baseball, the prospect...

The nation turned its suffering eyes to the labor news as baseball's striking players checked out basketball, paddle ball and even softball

Harry Hopman may have changed hats but the old magic remains and his young American team walloped everyone from Melbourne to Sydney

Victoria Brown is the Oregon cox—when the authorities permit