January 29, 1973 | Volume 38, Issue 4

George Foreman, big and confident, surprised everybody but himself by taking the world title from Joe Frazier. What next? At least three good challengers—the heavyweight division lives again!

Rod Laver got one and Dick Stockton the other as the WCT started a four-month tour that will reach the world's capitals and crannies. While the Aussie won in Miami, reports from Wales were foggy

Mae'n bleser cael y tenis yna yng Nhogledd Cymru," Mr. Gordon Griffiths from the Isle of Anglesey announced expansively at the start of the matches at Deeside Leisure Centre. For the benefit of...

But not outdoors in L.A., where the hedonistic Kings sun and surf. The trouble is, they freeze on the road

What were the tiny flying tiger (above) and the little bitty bomb doing? They were merely stealing the show at The Great Miami Air Race—and proving that it is always nicer to win one for the nippers

And Baltimore is loaded. The return of Archie Clark, the acquisition of Elvin Hayes and the transformation of Mike Riordan have made it an explosive team, one with a real shot at the NBA title

UCLA leaves home in quest of one of sport's finest records, San Francisco's 60-game winning streak. Curry Kirkpatrick describes the action and takes a look at the men behind it.

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Black may or may not yet be beautiful at the University of Alabama, but it is bountiful for sure now, turning an old conference inside out

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BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR

•Ken Holtzman, Oakland Athletic pitcher, on what the designated-pinch-hitter rule means to him: "I'm facing the realization I may never come to bat again in the major leagues."

Which is what Steve Prefontaine, tender of knee and sore of spirit, did last Saturday in the Sunkist Meet's two-mile race. He hadn't looked so good—or sounded so cocky—since the happy days before...

Mark Donohue whipped his mud-spattered rental car out of the main gate at Riverside International Raceway and accelerated savagely down one of the shabby side streets that enmesh California's most...

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AUTO RACING—Mark Donohue won the Winston Western 500-mile NASCAR Grand National in Riverside (page 52) by averaging 104.056 mph.

12, 13—Jerry Cooke15, 16—Lane Stewart17—Gerry Cranham18, 19—John D. Hanlon20, 21—Eric Schweikardt22—John D. Hanlon24—Roy DeCarava26—Roy DeCarava, AP51—Sheedy & Long61—map by William...

Diana Pitts, a senior at Ward Melville High in Setauket, N.Y., set Suffolk County Girls AA records with a 1:08.1 in the 100-yard backstroke and a 31.6 in the 50-yard backstroke. She is undefeated...

ROBERTOSirs:It was with great disappointment that I read the token recognition of what has to be one of the most tragic occurrences of modern baseball. Your coverage of the death of Roberto...