April 15, 1974 | Volume 40, Issue 15

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: Push came to shove in good old playoff fashion: in the Boston-Buffalo series, Braves' Coach Jack Ramsay called for an end to the "physical mayhem" after a 120-107 Celtic...

20-23—Walter Iooss Jr., Neil Leifer, Tony Triolo, Fred Kaplan-Black Star, Herb Scharfman, Tony Tomsic24—John Iacono26, 27—Heinz Kluetmeier28—John Iacono29—Co Rentmeester, John Iacono, Walter Iooss...

Louise Ackerman, a senior at Brentwood (N.Y.) High, led the girls' fencing team to its third straight undefeated season with a 30-0 personal dual-meet record. Louise, the Long Island under-19...

Sir:In regard to your article on the NCAA basketball championships (, April 1), it was extremely kind of Curry Kirkpatrick to mention that the Marquette Warriors were present in Greensboro, N.C....

SEEKING THE HIDE

•Fred Taylor, Ohio State basketball coach, asked why it was he could penetrate to midcourt and stand for a full minute and not get a technical foul while Indiana Coach Bobby Knight got two for...

Henry Aaron gracefully endured the pressure of the chase, and then stopped it with one lash of his bat

The Knicks were getting much more than they could handle from the Bullets until Monroe spotted an odd-looking hoop in one game and Frazier recaptured his fan club at the redolent Garden in the next

Bernie Parent, the stingiest man in any NHL net, leads those audacious Philadelphia expansionists into a playoff war they think they can win

What has eight arms and is all green? Answer: the four Masters jackets Jack Nicklaus has won. Dan Jenkins covers the battle at Augusta where Nicklaus goes for blazer No. 5.

No golf tournament in the world combines the rich traditions, the sense of decorum or the solemnity of the Masters. All week long the ambience is ceremonial, from the champion's dinner on Tuesday...

They are well-connected, or they wouldn't have tickets. They are easy on the eye, in crisp spring outfits of predominantly red, white and blue. They are unresentful about being prohibited from...

There were two teams covering the Masters Tournament for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED last spring. One was reporting and photographing events at the Augusta National Golf Club. The other, looking ahead a...

Take one doctor, one nurse and their six children. Mix well with the joys of running. Result? Something bright and new for an old marathon

The Super Eight celebrated their first birthday party with superb play, minuscule crowds and much concern for what the future might hold

A new approach to treating drug addiction offers risk sports and teamwork as a useful substitute

Crew-cut and square, Earl Anthony keeps to himself on tour and kept his cool to win the rich Firestone