February 27, 1978 | Volume 48, Issue 10

BLAST FROM THE PAST

•Robert S. Hillman, chairman of the Baltimore Civic Center Commission, on the longstanding city ordinance banning Sunday boxing: "As far as I am concerned, it doesn't make sense to allow 60,000...

Walter Byers, the only executive director the National Collegiate Athletic Association has ever had, fits snugly into his niche in the power structure of American sports along with men like Pete...

They have rose in San Antone, the Spurs have, from third place in the NBA's Central Division last season to what could be a run away romp this year. One reason, as Curry Kirkpatrick reports, is...

In the 36th season of an illustrious career at DePaul, Ray Meyer has a record (22-2) and a big center (Dave Corzine) so good they recall the George Mikan era

MIDWEST

MARTY STAHURSKI: In wins over St. John's and Rider, the 6'4" Temple forward twice hit nine of 11 shots, good for 25 points against the Redmen and 20 against the Broncs. Stahurski averages 15.6 for...

The cold fact about ski schools, however proficient they may be, is that they take you so far and then turn you loose. A ski instructor's definition of a graduate is that he can finally "turn 'em...

Aging pros with lifetime exemptions only clutter up a course, or so claims the PGA, which wants to sweep out the over-the-hill champs to make room for the rabbits

Luckless Bobby Allison piloted a T-bird through a storm of mishaps at Daytona to end three years of missing the boat

There's nothing bashful about Henry Wiggen. "I believe that someday I will be counted amongst the immortals and have my statue in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown," he says. He hasn't gotten there...

On a sunny June afternoon in 1842 a strange rumor reached the Gorbals district of Glasgow. A creature mounted on a pair of wheels—the Devil himself, some were saying—was traveling along the road...

PRO BASKETBALL—"I've never enjoyed a game more in my life," said Cleveland Forward Campy Russell, who returned after a week's bout with the flu to a chilly Coliseum but, nevertheless, warmed to...

11—Drawing by SQW14, 15—Neil Leifer16, 17—James Drake18, 19—Neil Leifer20—Rod Hanna (left), Tony Triolo21—Rich Clarkson (right), Tony Triolo22—Hank deLespinasse (top), John Iacono44—Buck...

DEVIN DURRANTPROVO, UTAHA 6'7" All-America senior forward for the Provo High School basketball team, Devin, 17, is averaging 31.5 points a game (.610 from the floor, .821 from the line) for the...

1977 IN REVIEWSir:I thoroughly enjoyed your special issue, The Year in Sports. The photography was breathtaking, from a patented Dr. J slam dunk to the surfer plunging through the tube of the...