June 05, 1978 | Volume 48, Issue 24

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: Elvin Hayes scored 25 points and Bobby Dandridge 34 as Washington defeated Seattle 106-98 to break a nine-game losing streak in championship finals dating back over the past...

8—Ted Stephney15—drawing by SQW56—Richard Mackson65—Michael Salas71—Co Rentmeester101—Uldis Saule, Jack Owens-Denver Post

CHUCK EASLEYATLANTAAn eighth-grade student at Westminster Schools, Chuck, 13, set records in the 100-yard dash (10.1), the 220 (23.1) and the long jump (20'¼") at a junior high meet. He was also a...

SEX RATEDSir:I read your May 22 article (Gimme an 'S,' Gimme an 'E,' Gimme...) on the NFL cheerleader craze with great interest.

Most people agree that the idea in business is to make more money than you did last year. Not Jeb Barton of Bend, Ore., who feels that everyone need not march to the beat of the same tom-tom. He...

In 1930, Robert Benchley wrote, "I am now definitely ready to announce that Sex, as a theatrical property, is as tiresome as the Old Mortgage, and that I don't want to hear it mentioned again. I...

FORE!Former President Gerald Ford, who shows signs of wanting to return to the White House in 1980, ought to check over the press releases sent out by his office. One recently noted that golfer...

•Al Conover, former Rice football coach, on hearing that his team's 1975 loss to Mississippi State was reversed on forfeit ordered by the NCAA: "I always told the team we didn't get beat, we just...

Taking 20 of 27 faceoffs, Johns Hopkins broke Cornell's 42-game winning streak to become the NCAA lacrosse champs

As they headed back home, the SuperSonics (state) held a 2-1 lead over the Bullets (district) in their playoff for the NBA title

The reluctant warrior who was Ken Norton is now the rough and ready fighter, anxious to defend the WBC heavyweight championship against Larry Holmes. Pat Putnam profiles the man who didn't really...

In agriculturally rich Visalia, Calif., the city even reaps a profit from its team

WILLIE MONTANEZ: The Met first baseman walloped three homers, batted .476 and drove in 11 runs, two in a 6-5 victory over the Phillies and another pair in a 3-2 win in Pittsburgh as New York...

Evan (Big Cat) Williams can bash a ball a quarter of a country mile—and never mind where it comes down because the game that he plays best is suited to a tee

By winning the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, Affirmed has helped Louis Wolfson and Harbor View Farm return to the races in fine style

Three-hulled Slingshot will be shooting for the world speed mark this autumn

June has been designated Photo Month, and a commemorative stamp—a 15-center—is to be issued in a few weeks. While SI did not go out and hire a new picture editor to commemorate anything in...