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TABLE OF CONTENTS
April 23, 1979 | Volume 50, Issue 17
A provocative and little-noted aspect of baseball writing—whether serious fiction, "inside" gossip or journalism—is that so much of it originates in the bullpen. From Mark Harris to Jim Brosnan to...
When Tommy Loughran was in his prime in the late '20s, they said he could fight 15 rounds without disturbing a single wavy hair on his handsome head. Born Thomas Patrick Loughran on Nov. 29, 1902,...
Though I suppose I was known as a rather wild youth, I never cared for fighting. The prospect of hurting another person offered no pleasure, while the prospect of someone hurting me had, of...
April 23, 1979 PRO BASKETBALL—Philadelphia's two centers were too much for New Jersey, and Houston's one center, Moses Malone, wasn't enough as the 76ers and Atlanta swept through the first round of the...
April 23, 1979 6—Evelyn Floret-Black Star63—Evelyn Floret-Black Star64—James Drake74, 77—Manny Millan78—Jerry Cooke83—illustration by Allan Mardon86—John McDermott90—Bill Eppridge123—Howard C. Moore (3)
April 23, 1979 LARRY, MIKE AND CARIE MAXWELLSALT LAKE CITYLarry, 43, coached Highland High to the Utah 4-A basketball championship, and his star player was son Mike, a 6'1" senior guard who averaged 30.5 points...
April 23, 1979 | Edited by Gay Flood BIG HITTERSSir:You've done it again! Each spring your special baseball issue rekindles my infatuation with our national pastime. I agree that "the game keeps all who care about it young."
LABORIOUS DISPUTE
•George Raveling, Washington State basketball coach, on Indiana's Bobby Knight: "He's the kind of guy who would throw a beer party and then lock the bathroom door on you."
April 23, 1979 | Dan Jenkins
April 23, 1979 | John Papanek "
April 23, 1979 Bambi's Bombers, as the Brewers are known in Milwaukee, are an emerging power, and the credit belongs to skipper George Bamberger, who, Ron Fimrite reports, is the toast of the town because of how...
April 23, 1979 | Kathy Blumenstock
When Sam Weissman, who draws the cartoons that appear in our SCORECARD section each week, was attending Morris High School in the Bronx in the 1930s, he wanted to run for class office. But his...
Though they are always interesting and usually quite informative, the documentaries of Bud Greenspan have been of uneven quality. For example, a program on Jesse Owens' return to Berlin and the...
Doug DeCinces has finally put a stop to Oriole supporters' babbling for Brooks
April 23, 1979 AL EAST
April 23, 1979 JOHN MILNER: Substituting for the injured Willie Stargell, the 29-year-old Pirate first baseman went 7 for 10, with two home runs and seven runs batted in, to spark three Pittsburgh wins. He is...
Right hand broken, Mike Rossman carried on with his left, but after nine rounds it was clear that Victor Galindez was back
Golden Act won the Arkansas Derby, to give his daddy two shots in Kentucky
April 23, 1979 | Leonard Koppett The theory that cycles of sunspots can be related to the ups and downs of the stock market has been kicked around by economists for about half a century, but with inconclusive results. However,...
No pork rinds were hatching, but the crappies were fighting to be first on Elmer's hook nonetheless, as he battled his partner to see who was going to buy the suds
Stanford coaches Dick and Anne Gould are wedded to each other and their jobs
Although weakened by a virus, Tracy Caulkins, America's leading female swimmer, didn't come up short at the short-course nationals, establishing five U.S. records
April 23, 1979 | Clive Gammon
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