May 11, 1981 | Volume 54, Issue 20

Like the duckbill platypus, bandicoot and the vegemite sandwich, two-up, the Australian national gambling game, is an improbable phenomenon. Simple as it is—two-up is no more than a gussied up...

FACING UP TO BILLIE JEAN'S REVELATIONS

•Earl Weaver, Baltimore Oriole manager, explaining why he thinks Second Baseman Rich Dauer will hit .300 this season: "Because he knows now that he doesn't know all there is to know about what he...

The Celtics came winging back from 3-1 to embarrass the nose-diving Sixers

Around the NBA the lane, that 16'x19' area from the foul line to the baseline, has come to be known as "the paint." That's a pretty benign name for what is actually a combat zone, a place where...

To his account in this issue of base-stealing Outfielder Tim Raines of the Expos (page 49), staff writer Jim Kaplan brought a genuine appreciation of speed. "In high school I was so slow my...

Montreal's rookie leftfielder has been a one-man deluge, leading the major leagues with 20 steals in his first 19 games while batting .373 and scoring 14 runs

AL EAST

KEN SINGLETON: The Orioles' rightfielder had nine hits, including two homers, two doubles and six RBIs—two of them game-winners—as Baltimore won five. His .433 batting average is the highest in...

After missing the Moscow Olympics, the U.S. had hopes of beating the U.S.S.R., the 1980 gold medalists, in the FINA World Cup. But the Soviets had other plans

The defending Stanley Cup champion Islanders went into the playoffs feeling like Rodney Dangerfields, but left no one scoffing in Toronto, Edmonton or the Garden

Computers have made their mark on nearly every aspect of the times—from the new Cadillacs that come with their own dashboard versions to the Columbia space shuttle. But sports haven't been...

Tympanist Tom Akins is in his seventh season of broadcasting baseball games

Fly fishing, as much as any sport today, is wedded to technology. Once the province of the tweedy set (to whom synthetic always has been as repugnant as worm), it is now the darling of tinkerers...

The other night, talking to my wife, Betsy Anne, I made passing reference to the time I was offered a contract by the St. Louis Cardinals to sign with their Columbus, Ga. farm team. I reckon I've...

4—Evelyn Floret18, 19—John Iacono20—Jerry Cooke21—Barton Silverman (top), John Iacono22-24—Jerry Cooke25—Manny Millan28—Andy Hayt32-35—Bill Eppridge36—Richard Mackson (top), Bill...

PRO BASKETBALL—Houston and Kansas City, both of whom entered the playoffs with 40-42 regular-season records, ended their Western Conference Cinderella championship series with a comeback story....

LON SEITZREADING, PA.Seitz, 41, a land-use planner, won the state tomahawk and knife throwing championship in Harrisburg. Aiming for a playing-card-sized target at 12 feet, he hit on five of 10...

A No. 1Sir:It's wonderful to see the Oakland A's on your cover again (April 27). After some lean years, they're back on top, and it looks as though they'll stay there for a while. Congratulations...