June 08, 1981 | Volume 54, Issue 24

Dear Lisa Lyon,This is a mash note in response to the book Lisa Lyon's Body Magic, that you, loosely speaking, wrote with Douglas Kent Hall (Bantam, $9.95). For the benefit of anybody out there...

What goes up must come down is a principle that bends the paths of pop flies and footballs, but when a parachutist named George Hopkins stepped from a small plane over northeastern Wyoming early...

4—Manny Millan20-22—Paul Kennedy23—Buck Miller (top), Paul Kennedy24, 25—Hal Stoelzle28, 29—Manny Millan30—Jerry Wachter-Focus On Sports33—Andy Hayt34, 35—Diana Walker36—Jerry Wachter-Focus On...

MICHAEL ANDRETTINAZARETH, PA.Michael, the son of two-time Indy 500 winner Mario and a college freshman, drove his Formula Ford to victory in each of his first three SCCA amateur road races this...

BASEBALL—MIAMI-DADE CC (SOUTH) beat Seminole (Okla.) JC 18-17 to win the National Junior College Athletic Association World Series at Grand Junction, Colo.

THE NUMBERS GAMESir:I respect Bill James' hard and enthusiastic work (He Does It by the Numbers, May 25), but still, statistics are used to serve a purpose and often ignore external factors. My...

NEEDY—OR GREEDY?

•Butch Alder, Purdue football player, when asked how his conversion in spring practice from linebacker to center was going: "It's a snap."

Greg Luzinski will look positively stunning in his new claret-and-navy ensemble, tailored to highlight the Bull's pecs and 'ceps. Those are just his roadies. Around the yard, Greg will feel right...

For years lacrosse has been ruled by an exclusive club, then North Carolina upset mighty Johns Hopkins to swell the membership

Mark Aguirre, Isiah Thomas, et al. won't be the only basketball players hoping to sign lucrative contracts in the weeks ahead. The day after the Boston Celtics won the NBA championship, the second...

Staff Writer Jack McCallum, whose stories on the Jumbo Elliott Invitational Track Meet and NBA Guard John Lucas appear in this issue, has been a sportswriter since the age of 12, when he covered...

San Francisco Reliever Greg Minton hasn't thrown a home run ball in 212 innings, an other-worldly performance that has nothing to do with his nickname, Moon Man

AL EAST

GARY MATTHEWS: The Philadelphia left-fielder, who was picked up in a trade with Atlanta two weeks before the season got under way, batted .600, drove across seven runs, slammed four doubles and...

Even on the golf course, fashions change. Gone are the plus-fours, the argyles, the heavy tweeds. Traditional golfing footwear, those heavy serviceable shoes with the little "kilties" on the...

Or no pub is the rub, but Robinson's 800 at Villanova may increase the ink