August 29, 1983 | Volume 59, Issue 9

One of the most dramatic personal accounts this magazine has published of an athlete's struggle between living and dying begins on page 56 with the first of two excerpts from the book Happy To Be...

Gary Anderson can read playbooks but apparently not the contracts he signed with the USFL and NFL

The quality that distinguishes Donn Rogosin's new book, Invisible Men (Atheneum, $14.95), is passion, a passion for justice. The book is, then, a crusade, and should be read as such. Rogosin's...

After grousing and litigating, the Yankees lost the resumed Endless Game

After the Braves removed mascot Chief Noc-a-homa's tepee from the leftfield bleachers on Aug. 12 and installed 250 seats in its place, Atlanta lost five of the next nine games and saw its NL West...

The Dodgers had Derrel Thomas on second and Greg Brock on third with one out in the second inning of a scoreless game with the Mets when Pitcher Bob Welch grounded to short. Bob Bailor threw to...

Answering a dare, San Francisco rookie Infielder Brad Wellman allowed his teammates to shave his scalp clean. His reward: $1,000, which was anted up by 10 Giants players and trainer Gary Iacini....

MOOSE HAAS: The 27-year-old Brewer righthander (12-2) beat the Red Sox 2-0 and the A's 7-1, giving him eight straight wins and 28 consecutive scoreless innings, both Milwaukee team records.

An amateur to the core, Jay Sigel is taking aim at another U.S. title

With a record $2 million in earnings, Rambling Willie, 13, can retire in style

In Part II, Stingley is treated at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where he must deal with his anger and despair.

MAKING DO IN VENEZUELA

•William E. Simon, president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, on the less-than-perfect housing conditions at the Pan American Games: "The athletes aren't complaining. They're all pros."

2—Tony Triolo7—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman10, 11—Manny Millan12, 13—Manny Millan (left), Ronald C. Modra (2)14, 15—Ronald C. Modra (center), Manny Millan (2)16, 17—Jerry Wachter (left), Greg...

BOXING—ROGER MAYWEATHER retained his WBA junior lightweight title with a first-round knockout of Benedicto Villablanca, in Las Vegas.

JILL CAMPBELLLos ALTOS, CALIF.Jill, 13, a member of the Stanford diving club, won two golds and a silver at the state age-group championships in Mission Viejo. She set state 12-and-under records...

HEROESSir:In his article What's Happened to Our Heroes? (Aug. 15), William Oscar Johnson wrote, "The American sports fan really does not care very much whether jocks misbehave," as long as he has...