May 14, 1984 | Volume 60, Issue 19

"John Denny, two dollars," he said. We laughed.

Being a big fish in a small pond isn't all it's cracked up to be. This great revelation came to me in my health club pool as I was being sideswiped by a wildly flailing breaststroker while trying...

2, 3—Bill Eppridge4—Sue Maynard23, 24—Illustrations by Sam Q. Weissman32—Jacqueline Duvoisin (top), Carl Skalak33—Jacqueline Duvoisin34—Jacqueline Duvoisin (top), Heinz Kluetmeier35—Carl Skalak...

U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM QUALIFIER

BOBBY BUCKTRYON, OKLA.Bobby, a senior at Perkins-Tryon High, drove in 16 runs to set a national high school record as the Demons beat Glencoe High 42-0. He also stole seven bases and struck out 13...

BULL CYCLONESir:Never have I been so moved by a story as I was by Frank Deford's The Toughest Coach There Ever Was (April 30) about Bob (Bull) (Cyclone) Sullivan of East Mississippi Junior...

EXHIBITIONS WITH A MESSAGE

•Brian Blados, North Carolina offensive tackle and first-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals, to reporters who seemed preoccupied with his 6'4½", 295-pound frame: "You guys measuring me...

After a slow start New York stuck it to the Canadiens and now faces the Gretzky Oilers with dynastic élan

When Swale won the Kentucky Derby, senior writer William Nack went, well, bananas. The natural reaction, one would think, of a man holding a winning ticket. But not in Nack's case. The outburst...

Edmonton Oiler defenseman Paul Coffey looked remarkably composed for a man watching a teammate on roller skates race an Air Canada DC-9 to a gate at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport...

ESPN's Dick Vitale may not speak softly, but he carries a big shtick

Tony Gwynn of the Padres may be weighty, but so is his .396 average

The Yankees have the worst record in the American League East, but George Steinbrenner, who has made nine managerial changes since the middle of the '78 season, has given Yogi Berra a vote of...

Teammate of the Week, that's good ol' Bert Blyleven. The Cleveland pitcher was charged with two earned runs in a 3-0 defeat in Baltimore last week when right-fielder George Vukovich and second...

MIKE WITT: The California righthander had two complete-game victories as the Angels won four of six and moved into first in the AL West. Witt surrendered but two runs, one earned, and struck out 13.

Maurice Lucas's power helped lift Phoenix to a 3-1 lead over Utah

For the hapless Washington Federals, the USFL ain't what it used to be

Louis D. Rubin Jr. is a respected member of the Southern literary establishment. He is a University Distinguished Professor of English at North Carolina, has lectured on American literature in...

It had been raining for nearly a week—one of those spells of icy, incessant spring rain of the higher latitudes that fills the glacial lakes to overflowing, turns every trout stream into a...

Remember the professor you met in these pages (SCORECARD, April 25, 1983) who explained the recent scientific findings about an outfielder's ability to determine where a fly ball will go after it...

They didn't seem special at the time, but as the years pass I realize that indeed they were. I'm referring to two weeks of my life in September, 1950 when I came to know Maureen Connolly, whom...