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On rink and court the pro seasons end in a flurry of jostling for the playoffs. Mark Mulvoy looks ahead toward hockey's championships and Pat Putnam outlines the surprising makeup of NBA and ABA postseason play.

In belly and bicep, Vasili Alexeyev is clearly a well-rounded man, and after an unprecedented visit to the world's greatest weight lifter's home in the U.S.S.R., William Johnson reveals the mountainous range of his talents.