A real feud is a rarity in pro sports, but one now rages between the champion Boston Celtics and the exuberantly menacing Los Angeles Lakers

The clash between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers—one a dynasty aging, the other a dynasty abuilding—is pro basketball's most dramatic in years. They are well-met opponents. In the past...

In the pre-Olympic ski meet in Austria everybody came to beat the home team. A Swiss named Jos Minsch did. But the Austrians look good for 1964

Rex Ellsworth is a rancher at heart, but he owns the world's largest racing stable and is our No. 1 breeder of Thoroughbreds. He hopes to rule U.S. tracks this year

Baseball is back and Sandy Koufax, the Dodgers' superb pitcher, talks of the big question of the spring—his injured ringer. Bill Charmatz paints the lighter side of spring training.

The hustlers sidle into Johnston City, Ill. for the World's Pocket Billiards Tournament, and the action is hot and heavy and fast

Fiber glass has fundamentally changed the sport of pole-vaulting, but Finland's hard-working Pentti Nikula and some height-conscious Americans prove it is mostly skill and training that make it...

Getting to a grand slam usually involves a long climb, but the U.S. world championship team has a pair of alternates who prefer to rocket up

Not we, say three other British and two Italian builders—all out to beat the Grand Prix champion

Last week we examined the fundamentals that lie behind successful pitching and chipping, a part of golf that can so often offset errors in other phases of the game. Now we will see how to apply...

Baseball in the Dominican Republic is an emotional outlet for the villagers, a subject of profound study for the sociologists and—since Dictator Trujillo's assassination—a delicate matter for...

Lorraine Hanlon, now 17 but a skating champion before entering her teens, matched her usually superb performance at the compulsory figures with some graceful free skating to win the U.S. Senior...

The word for the week was oops! Seven of the nation's top 10 teams lost, including the only two unbeaten ones, Cincinnati and Loyola. It was enough to send NCAA and NIT officials, ready to issue...

AUTO RACING—PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, in his first race since brother-teammate Ricardo's flaming death last year, won the Daytona Continental in three hours 38 seconds. The 23-year-old Mexico City driver...

NIGHTMARESirs:After an ulcerating day at the office, a reader has a legitimate weekly right to expect to settle down to a comfortable breather with SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. However, your February 11...

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•Casey Stengel, New York Met manager, on how to cope with Maury Wills, base thief: "Pitch harder to him. Don't let him get on. What's the use of putting the boy on base? You're just irritating...

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