February 02, 1970 | Volume 32, Issue 5

Africa's lightfoot Miler Kip Keino went tap-tap-tap on Philly's tight, tortuous track as Marty Liquor and other rivals were going thump-thump-thump—and won in the remarkably good time of 4:00.6

Shoe reveals the surprising background to his famous Derby ride on Gallant Man and his one unfulfilled ambition.

Looking at a map of Florida and the islands to the east, a fisherman feels that he can reach out and touch the sandy spits of the Bahamas from the shores of the mainland. Artist Tom Allen and his...

The big sports cars open a new world-championship season at Daytona as Ferrari returns to challenge speedsters from Porsche and Matra. Bob Jones reports the 24-hour race.

The London Evening News recently printed chess problem No. 4,632, contributed by V. Nabokov, and advised readers that the gentleman would be making a similar contribution to the Sun-clay Times...

MIDWEST

Stephen F. Austin's Lumberjacks, tops among small colleges, may talk country but they play ball like city slickers

It has always been a fundamental concept of this magazine that life should have a quality, a zest, which transcends bare—or even plentiful—survival. And we are hardly newcomers to the awareness...

The MVP trophy that ABA Commissioner Dolph gave Spencer Haywood was two feet taller than the one NBA Commissioner Kennedy gave Willis Reed, but both leagues deserve awards for madness without method

Cover—design by Richard Gangel, photographic background by Eliot Elisofon-LIFE4—Sheedy & Long19—Tony Triolo20—Whitney Tower25—Michael Rougier-LIFE32—Bill Mark35—Martin H. Mills-Black...

Chick Green, 5'10" guard for Geeter High in Memphis, who is the top scorer in the city with a 28.9 average, compiled as many points as the opposition when the Dragons defeated Westside High of...

BASKETBALL—NBA: The West had six of the league's top 10 scorers on its team, but the East had Willis Reed and Oscar Robertson to lead it to a 142-135 All-Star victory. Reed received the MVP award,...

SIGHT, SOUND AND FURYSirs:Delving into the personalities of television sportscasters made for a quite amusing story on their not-so-inactive world (Towering Babble and [Sob] Heidi, Jan. 19). We,...

SORE HORSES

•Bobby Orr, Boston Bruin 21-year-old star who is on his way to becoming a young millionaire, asked if he would like to coach an All-Star hockey team with players like Detroit's Gordie Howe and...

When I was an undergraduate at Georgetown University a young historian named Carroll Quigley offered a course called Development of Civilization, a one-year survey of human activity from roughly...