In Kentucky, Riva Ridge, jockey, trainer and owner were happy; at Monmouth the horse was tranquil and the others were perturbed.

The format was different, the result the same as Jack Nicklaus racked up still another title, the U.S. Match Play, one of two rich tournaments that were staged on the same course at the same time

The glamorous pageantry of the opening ceremonies overrode the feuds and differences that beset Munich before the Games began

A pack of French journalists tried to follow Mark Spitz (see cover) into a shower in Munich's Olympic Schwimmhalle the other afternoon, but the American swimmer managed to close the door just...

Evil is everywhere, especially in Boston, say these three iconoclastic broadcasters, who leave the Establishment apoplectic and their fans convulsed

Two-Time champ Nebraska hopes to make it three—and who will prevent it? The college football issue answers with its Top 20, plus the roundups and a new look at an old Bear.

They squawk. They talk. They goad and explode. But, while baseball's expensive new boards amuse and enthuse, they do not know the scores

A raftload of legislators and VIPs on an inspection tour of a proposed damsite along the Snake River between Idaho and Oregon spilled into the drink last week, dunking—among others—Congressmen...

A magazine's masthead, the collection of names and titles to be seen at right, is its single most important asset, and certainly this is true at SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. It is the heart of our...

Ask a baseball club owner for his recollections of the 1968 season and he will tell you how many high bridges there are in this land that are perfect for jumping off; he will know because he...

NL EAST

Hope springs eternal in the breasts of owners and trainers of expensive 2-year-old thoroughbreds, and considering the costs of production and operation such feelings are not unnatural. In order to...

John Ralston faces the usual criticism of the college coach turned pro. Uncompromising, he will bend to make the Denver Broncos

The corners are tricky, the driving is tough and the track is crazy because "that's the way it came out" but they all would rather conquer old Darlington and the Southern 500 than any race at any...

THE WHITED SEPULCHER

•Jim Bouton, ex-pitcher, ex-author, TV announcer, whose newest career is acting, on how he got into the movies: "Well, I was sitting at a soda fountain one day in a tight-fitting sweater and...."

AUTO RACING—BOBBY ALLISON, driving a Chevrolet won the $39,245 Nashville 420, finishing eight lengths ahead of Richard Petty's Plymouth.

4—Lane Stewart12, 13—Roy DeCarava, Neil Leifer (2)14—Roy DeCarava, Stuart Allen Associates15—Jim Raftery, UPI17—Walter Iooss Jr.18—Neil Leifer21—Heinz Kluetmeier28—WBZ Photo32—Dick Raphael38—UPI,...

Dickie Hogan, 22, a North Carolina State University graduate who scored the first of his six holes in one at age 12, made his fourth ace in 10 months when he sank his tee shot on the 363-yard 16th...

SPARK OF GREATNESSSirs:Ron Fimrite did a beautiful job writing about the rejuvenated Yankees (Red Man to the Rescue, Aug. 21) and the newly found relic of Yankee Stadium. Ralph Houk is proving his...