MR. ROBINSON'S DEBUTSir:Congratulations to Ron Fimrite on a fine article (Jaunty Stride into History, March 24) and congratulations to Frank Robinson on his new job. It's about time the...

THIS IS DRAMA?"Ladies and gentlemen [time-out], you no doubt are wondering [time-out] why I have brought all of you [time-out] together this evening, [time-out]. I am now [time-out] going to...

•Duke Snider, Montreal Expos coach, advising Pitcher Dennis Blair: "You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate."

Led by Richard Washington's 28 points, UCLA defeated Kentucky 92-85 to give John Wooden a wonderful retirement gift—his 10th NCAA title

Globetrotting Player, preparing to defend his Augusta title, made his first U.S. appearance of the year and discovered that Nicklaus is still the kingpin

Foolish Pleasure looked like a sure Triple Crown winner—until last week. Then he was beaten by Prince Thou Art, California found Avatar and Kentucky had itself a horse race again

The rookie crop in both the NBA and the ABA has shown more talent than any in years, which is one reason why the pro season has been topsy-turvy and why pro coaches tend to develop anxiety complexes

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...

As baseball begins again, its life signs are strong, but thoughtful men like Sal Bando (left) warn that estranged fans and players must soon reunite

Baseball is a game in which nothing much happens for a while and then a lot happens suddenly. To capture, to concentrate, to intensify such fleeting moments is a challenge to the photographer, and...

From Brooklyn to the Bronx you got the same story all winter: the Yanks can't miss. Hadn't they picked up 25-game winner Catfish Hunter, a bargain at $3 million? And wouldn't their other new...

The fundamental difference between this season and last, the Oakland A's stoutly maintain, is that this time they will be obliged to play hard all the way to win their division. "We have a funny...

This frantic division has been fairly consistent the past six years. While Montreal improves, Chicago falls back. While Philadelphia shows promise, St. Louis contends. And while New York is...

Everybody is picking the Dodgers to repeat, but everybody may be wrong. The Reds look better. Defensively, Cincinnati should be the stronger team up the middle: catcher (Johnny Bench over Joe...

Now that he is one, Steve Garvey tries to live up to his obligations while opposing the cult of the antihero

Pat Jordan has chosen as an epigraph for his third book a passage from Ernest Hemingway's posthumous memoir, A Moveable Feast. He has chosen wisely and well: "With so many trees in the city, you...

The recent announcement out of Tampa that major league baseball had signed four-year contracts totaling $92.8 million with both ABC and NBC so far has caused more discussion in television...

McEneaney-to-French is the route Cornell hopes to ride to the title

Led by John Naber, USC won its second straight NCAA championship, and this time no one could question whether the Trojans deserved it

Nor, for that matter, were any turns unstoned when the U.S. rink defended its world title in a slippery showdown with Switzerland

In 1934 the Gas House Gang came clawing out of St. Louis to seize a pennant and the World Series. Lending a fast glove and faster lip was a cocky shortstop

Durocher goes to Brooklyn to toil for a volatile redhead named Larry MacPhail, managing the team to a historic pennant.

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: The tightest division race was in the Midwest, where Chicago held a two-game lead over Kansas City-Omaha, which clinched at least a wild-card spot in the playoffs. The Bulls...

19—Rich Clarkson20, 21—Walter Iooss Jr.22—Eric Schweikardt24, 25—Jerry Cooke, Sheedy & Long26, 27—Lewis Portnoy, John G. Zimmerman28—Hank Young-Hanna & Young34—photograph by Neil...

Thomas Whitaker, 28, a pre-dental student at San Francisco State, became the first small-bore shooter in the nation to fire a perfect 6,400—two years ago he missed by one point—as he won the 18th...