June 02, 1975 | Volume 42, Issue 22

I generally don't want to hear an athlete sing, any more than I want to watch a singer swim or play ball. Or a pig play a piano, which is something you can watch at Opryland in Nashville. My...

SKATING FREE

•Shirley (Cha Cha) Muldowney, the only woman licensed by the National Hot Rod Association, explaining what motivates her to drive a top fuel dragster: "I want to be the fastest woman in the...

Led by big gun Rick Barry and backed up by a host of able spear carriers, Golden State whipped Washington in four straight to win the NBA title

With pea soup rolling in on their playoff series, Philadelphia and Buffalo discovered why "Mayday" is an international signal for distress.

The longest season positively comes to an end as the Philadelphia Flyers and Buffalo Sabres, survivors of eight months and 90-odd hockey games apiece, decide who will have the Stanley Cup for the...

Restrictions on commercial netting brought salmon back to Canadian rivers, where les braconniers were waiting

The National Broadcasting Company's announcement three weeks ago that it will televise some 90 college basketball games beginning next November seems to have gone by the sporting and entertainment...

Bobby Richardson, the Yank from Dixie, coaches a hot college team

AL WEST

A staff member who has been with the magazine since its early days was passing through the art department recently when he spotted a proof of this week's Billy Martin cover. Martin, he recalled,...

Hooking your drives? Skulling your irons? Chances are, teaching pro Bob Toski has the remedy. Pay him a call, and you'll say ahhh

Boosted by the Gulf Stream, buoyed by a kickboard, towed in part by his boat, Benson Huggard got a "record," but not his goal

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: Steadily converting skeptics into believers, the Golden State Warriors roared off to a 3-0 lead in their championship series with Washington, which had been a monumental...

6—Hy Peskin16, 17—Heinz Kluetmeier, Lane Stewart18—Lane Stewart19—John Olsen, Heinz Kluetmeier20—Neil Leifer24, 25—Bob Daugherty-AP52—Rich Clarkson55—-Drew B. Leviton, Leviton-Atlanta61—64—John D....

Jeff Palmer, a senior at Spring Grove Area (Pa.) High School, became the first pitcher in the 50-year history of the York County Scholastic Baseball League to hurl a perfect game. Jeff struck out...

BILLIE JEANSir:Frank Deford's piece on "El Chubbo" (Mrs. Billie Jean King! May 19) obviously required "no sweat." His facts are most definitely "where it's at," with no engaging in any "party...