Honest Pleasure (green silks) was the heaviest choice going into the Kentucky Derby since Citation, but bold, front-running Bold Forbes won by a length.

As a Net, Dr. J dunked Denver in the ABA finals. Then, before making a tricky move to Philly, he was a major reason the ABA finally netted a merger with the NBA.

Only 22, Jerry Pate wedged himself in among the immortals of his sport by becoming the youngest player this side of Jack Nicklaus to win the U.S. Open.

Niki Lauda was trapped and almost killed in the car engulfed by smoke and fire. Six weeks later he donned a flameproof mask (inset) and raced again.

An uncharacteristically grim and taciturn Muhammad Ali was far less than the greatest while rallying to win a controversial decision over Ken Norton in Yankee stadium

A sports year is unlike any other. It has a calendar all of its own and a lot more than just four seasons. Boxing, football, tennis, hockey, baseball, horse racing, basketball and golf filled the...

In the stormiest game of the season, the Steelers plowed over the Bengals 7-3 to keep alive a winning streak that eventually stretched to nine straight.

JERRY COOKEHANK deLESPINASSEJAMES DRAKEJIM EDWARDSGRAHAM FINLAYSONSTEPHEN GREEN-ARMYTAGEHELMUT GRITSCHERJOHN IACONOWALTER IOOSS JR.HEINZ KLUETMEIERNEIL LEIFERGEORGE LONGMANNY MILLANPETER READ...

Completing an unprecedented Olympic double, Alberto Juantorena of Cuba beats Fred Newhouse in the 400 at Montreal. He also won the 800.

Chris Evert so dominated the women's game that from Apr. 17 to Nov. 6 she didn't lose once, included were the two biggies at Wimbledon and Forest Hills.

Perhaps more than in its remarkable feats, the spirit of the sports year is embodied in its human events, great and small. This article recalls a few of those occasions when pain, courage,...

Canadien Defenseman Larry Robinson stuck it to Mel Bridgman and the rest of the Philadelphia Flyers as Montreal won the Stanley Cup with unexpected ease.

Neither the Yanks in the Series nor anyone else during the rest of the season got to second base against the Reds, whose Joe Morgan repeated as the league MVP.