Who needs snow? Not these sports, who have discovered skiing on grass

Not to mention the Nets and Apples. The courts in World Team Tennis are patchwork and so are other things, but no matter. Boasting Wimbledon champs, Russians and upbeat bosses, the league has made...

One of the first men to swim with the blue marlin depicts the great, fluorescing fish's struggle on the 100-fathom line

Gene Autry's search for another Champion cost him $5.3 million in baseball's free-agent market, but the California Angels have proved to be the worst team money can buy. Larry Keith reports on the...

What's a little holding or eye gouging or biting among NFL players? For St. Louis' controversial Guard Conrad Dobler, 'anything' on a football field seems to be everything short of neutron warfare

Ken Singleton has led the Orioles to the top with a quick bat that more than compensates for his slow locomotion

AL EAST

BUTCH HOBSON: The Red Sox third baseman had four homers, three of which contributed to wins, went 17 for 34 and extended his hitting streak to 12 games. He has 18 homers and 64 runs batted in for...

The Publinx champion was doing more than just winning the title, said his father

When 18-year-old Vladimir Yashchenko used a straddle jump to break Dwight Stones' world record, he also injected new life into what had been a dead issue

SWIMMING POLITICS

•Don Sutton, Dodger pitcher, told by Manager Tom Lasorda to "hang in there" after a loss to Cincinnati: "I've got to. I can't dance or sing, and we've already got a pitching coach."

Round after round, Sayers and Heenan battled in a ring set up in the English countryside, each becoming more battered, more hideous to behold, more determined to win the championship

BOATING—MERLIN, a 67-foot ultralight sloop skippered by Bill Lee, smashed the 6-year-old TransPacific record by almost a full day, covering the 2,225 miles from Los Angeles to Honolulu in eight...

5—Drawing by Michael Ramus30—Manny Millan31—James Drake37—James Drake38—Manny Millan44—Tony Triolo48—Larry Benfield-Action Photography65—Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph, Jim Bye-The...

HENRY MILLIGANHOCKESSIN, DEL.Milligan, a senior at A. I. du Pont High, was Delaware's Athlete of the Year. He was an all-state defensive back, two-time state wrestling champ (167 pounds) and the...

DUOSSir:Nolan Ryan and Frank Tanana (This Guy Tanana's No Second Banana, July 11)"...the best pair of starting pitchers since Koufax and Drysdale"? How soon we forget Palmer-Cuellar or...

The toddlin' town is going bananas over baseball even though, except for imported sluggers Richie Zisk and Bobby Murcer, the rosters of the White Sox and the Cubs consist of "Who are these guys?"...