6—Andy Hayt22, 23—Steve Ross24, 25—Manny Millan30—Bill Eppridge31—Peter Read Miller32, 37—Richard Mackson38, 39—Ron Berard (left), Russ Adams (2)40—Russ Adams43—Manuel Chavez57—Richard...

PRO BASKETBALL—Boston and Houston split the first four games of the NBA finals (page 26).

GARY (BUBBA) TUCKERROGERS, TEXASGary, a senior on the Rogers High track team, had five firsts at the district AA meet. He won the high jump (6'5"), pole vault (14'), long jump (22'9") and the...

CELTIC PRIDESir:Ah, yes, John Papanek's careful analysis of why the Sixers will beat the Celtics (The Wearin' Down o' the Green, May 4) was brilliant, except for one minor point: the pride of...

Bob Marshall is a fellow after my own heart. He and I have never met, but I've learned that we share an abiding passion: both of us despise, revile, detest, abhor, abominate and loathe the New...

A REMINDERIt was reported last week that a five-member owners' disciplinary committee had fined Milwaukee Brewer General Manager Harry Dalton $50,000 for speaking his mind to the Washington Post...

•Joe DiMaggio, reflecting on what his salary might have been in baseball's current free-agent market: "If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner and based on what Dave Winfield got for his...

Fernando Valenzuela had to struggle for a while in running his record to 7-0 but, by gum, he got his fifth shutout

A Jewish monk and a latter-day Moses helped put upstart Houston into a 2-2 tie with Boston in the NBA title series

The merest zephyr prevented Carl Lewis from achieving the most remarkable feat of an outstanding track and field meet

Tennis' latest phenom is 18-year-old Sammy Giammalva, who may end up the equal of the hero of his favorite novel

The great harness horseman, Stanley Dancer, has had his ups and downs. Now he has a barnful of burners ready to go for the classic races

Designated Hitter Richie Zisk zaps 'em in the cozy confines of Seattle's ball park

NL WEST

CHARLIE LEA: The 24-year-old righty got the first no-hitter of the season and the third in Expo history, beating the Giants 4-0. In only his third start of the year, he didn't allow even a line...

With the conclusion of this year's NBA playoffs, staff writer John Papanek (whose coverage of the Celtics-Rockets championship series begins on page 26), will be leaving the pro basketball beat...

Hero worshiping and the Flames took a beating as Minnesota reached the finals

Silky Sullivan's dilatory descendant now wows Coast fans just as he once did

The rivers of Amazonia seem benign enough, but that's just a surface impression. Strange, fangy and literally shocking critters lurk below. The jungly banks are no picnic ground, either. None of...

The ball was coming directly at my head, and that's why my left foot automatically jerked toward the third-base bench. Then the ball broke sharply down and across the heart of the plate. Because I...