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August 10, 1981 | Volume 55, Issue 7
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
August 10, 1981 |
Jim Kaplan
And so the rancorous big league baseball strike came to an end, and players began preparing for the "second" season
NOW THE SECOND SEASON
August 10, 1981 |
Steve Wulf
Now that the strike is over, it's time to look back at the season past and ahead to the season to come. Weren't those divisional races exciting? Remember how the New York Yankees overtook the...
TWO WINGERS AND A BIG PRAYER
August 10, 1981 |
E.M. Swift
Cleveland and Atlanta open the season with Brian Sipe and Steve Bartkowski inspiring hopes of a meeting in January
SUMMIT MEETING OF THE SUPER 7-FOOTERS
August 10, 1981 |
Jack McCallum
Three altitudinous college freshmen-to-be were the centers of attention at last week's third National Sports Festival in Syracuse
CHANNELING HER ENERGIES
August 10, 1981 |
Sarah Pileggi
Channel swimmer Cindy Nicholas, who holds the two-way record, is aiming to become the first to swim the English Channel three ways, nonstop
THE MAN THEY LOVE TO HATE
August 10, 1981 |
Douglas S. Looney
His fellow harness drivers aren't exactly fond of abrasive Carmine Abbatiello, but he really couldn't care less. He's already won $29 million in that sulky
P.O.W., right in the kisser
August 10, 1981 |
Frank Deford
Seeking soccer "Victory" over P.O.W.s, the Germans stop playing Mr. Nice Guy
YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET
August 10, 1981 |
William Oscar Johnson
Cable and pay TV, which already have brought remarkable variety to the home screen, are precipitating revolutionary change, and all of sport will be affected. The first of two parts
NEXT WEEK
August 10, 1981 |
William Oscar Johnson
Sports television grapples with exciting possibilities in an uncertain tomorrow.
HEAVEN IN HIS OWN BACKYARD
August 10, 1981 | Wilmer Ames
In densely populated urban centers a cable company may need only 1,000 feet of coaxial cable to reach 300 potential subscribers. But in rural areas like Allentown, N.J. (pop. 1,962), a company may...
BELIEVE IT: A BIRD IN HANDICAP CAN BE WORTH TWO POINTS IN THE BUSHES
August 10, 1981 | Joe Wing
There's no racetrack near my home on the North Shore of Long Island, but I've found endless possibilities for doing some handicapping—while watching birds. The Wing system of handicapping is a...
CREDITS
August 10, 1981
14, 15—Andy Hayt16, 17—Lane Stewart (top), Steve Goldstein (left), Andy Hayt18—Mickey Pfleger19—Mike Maple (left), Jerry Wachter24-26—Roy Hobson28—Andy Hayt30, 31—Paul Kennedy32—Graham Finlayson...
A roundup of the week July 27-Aug. 2
August 10, 1981 | Compiled by
ALEXANDER WOLFF
BASKETBALL—Kevin Magee's 31 points led the U.S. to a 93-87 victory over the U.S.S.R. and the gold medal at the World University Games in Bucharest.
FACES IN THE CROWD
August 10, 1981
MARCY SCHWAMSOUTH NYACK, N.Y.Schwam, 28, a construction worker, broke her women's world record by running 158 miles in 48 hours. At the same time she became the first woman ever to finish a...
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
August 10, 1981 | Edited by Gay Flood
TOM SEAVERSir:I read the enticing caption on your cover of Tom Seaver (July 27) and before I had even finished the trek from mailbox to house, I was halfway through the baseball "fix." You're...
SCORECARD
August 10, 1981 | Edited by
Robert W. Creamer
JAMES WATT AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
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Back In Charge
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Looking For The Proper Spark
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