June 28, 1982 | Dan Jenkins
Carl Lewis' double double and a share of a U.S. mark by Dan Ripley justified jubilation
June 28, 1982 | Jim Kaplan
June 28, 1982 | Bob Ottum
Twins David and Peter Paul make a lot of primitive noises and do some uncivilized things while building humongous bodies
June 28, 1982 | Philip G. Howlett
Our last report in this space on Special Correspondent Bil Gilbert (Nov. 5, 1979) was occasioned by his winning a Penney-Missouri Magazine Award conferred by the University of Missouri School of...
Albuquerque's Sid Fernandez is only 19 but he reminds everybody of...
NL EAST
According to an SI poll of the best base stealers in the majors, the easiest pitchers to steal on are:
BILL BUCKNER: The Cub first baseman and No. 1 pugilist drove in 11 runs, walloped a pair of homers, had two stolen bases and batted .484 (15 hits in 31 trips to the plate) to raise his average to...
Gold broker Michael Desaulniers is also a 24-karat winner on the pro tour
Reminded to respire, the Elis won the new college championship
June 28, 1982 | Art Hill
Branch Rickey was a hymn-singing, Bible-quoting Methodist who delighted in advising hard-drinking, foul-mouthed ballplayers to model their lives after that of the Savior. He was a right-winger who...
June 28, 1982 | Bil Gilbert
June 28, 1982 | Richard Rogin
Though I own nothing comparable to Paavo Nurmi's gilded spiked running shoes, which are enshrined in a glass case in Helsinki's Suomen Urheilumuseo (Sports Museum of Finland), I do have a...
June 28, 1982
4—John Iacono9—Drawing by Sam Q. Weissman14, 15—Richard Mackson16, 17—Carl Iwasaki18—Richard Mackson, Peter Read Miller19—Richard Mackson20—Heinz Kluetmeier21—Rich Clarkson23—Andy Hayt...
June 28, 1982
BOB SQUIRESWATERLOO, IND.Bob, a junior shortstop-catcher at DeKalb High, hit home runs in six consecutive at bats, breaking the U.S. high school record of four held by three players. One of them...
June 28, 1982 | Compiled by MIKE DELNAGRO
GOLF—TOM WATSON shot a six-under-par 282 to beat Jack Nicklaus by two strokes and win the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, Calif. (page 14).
June 28, 1982 | Edited by Gay Flood
COCAINESir:Your special report "I'm Not Worth a Damn" (June 14) by Don Reese with John Underwood was the best article I've ever read in SI. I fear that Reese's story about the use of cocaine in...
June 28, 1982 | Edited By Robert W. Creamer
•Joe Yamin, switch-hitting outfielder for the Pewter Mug Tavern softball team in Watervliet, N.Y., when asked why he didn't switch and try to hit righty after striking out awkwardly three times on...
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