August 06, 1984 | Volume 61, Issue 7

My introduction to bonito—a medium-sized fish of the mackerel family—came at a Coney Island pier about 25 years ago. Unable to decide on a major, I had dropped out of college—on this occasion, the...

2, 3—Ronald C. Modra4—Peter Read Miller (top), Barry Tenin19—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman22—Bill Eppridge24, 25—Manny Millan26—Walter Iooss Jr.27—George Long/LPI 198428, 29—(clockwise from...

GOLF—PETER JACOBSEN shot a 15-under-par 269 to defeat Mark O'Meara by two strokes at the $400,000 Greater Hartford Open in Cromwell, Conn.

RICH MARTIGSAN JOSEMartig, Santa Clara '84, batted .401 and had a school-record 89 hits in 58 games this year while playing third base for the Broncos. As strong safety on the football team, he...

OLYMPIC PREVIEW (CONT.)Sir:Upon receipt of my copy of your special preview. The 1984 Olympics (July 18), I turned immediately to the several articles written by Kenny Moore and was rewarded once...

In reel after reel, Johnny Weissmuller, filmdom's most famous Tarzan, outwitted hungry crocodiles, bloodthirsty pygmies and trigger-happy explorers, sending his inimitable victory call echoing...

The only man in organized ball to hit 60 homers in more than one season is an 85-year-old burgher who just closed his sporting-goods store in Sheboygan, Wis.

THE OLD LAUGHINGSTOCK GAMBIT

•Rocky Bridges, who managed the Triple-A Phoenix Giants for nine years and is now skipper of the Class A Everett (Wash.) Giants: "I took one giant step backward."

The L.A. Olympics are here, too. Despite the boycott they got off to a rousing start, thanks to athletes like these rollicking Americans

For hours John Moffet had sat through massages and ice packs and even a Xylocaine injection, yet by the middle of the afternoon Sunday, while fans assembled at the Olympic pool for what would turn...

The defining intent of this magazine, stated even in our title, is to combine the best sportswriting with the finest illustrations. Occasionally that can be a daunting task. In this issue,...

When U.S. cyclist Connie Carpenter stepped onto the Olympic victory stand last Sunday under a broiling noonday sun, she bore lightly the burden of history. "I haven't had a chance to put it into...

Soon after the second Dempsey-Tunney fight, which took place in the fall of 1927, Yale's legendary Professor "Billy" Phelps invited Gene Tunney to speak to his Shakespeare class. The lecture may...

The Seattle Seahawks, who put Tampa Bay to shame at the Hall of Fame

In pitching or politics, there's no doubting Padre Eric Show's stance

Should the Mets, a last-place team in 1983 and a first-place team so far in 1984, win the National League East, they will be almost as good a story (fairy tale?) as the '69 world-champion Mets,...

When the Twins were in New York for Old-Timers' Day recently, outfielder Darrell Brown tracked down Joe DiMaggio in the depths of Yankee Stadium and used this pitch to get him to autograph a pair...

THE ALL-NO-HAIR-TO-SPARE TEAM

LEN MATUSZEK: Returning after missing 42 games with a broken finger, the Phils' lefthanded batter pinch-hit homers that beat the Cubs and Expos; he ended the week with a slugging average of .818.