THE PEACEFUL WORLD OF HOCKEY

•David McWilliams, Texas Tech football coach, whose team threw 72 passes in its spring game, when asked how many of those passes were completed: "We worked on throwing in the spring. We'll work on...

After a six-month hiatus, a supposedly more subdued John McEnroe made a boisterous return to tennis

Bob Tway birdied the final hole from a sand trap to overtake a faltering Greg Norman and win the PGA Championship

In the AL East, the Yankees, Orioles, Tigers, Indians and Blue Jays are ready to celebrate another Boston swoon

The blue-chippers from the little league that couldn't are off and running to green Rozellian fields

When the USFL's owners met in New York Aug. 4 to determine the league's future, six wanted to play this fall. Stephen Ross of the Baltimore Stars and Donald Trump of the New Jersey Generals did...

Because God made the baseball season and the insect season concurrent, the game's lore is rich in tales of flying, buzzing, biting, fluttering creepy-crawly things

Patty Dryden, the illustrator of the FIRST PERSON article in the back of this issue, likes small, furry mammals and television, and combines the two whenever possible. If Finch, Dryden's...

The new sensation in the juggling world is 13-year-old Anthony Gatto, who showed the way in San Jose

Renaldo Nehemiah, the ex-NFLer, returned to the hurdles a winner

FOSTERING SHAKY RELATIONS

BUC FEVER

Art Howe, hitting instructor for the Texas Rangers, was taking his turn as batting practice pitcher last week, spotting the ball in and out, up and down. Scott Fletcher's black bat flicked at each...

At 50, Wilt Chamberlain has finally mellowed some; however, he remains, as always, larger than life

Back home in Indiana for the first time in a long while, I got to spend a few days with my dad. We cut the grass, raided the ice box, fixed the oven door and watched ball games on cable TV. One...

Jesse Owens's real name was not Jesse. The 10th and last child of dirt-poor Alabama sharecroppers, he was christened James Cleveland Owens and known as J.C. until, when he was nine, his family...

On the day before the 1985 Preakness at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, trainer Butch Lenzini found he had left horse owner Brian J. Hurst's racing colors back in Kentucky. Needing a new set...

BOXING—CARLOS DeLEON of Puerto Rico retained his WBC cruiserweight title with an eighth-round TKO of Michael Greer of the United States in Giardini Naxos, Italy. It was DeLeon's 34th victory...

BIDDY PAULEYGREENWICH, CONN.Pauley, 48, a 5'4" 100-pounder, caught a 301-pound broadbill swordfish in the waters off Nantucket Island, Mass. Pauley, who has fished for 15 years, used an...

RIEFENSTAHLSir:For years I had wondered about the enigmatic Leni Riefenstahl. I need wonder no more. Frank Deford's The Ghost Of Berlin (Aug. 4) caught the essence of the Riefenstahl controversy...