KING FOR A YEAR

•Roger Maltbie, PGA golfer, when asked what he had to shoot to win the Andy Williams Open: "The rest of the field."

With 10 straight wins the Montreal Canadiens have streaked to the Adams Division lead

Vicki Huber and Joe Falcon were double distance winners at the NCAA indoor meet

Louisville, the league bully, won the tournament, but the little guys are coming on strong

Though he was in pain from a back injury, Rex Chapman lifted Kentucky past Georgia in the SEC tournament

Here's a glimpse of six of this year's leading rookies, plus a longer look at a future Met who may be the best of all

A novel, sometimes even watery, regimen has helped make the Mets' Gregg Jefferies the best prospect in the minors

Boston's Larry Bird, in what may be his finest season, gets Red Auerbach's vote—over Bill Russell—as the best ever

As yet another baseball season begins and new faces appear at spring training, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED welcomes a new player to its starting lineup. Associate editor Hugh Delehanty joined the team on...

BACK IN THE SADDLE

BYRON LARKINXavier's guard had 70 points in wins over Loyola of Illinois (117-79) and Detroit (122-96) to lead Xavier to the Midwestern Collegiate title and to gain his third straight tournament...

A new law should restore fair play for women's athletics

WHAT CONSUMES THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, WHAT MAKES MIKE TYSON AS IMPOSING AS ANY FIGHTER IN BOXING HISTORY? HIS OWN FEAR, PERHAPS

RUSSELL VS. CHAMBERLAIN

Financial analyst Karyn Marshall is a star weightlifter

Being the last man on the league's worst team wasn't easy

CBS has made a good thing of the NCAA draw

PRO BASKETBALL—The Los Angeles Lakers, the Pacific Division leaders, who had won 82% of their games this season, began the week in familiar fashion with victories over Philadelphia (110-104) and...

TERESA FRIEDRICHAURORA, COLO.Friedrich, a senior basketball forward at Evangel College in Springfield, Mo., broke the NAIA women's career total points record when she scored 33 in an 81-54 win...

The author bares his heart as the NCAAs get under way