Bob Lutz

Despite the throbbing arias of a 350-pound cheerleader, Italy was defeated in the Davis Cup finals by the United States, as Smith and Lutz rendered their last duet

In Eclipse for the last six years, the U.S. Davis Cup team meets the British in Palm Springs with every expectation of success. Frank Deford reports on the play of Brian Gottfried, Stan Smith, Bob Lutz and the...

On its way to the final round of the Davis Cup, the U.S. lost twice to Borg in Göteborg, but won the match, 3-2

•Warren Spahn, after two months in Japan as a pitching coach: "They're a long way behind American baseball in a lot of ways, but in other ways—well, a high school kid signed for $200,000 while I was there."