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Contents: The Olympic Getaway (Lake Placid is proud of it’s Olympic Village, which will become a prison, but many nations want out before they’re in.), Big Push on the Oregon Trail (After stumbling earlier this season. the Portland Trail Blazers have found their stride and could be a force in the playoffs.), Clearing The Air After a Hayes (As Ohio State begins spring football practice this week, two things are new; their coach and his open-door policy.), Powerboat Racing Has Gone to Pot (And for big money, too, as dope smugglers make high speed runs to Florida in a deadly new game of hide-and-seek.), Baseball 1979 (As the season opens, the game is riding an unprecedented wave of popularity – and there are a lot of good reasons for it.), (The post National League bats have most often hit in Pitt. Artist Bernie Fuchs depicts celebrated Pirate batsman, and Roy Blount profiles the latest and loudest, Dave Parker. Plus scouting reports on all the teams.), (The American League’s most feared hitter is Boston’s Jim Rice who, Ron Fimrite reports, is an ultra-strong silent type. Scouting reports indicate that perhaps the Yanks can be beaten and perhaps K.C. can’t.), Son of “Ball Four” (On his way back to the bigs, the author found that today’s players are a lot different from those he met his first time up.) The Departments – Scorecard, TV / Radio, Horse Racing, Golf, Cross-Country, Hockey, For The Record, 19th Hole
Cover: Jim Rice & Dave Parker
Condition: Very Good