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...Soviet Union showed its usual depth and set two women's world records. No new sports monolith rose from obscurity in the way East Germany did in 1972. But a tiny star may have been born. Natalia Shaposhnikova, 18, an 84-lb. Soviet gymnast, captured both the all-round competition and the fancy of onlookers; "Natasha" may well become the Olga Korbut...
...finals Sunday, Pompan's superior all-round game led him past Goldberg's big serve and volley, 6-4, 6-3. On a slow surface that favored him, the Crimson ace hit hard ground strokes and passing shots to break Goldberg's serve once in each...
Most of the editors present thought Stone was overstating things a bit, but few doubted that alternatives had drifted dangerously far from their original purpose, that perhaps they were betting too heavily on special sections and entertainment guides and not enough on investigative reporting and all-round hell raising. "You have to create a product that no one else can duplicate," warned the Bay Guardian 's Brugmann. "If you're sitting on your ass, thinking that you can make it on listings or a couple of entertainment articles, you're going to be out of business...
...happiest millionaire must have been the Pittsburgh Pirates' Dave Parker. At 27, he owns the biggest contract in baseball (around $6 million for five years) and, by the admission of his peers, the gifts to go with it. He is, put sim ply, the best all-round player in baseball. Last year major league general managers voted him the player they would most like to have. Should such judgments seem too subjective for students of statistics, Parker can satisfy them as well: two straight National League batting championships (.338 in 1977 and .334 last season), consecutive Gold Glove Awards...
When Jacob Brackman pecked out those words 13 years ago, he was already displaying the kind of talent as a writer that would carry him... well, wherever he wanted to go. And since he gave up his position as The Crimson's Features Editor and all-round star reviewer, he has done just that...