Word: birding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...connected hood who was on parole from an armed-robbery conviction. Unable to resist enjoying his new wealth, he ordered a sporty 1979 Thunderbird -and paid for the car with $9,000 in cash. He also bought a new Cadillac for his girlfriend. Before he picked up the T-bird, however, FBI agents fitted it with an eavesdropping bug and a small radio transmitter that constantly signaled its whereabouts. Sepe's next mistake was to boast about the Lufthansa caper to passengers in his car -taped conversations that the FBI found most interesting, especially those with Peter Gruenewald...
When agents began to question Gruenewald, he decided it would be prudent not to answer. Instead, he booked airline flights to Bogota, Manila, Tokyo, Taiwan, anywhere far from Queens. Learning of this, FBI agents decided they could wait no longer. They seized Sepe, whose beeping radio made his T-bird easy to follow, and they also grabbed Gruenewald and Werner. The good listener was charged as a material witness. The FBI hopes that his detention will lead gang members to feel that someone who knows a lot is telling all, thus causing even more falling out among the thieves...
...Celtics do not succeed in signing Bird by June 24, they lose all rights to him, and he will be picked again -probably first-in this year's draft, which will be held the next day. In addition to his varied skills, Bird has one other box office advantage for pro owners in a game increasingly dominated by blacks: he is white...
Given his dislike of flying, sportswriters, big cities and public attention, the shy, blond sharpshooter knows his adjustment to the National Basketball Association could be painful. As he plays the packed arenas of the heartland, basking in the cheers and avoiding newsmen, Larry Bird seems to be savoring what may be the best days of his life...
...known to his countrymen, but Kurt Thomas is not the retiring sort. This month alone, he will travel over 10,000 miles, crisscrossing the country to gymnastic competitions, exhibitions, banquets, television tapings and, this week, a White House reception in his honor. "In a major sport like basketball, Larry Bird can just say to everyone, 'Leave me alone. I'm going to make my million anyway,' " says Thomas. "But in a minor sport, it's what we need...