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It was a turnout worthy of champions -some 5,000 boisterous fans waiting for hours at New York City's Kennedy Airport for the triumphant return of their team and their hero. Was it for the first-place Yankees that the crowd had gathered? The football Giants or Jets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pel | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

Preston Madden of Hamburg Place ushered prospective buyers past ferns and bunting into an air-conditioned, mirrored tack room. As butlers proffered champagne from silver trays, Madden screened footage of his past turf champions. Tom Gentry, the showman of the bluegrass, hawked his yearlings like a carnival huckster, giving away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bluegrass Auctions for Bluebloods | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

When Herman Keiser won the Masters he was described as looking like a "Missouri mortician," but the 27 year-old Watson, who is a native of Kansas City, is usually compared to his home state's favorite son, Tom Sawyer. Presently the leading money winner in professional golf, Watson's...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: British Open: One Good Tourney... | 7/19/1977 | See Source »

Death Threat. A lefthander with a sizzling backhand and an impressive overhead. McEnroe was swinging relaxed and free, fully aware that the pressure was on the big names to defeat him In the dubious new tradition of explosive court manners, he threw his share of temper tantrums-and racquets-along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wimbledon: Youth Will Be Served | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

Wimbledon in its centenary year paid loving homage to the old-strawberries and cream in the members' enclosure, curtsies toward the royal box and a nostalgic center court fete for former champions. Then, abruptly a fresh generation of tennis prodigies used Wimbledon's hallowed grounds to assert their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wimbledon: Youth Will Be Served | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

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