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...before Larry ever dribbled into Boston, who made his reappearance last night against the Sox, Nor can the Baltimore Orioles, who stubbornly refuse to concede the A.L. East title to the Yankees. Nor can the Pittsburgh Pirates, who despite Dave Parker's expressed discontent, seem determined to thwart the Montreal Expos' effort to become the first Canadian assemblage to win a divisional baseball crown...
...Waldemar Cierpinski, 29, of East Germany became the first runner to repeat as champion since Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia accomplished the feat in 1960 and 1964. In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Bronislaw Malinowski, 29, of Poland finally finished on top after coming in fourth at Munich, second at Montreal. Filbert Bayi, 27, a Tanzanian miler running only the sixth steeplechase of his career, appeared to have the race in hand, leading by as much as 50 meters. But Malinowski mounted a stirring comeback and overtook Bayi with about 150 meters remaining. His time was 8:09.7, the fastest...
With the U.S. men at home, the basketball title figured to be a cinch for the Soviet team, dubbed "the U.C.L.A. of the East." The Soviets had broken the U.S. hoop monopoly with a last-second goal in Munich and, though upset by Yugoslavia in Montreal (where the U.S recaptured the gold), were as imposing as oaks-and just as fast. The fleet-footed Italians, running and gunning like outlaws in a spaghetti western, left the hulking Soviets wounded...
...army were heavily concentrated. The first seats of the stands in Lenin Stadium were taken up with an unbroken oval of military personnel-the Soviets making sure that there would be no such shenanigans as Chrystie Tenner running out to embrace her husband after his decathlon win in Montreal, or the Finns getting onto the track with their flags to run with Lasse Viren, or especially the streaker who joined the closing ceremonies in Montreal...
...Olympic competition, a feat he accomplished on the rings, probably the most difficult gymnastic event. He had hardly left the floor when Alexander Tkachov of the U.S.S.R. turned in a 10 on the horizontal bar. Then Zoltan Magyar of Hungary, a gold medalist at Montreal, received a 10 on the pommel horse. Finally, a Bulgarian, Stoyan Deltchev, 21, scored the fourth 10 of the day, on the rings. Male gymnasts took the high marks as a sign that their sport was at last approaching the kind of perfection known in women's gymnastics...