The March 1978 issue of SPORT magazine. Volume 66, No. 03. This issue features Maurice Lucas of the Portland Trail Blazers on the cover.
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Features:
14 “I don’t want anybody in my territory” Says the toughest forward in the NBA, Maurice Lucas of the Portland Trail Blazers, who also says, “My whole life is a search for peace within” BY MARTY BELL
26 A fan’s guide to pro basketball: part 2 In the second of a three-part series, the author analyzes the various roles of the NBA’s “little men”-guards and small forwards-rates the best at each position .. . and explains why New York’s Jim Cleamons is a better all-round guard than New Orleans’ Pete Marovich BY CHARLEY ROSEN
37 Tarkanian vs. the NCAA: Behind the Congressional probe that may revamp college sports When the NCAA ordered Nevada-Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian suspended, it had no idea that “Tark the Shark” would fight back-or that the NCAA itself would end up the focus of a House subcommittee investigation BY PAUL GOOD
52 Rogie Saves! Los Angeles Kings fans love to chant for their little goalkeeper, Rogie Vachon, whom former Montreal teammate Guy Lafleur calls “by far the best goalie in the league” BY LEO JANOS
58 Sportswriting’s poet laureate For generations Red Smith readers have counted on his columns to provide not only the best sportswriting in their newspaper, but often the best writing. Yet this Pulitzer prize winner calls himself “just a newspaper stiff trying to write better than I can” · BY HARRY STEIN
66 “I’m still a tiger” Mario Andretti gave up his very successful USAC racing career to become a Grand Prix driver at the advanced age of 37. Last year, at 38, the hard charger won more races than any other driver on the circuit BY KARL LUDVIGSEN
SPORT was a monthly magazine that was published from September 1946 to August 2000.