SPORTS ILLUSTRATED - 1980
DATE ISSUE & COVER DESCRIPTION ISSUE
1/7/80 Oh, Those Upsets! Tampa Bay's Ricky Bell on Cover Vol.
52 No. 01
1/14/80 L.A., You're Next: Pittsburgh Steeler's L.C. Greenwood
on Cover Vol. 52 No. 02
1/21/80 Hockey's Ageless Wonder: Gordie Howe on Cover Vol. 52
No. 03
2/4/80 The Olympic Crisis... The Bullets May Be Spent... (Cover
Missing) Vol. 52 No. 05
2/11/80 Winter Olympic Preview: U.S. Speed Skater Eric Heiden
on Cover... Vol. 52 No. 06
2/18/80 She Was Simply Smashing: Mary Decker on Cover Vol. 52
No. 07
2/25/80 The Winter Olympics: Eric Heiden: America's Golden Boy
on Cover Vol. 52 No. 08
3/10/80 The Golden Goalie Cashes In... Olympic Hero Jim Craig
on Cover Vol. 52 No. 10
3/13/80 Special Issue: The Year In Sports... Vol. 52 No. 11
3/17/80 NCAA Playoffs: Albert King Had the Hot Hand for Maryland...
Vol. 52 No. 12
3/24/80 Rip-Roarin' Rookie: Detroit Centerfielder Kirk Gibson
on Cover Vol. 52 No. 13
3/31/80 The Great Griffith: Louisville Wins the NCAA Title...
Vol. 52 No. 14
4/7/80 Who is Keith Hernandez (Cover) and What is He Doing Hitting
.344? Vol. 52 No. 15
4/14/80 Look Who's Back! Muhammad Ali on Cover... Vol. 52 No.
16
4/21/80 The Youngest Master... Steve Ballesteros (Cover) Triumphs
at Augusta Vol. 52 No. 17
5/12/80 The Lady Is A Champ...Kentucky Derby winner Genuine Risk
on Cover Vol. 52 No. 20
5/19/80 The Shame of American Education: The Student-Athlete Hoax...
Rip Off Vol. 52 No. 21
5/26/80 Magic's Moment... Magic Johnson on the Cover Vol. 52 No.
22
6/2/80 Here's Johnny, Again! Rutherford (Cover) Wins His Third
Indy Vol. 52 No. 23
6/9/80 K.C. Look O.K.: Darrell Porter (Cover) Rips One... Vol.
52 No. 24
6/16/80 No Way, Sugar Ray! Challenger Roberto Duran on Cover Vol.
52 No. 25
6/23/80 Jack's Back... Nicklaus (Cover) Wins His Fourth U.S. Open
Vol. 52 No. 26
6/30/80 The Brawl In Montreal: Sugar Ray Leonard & Roberto
Duran on Cover Vol. 53 No. 01
7/7/80 The Olympic Trials: 1,500 Winner Steve Scott on the Cover
Vol. 53 No. 02
7/14/80 Bjorn The Invincible: Borg Wins a Fifth Straight Wimbledon
(Cover) Vol. 53 No. 03
7/21/80 Mastery & Mystery: Steve Carlton of the Phillies...
Vol. 53 No. 04
7/28/80 The Olympics: Pomp and Protest... Vol. 53 No. 05
8/11/80 Way To Go, Coe! Olympic 1,500 Champion Sebastian Coe on
Cover Vol. 53 No. 07
8/18/80 The Ordeal of J.R. Richard... J.R. Richard on the Cover...
Vol. 53 No. 08
8/25/80 Baltimore Battles Back... Vol. 53 No. 09
9/1/80 College Football Issue..Baddest Cat In The Game..Hugh Green
Cover Vol. 53 No. 10
9/18/80 Pro Football Issue... The Line on Jimmy The Greek... Scouting
Reports.. Vol. 53 No. 11
9/15/80 McNificient! U.S. Open Champion John McEnroe on the Cover...
Vol. 53 No. 12
9/22/80 Pride of the Lions: Detroit's Super Rookie Billy Sims
on the Cover... Vol. 53 No. 13
9/29/80 Muhammad Ali on the Cover... Vol. 53 No. 14
10/6/80 Down To The Wire: Montreal Slugger Gary Carter on the
Cover... Vol. 53 No. 15
10/13/80 The Last Hurrah: Mohammad Ali on the Cover... Vol. 53
No. 16
10/20/80 Pro Basketball Issue: Paul Westphal Leaves the Suns For
Seattle... Vol. 53 No. 17
10/27/80 The World Series: Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt on the
Cover... Vol. 53 No. 18
11/3/80 The King of New York: Marathon Winner Alberto Salazar
on Cover... Vol. 53 No. 19
11/17/80 Now Georgia Is No. 1: Freshman Sensation Herschel Walker
on Cover. Vol. 53 No. 21
11/24/80 'It Will Be A War': Sugar Ray Eyes the Big Rematch With
Duran... Vol. 53 No. 22
12/1/80 College Basketball Issue... Aguirre, Sampson & King
on the Cover... Vol. 53 No. 23
12/8/80 Ram Power: L.A. Quarterback Vince Ferragamo on the Cover...
Vol. 53 No. 24
12/15/80 The Prince of Midair: Lloyd Free of Folden State on the
Cover... Vol. 53 No. 25
12/22/80 Double Issue: Sportsmen Of The Year-U.S. Olympic Hockey
Team... Vol. 53 No. 26