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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of going to Mexico to visit the site of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences of negotiating salaries for baseball players in the U.S.

The author talks about the challenges he has experienced as a general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in 1967. He mentions that the success of his team in 1967 may be attributed to the good performance of baseball players Sanford Koufax and Donald Scott Drysdale. He also offers information on the decision made by Koufax to retire.

The article focuses on Hidden Valley Downs, a bush racetrack in Kansas which was owned and developed by Bill Rowland. It states that horsemen can race at Hidden Valley Downs without being restricted by rules and regulations from state commissions. Rowland developed the place by digging six ponds, creating riding trails, and establishing a homemade zoo for the kids. He also bought saddle horses and placed whitewashed benches under the trees. Directions on how to get there are also provided.

The article focuses on the precarious domain of car racers and brothers Walter and Arthur Arfons. The brothers have both held the world land-speed record. According to a close friend, Arthur began as a junk operator and has no interest in anything that he has not worked up with his own hands. Walter signed commercial sponsorship with Goodyear while Arthur signed with Firestone.

The article reveals the popularity of major league hockey with 94.5% of its rated seating capacity being sold out during the 1965 season. It says that season tickets in Canada's Montreal and Toronto are sold out ten years in advance, especially for games between league champions Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings. It reveals the talks about expanding the league by having a second National Hockey League division of six more teams but members of the original 6 teams refuse to accede unless the plan does not jeopardize their present status.

The article features Jai Alai pelota Francisco Maria Churruca Iriondo Azpiazu Alcorta. Churruca travels back and forth from Miami, Florida and Motrico, a Basque fishing village near the Franco-Spanish border. He recalled that he started playing the sport as a kid, when he played bare footed so that he won't be able to damage his shoe as his father does not know he plays Jai Alai. He said that unlike other players, he does not play with an angry mindset which may be caused by the way he was brought up in Motrico.

The article provides information on Baja California Sur in Mexico as a destination for sports-minded tourists. The cost of renting a boat and a crew in Baja Sur is 65 dollars. A hotel at El Chileno Bay called Hotel Cabo San Lucas was built by former rancher and businessman W. Matt Parr as his permanent home. It says that the only place in the world that is home to treasure hustlers is San José del Cabo.

The article features car racer John Mecom. Mecom has successfully built the best racing cars in the U.S. and is planning to convert his family ranch in Texas into a land-based Noah's Ark filled with African wildlife. Mecom's interest in speed racing started 10 years ago using his own Chevrolet Corvette. A brief description of Mecom's personal and career highlights in sports racing is presented.

The article highlights Kid Galahad Inc. which was organized by Gene Schoor to clean up boxing and develop new heavyweight champions. It cites a syndicate of sportsmen and businessmen who offered to underwrite all expenses of the candidates including a salary of 10,000 U.S. dollars while in training. It indicates how Schoor convinced James J. Beattie to undergo training for the heavy weight champion of the world how he had to contend with the likes of Eddie Machen, Doug Jones and Floyd Patterson for his backers to recover their money in Kid Galahad Inc.

This article presents several jokes about sports such as baseball, golf and football.

The article features Jack Hurley, a fight manager, fight promoter and public relations genius. After giving up a career as a boxer, Hurley started promoting fights in his home town of Fargo, North Dakota during his early 20s and later developed fighters and ran a gym. To promote a fight, Hurley developed gimmicks such as the developing boo fighters, or the prototype of wresting phonies who play the villain's role. Aside from boxer Harry Matthews, Hurley had also managed Russie Leroy, Billy Petrolle and Vince Foster.

The article reports that the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has banned Indiana University from participating in NCAA games and in television programs controlled by the NCAA for allegedly violating player recruitment rules. According to the author, the punishment will result in the university losing an estimated 75,000 U.S. dollars per year. He adds that such violations are also being committed by other universities but Indiana was punished because it got caught.

The article focuses on Lamar Hunt of Dallas Texas who owns three ball clubs and 32 tennis professionals. The oil magnate owns the Kansas City Chiefs, the World Championship of Tennis, and has interests in the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association and the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League. He founded the American Football League which was attributed to Hunt's hometown chauvinism. He believes that professional tennis will be big and cites the 12th leg of the World Championship of Tennis which attracted 57,000 people.

The article features Boston Bruins hockey player Robert Gordon Orr, winner of the Sportsman of the Year Award from "Sports Illustrated." Orr was the National Hockey League's (NHL) Most Valuable Player in 1969 and was part of the NHL All-Star Team during his rookie year. Also discussed are Orr's style of playing, defense and scoring records and comments by other sports people on Orr.