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The article highlights the popularity of dominoes in San Francisco, California. Investment bankers Ted Baker and Ernest Blum, who won the domino championship of the world in 1965, are among the famous individuals who have been hooked with the game. Baker and Blum earned their title at the Commercial Club, which is a venue for merchants to meet, eat lunch since 1852 and had recently opened its doors for them to play dominoes to past their time. The East Bay Women's Championship and the Palo Alto tournament are some of the domino competitions in the U.S.

The article looks at the career of Phil Woolpert as the former coach of the basketball team of the University of San Francisco (USF) in California. Under Woolpert's guidance, the USF team won the 1955 and 1956 National Collegiate Athletic Administration's (NCAA) national championship. In his four years with USF, Woolpert recorded 103 wins and 10 losses. Since 1962, Woolpert has been a coach with the University of San Diego.

The article focuses on Boston Celtics' Bill Russell who appears on the cover of the October 25, 1965 issue of "Sports Illustrated" magazine. The author describes Russell as one of basketball's greatest centers. His domination in the game is attributed to his own mix of size, talent, stamina, instinct and psychology. Russell played for the University of San Francisco. "Sports Illustrated" has done six features on Russell between 1954 1962.