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This is a vintage original May 24, 1980 issue of The Sporting News magazine, a leading publication covering multiple sports including baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and auto racing. The cover features Milwaukee Brewers slugger Gorman Thomas with the headline "Secret Slugger Gorman Thomas." The issue highlights include a NBA Draft Preview titled "The New Guards," and articles on Otto Velez and Mike Proly, among others. The contents include extensive baseball coverage such as box scores, batting averages, pitching statistics, league standings, and minor league reports, plus basketball, auto racing, and football features. The magazine is printed in English for the U.S. market and is a softcover format. It includes a barcode UPC visible on the front cover and the copyright year 1980 by The Sporting News, Inc. The page count is not explicitly printed but the table of contents suggests over 50 pages. The back cover displays a full-page Camel Lights cigarette advertisement. This issue is a snapshot of sports history from the spring of 1980, centered on baseball's Gorman Thomas and covering a broad spectrum of sports news and analysis.