 In his last year at the magazine, Lake authored three cover stories (nine in four years) on such varied topics as "The Black Athlete", the Indy 500 and the World Series.Lake was hired as a ghost writer for Bob Gibson's autobiography and had all but submitted the work.Lake's last issue for "Newsweek" was the December 11, 1967 issue with a cover featuring a dark-haired, bespectacled Robert McNamara, asked, "Why is He Leaving?"