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| January 3 |
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Contents - Up, Up Up And Away! (AFC: Baltimore breezes, Miami marathons into the finals); (NFC: Cowboys win, but the 'Skins get scalped in Frisco); Whatcha Doin' Brother Bruin? (Boston's new make-love, not-war hockey hardly worries the Bruins fans - but, lo, the team is winning); Sweating Through The Dreads (Suffering from a severe case of loudmouthitis, Maryland is having trouble even talking big-college basketball); Blues In The Night For The Aces (Italy's celebrated Blue team storms out of retirement and overwhelms thw world bridge champion); Miss Mary's Lion (Ernest Hemingway's African Journal continues with a dramatic encounter between hunter and hunted); The House That Earnie Built (The man who founded the Orange Bowl in 1933 still handles just about everything but the opening kickoff) The Departments - Scorecard; College Basketball; Skiing; Pro Basketball; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| January 10 |
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All Yours, Nebraska (The Cornhuskers beat Alabama and win their second straight National Championship), Two That Are Super (In the NFC the Cowboys beat the 49ers) (Miami beats the Colts to advance to the Superbowl), Court Trial for UCLA (The Bruin sophmores meet and beat Ohio State), Imperiled Flanks (The conclusion of Ernest Hemingway's African Journal), Another No. 1 Is Settled in Miami (Howard University upsets St. Louis in the finals of the college soccer championship), Place in the Sun for Revvy (Peter Revson has been involved in auto racing for a long time but fame has come only recently) |
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| January 17 |
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Contents - They Made Milwaukee Famous (The Bucks: they stopped the longest winning streak); (Marquette: scared, bloodied but still undefeated); Lowering The Olympic Boom (For years he warned about amateur skiing and for years nobody listened. Now Avery Brundage means business); Who Do You Like In The Super Bowl? (Tex Maule and John Underwood made their picks. Tex, taking Dallas (who else) and John Miami (natch)); Park Your Boat Downtown (The bounding main meets Main Street in Marina del Rey, and the new fashions are nifty there - or anywhere); Hold Up Your Head, Tom Doty (It is hard to believe, but nobody ever shot a better round of golf than this obscure Chicago pro); Fly Me - If You Dare (Five lessons in falconry from Mr. Glasier can make you soar or leave you as chicken and bird-brained as ever) The Departments - Scorecard; People; College Basketball; Golf; Bowling; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| January 24 |
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Contents - A Cowboy Stampede (Grinding it out on the ground, Dallas ran over and around the Miami Dolphins to win the Super Bowl); Crooning That Same Old Song (What with bright sunshine and gentle breezes, it was a different Crosby - until Jack Nicklaus did his thing); Back-to-School Time for Terry Daniels (If there is a law against what Joe Frazier did to him in New Orleans, Daniels can check it out at SMU); Take It From The Top (A look at the country's best just-for-fun skiers, with some secrets of how they got that way); Make The Most With What You Got (What Memphis has got is plenty of stockholders but not nearly enough big-league basketball player's); What Made Richie Run? (As a showboating youth it was his exhilarating talent, but when the applause died it became heroin) The Departments - Scorecard; People; College Basketball; Hockey; Pro Basketball; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| January 31 |
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Contents - Everything But Handstands (In his latest comeback, Jim Ryun not only beat Kip Keino, he laughed, joked and almost forgot his trophy); Old Sarge Becomes A General (On his second time around as coach of the St. Louis Blues, noncom Al Arbour has won his stars); A Little Hoop And A Lot Of Holler (Indiana is bugs over basketball, and now the Pacers have sent the state hysterical with joy); Getting Up In The World (Pat Matzdorf is the record holder in the high jump but who knows him outside Sheboygan?); Cold Games And A Solid Gold Girl (Japan has the torch, Brundage has the match and the U.S. has it's best chance for Olympic Glory in Annie Henning); Greening Of The Green In Tucson (Dino sang a cheery song, others brightened the course and added new money. Result: the sun circuit is on thr rise); Being A Good Sport About It (Stunt men take astonishing abuse to provide Hollywood with reel-life drama, and athletic talent helps them survive) The Departments - Scorecard; People; College Basketball; Swimming; Golf; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| February 7 |
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Contents - It's Just Like Old Times (The Boston Celtics are riding high again, thanks to a fast-breaking combo of old pros and young hotshots); Scramble Back To The Deep Purple (Fran Tarkenton leaves the big town to help make a big team - the Vikings - an even bigger threat); An Ugly Affair In Minneapolis (It was black eyes all around when overwrought Minnesota turned the Ohio State basketball game into a brawl); The Great Mano A Raqueta (The $30,000 question was, when a racquetball champ and a handball champ both do their thing, whose thing wins?); Queens Of The Southern Seas (The SORC is now the trend-setter for American ocean racing. Besides, it's fun); Each To His Own Chills And Thrills (Strange things are done beneath the Michigan sun when winter holds the local fishermen in an icy grip); A Teddy Bear's Picnic (Jerry West has never won an NCAA or NBA title, but he's had a good life, the glory and the laughs) The Departments - Scorecard; College Basketball; Horse Racing; Ballooning; Track & Field; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| February 14 |
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Games of the Rainbow (The first Winter Olympic games in Asia brings a pot of gold for a fleet Dutchman), Mad for Marvin D. and Ernie D. (Providence basketball is doing good), Time to Clean Up Basketball (In the wake of the Minnesota scandal there is talk of a stringent reform), It's Dryden for the Defense (This lawyer-goalie is playing well for the Canadiens), You Go Poom, Poom and I'll Go Pow (Ex-fighters acting in the film Fat City are having a hard time learning how to pull punches), Off Into the Wild White Yonder (Alaskan bush pilot Don Sheldon), Old, Faithful and Mysterious (Yellowstone has only a hint of its beauty seen by the public) |
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| February 21 |
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Contents - The Go-Go Girls of Sapporo (Three American misses struck gold in the Winter Olympics concluding week.), Get da Shoodah, Said Faddah (The accent is New York and the coaching has been called too paternal, but it works for unbeaten Marquette.), Rare Wearin' of the Green (Politics was not uppermost in anybody's mind when Ireland's ruggers took on England and, for a change, won.), Minson and Hiller are Two to Watch (Or was it Miller and Hinson? Nobody seems to know when these young pros stride the fairways.), You Catch it, He'll Mount It (Fish are Al Pflueger's life. He has wallowed in them, figuratively and in fact, since he was a boy.), Me and my Bike (After years of yearning, the author bought a motorcycle, and lived (it was sort of close) to regret it.), Dawn of a Possible Dream (Back where it all bagan it is called schoolyard basketball, and stardom is just a whish away.), All-America-All the way (Major Pete Dawkins is a man of his times - of days past, when the land was proud and peaceful, and of the present.) The Departments - Scorecard, People, College Basketball, Track & Field, Pro Basketball, Tennis, For The Record, 19th Hole |
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| February 28 |
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Contents - Come Back Real Soon (Next time leave a little loot for the authentic good ol' boys, A.J.. After all, they invented stock car racing.), Reigning Cats and Dogs (Their Majesties, canine and feline, were named this month in the Westminster and Empire shows, respectively.), Because a Steering Wheel Didn't Tilt (With numerous complaints, Jim McDaniels jumped to the NBA, and Marquette's Jim Chones signed with the Nets.), See the Pucklings Wobble In (The rare new birds of the World Hockey Association staged an ambitious draft but faced some takeoff problems.), This Smith, a Mighty Man is He (Stan Smith - solid, discliplined, determined and God-fearing - is moving back into his top form of last year.), A Gallery of Disaster (Oh, ouch, what a lousy shot! Pros on the golf tour tell how they would have played it, given another try.), Trivia (When it comes to competition, nostalgia buffs will ask for such arcana as who broke Dizzy Dean's toe?) The Departments - Scorecard, College Basketball, Boxing, Fishing, For The Record, 19th Hole |
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| March 6 |
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Contents - Tom Swift And His Magic Wands (Yes, said Tom (Weiskopf) richly. I will wave at the ball boldly and make Gleason's $52,000 disappear); It's Short But It Isn't Sweet (The 60-yard dash takes no time to run, but with its psyche and its acrimony it lasts an eternity); His Majesty Gets Mugged Again (And again. Chicago's Bobby Hull protests the shadowing he gets as no fun and a bad show); Big Bill Loves To Eat 'Em Up (Sophmore Bill Walton, UCLA's latest basketball phenom, feasts on opposing teams with awesome gusto); Masks On The Angry Ice (Hockey goalies have borrowed from ancient Africa to bewitch the slap shot and the curved stick); A Long Way, Bebe (Francoise Durr may not be a classic swinger, but she is doing just fine at the tennis racket); Once He Was An Angel (No-Hit Bo Belinsky was an eccentric before his time. A profile of a flamboyant pitcher looking back) The Department - Scorecard; People; College Basketball; College Wrestling; Bridge; Baseball; Pro Football; Boating; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| March 20 |
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Contents - Shoot-Out At The T Bar M (With Billie Jean and Nancy packing the big guns, the showdown between two cool kids never occurred.); Putting On A Wild West Show (Intense competition among older horses at Santa Anita set the stage for the track's best day in years); Tip-Off For UCLA's Big Invitation (At tournament time, the next best in college basketball are back for another run at the perennial champions); Down, Down And Away! (It's not a bird, it's not a plane. The chap falling out of a balloon 80 feet into a mattress is - Sponge Diver!); She Never Played With Dolls (But in Paula Sperber's case nobody gives it much thought, because the 1971 Bowler of the Year is such a doll herself); Things That Go Boom In The Night (In the darkness, Snow Rangers in Alta blast away with heavy artillery at deadly enemies, the avalanches); A Song Of Hound And Horn (A Michigan bushwacker whose deerslaying technique was sadly common learns the noble art from French gentry) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Swinning; Baseball; Golf; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| March 27 |
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Contents - Welcome To The Ball (John Wooden holds a party every year to celebrate UCLA's basketball championshipl. This year the guests are glum.); They're Sweet 16 And Deserve A Kiss (The U.S. Women's Track team beat the U.S.S.R. in Richmond due to the exploits of two astonished teen-agers.); Vida Blue In The Great Bathroom Farce (Baseball's no. 1 gate attraction turned down Oakland's $50,000 to pitch for an item called Over-John.); Escape To The Desert (Mashed, goggled and strapped into dune buggies, drivers head for the Mint 400 - an off-road rip out near Vegas.); A Player In The Game Of Life (The name of this Player is Ian: he has saved the white rhino from extinction, and hopes to help save mankind.); Gimme An A, Gimme A Boo (And how about a big, rousing Braaack! for the visiting team, just to make everybody feel at home.); All The Best (Bubbly, birds and the game of soccer do go together - as long as the Best is George.) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Sailing; College Basketball; Hockey; Fpr The Record; 19th Holer |
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| April 3 |
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Contents - Run Fast, Run Deep(The Southern Cal plan was to ignore Indiana's all-stars and swamp them with numbers - but the strategy sank); Racy Red Beasts And King Kong (Sebring loosed a pride of Ferrari lions on the track, and a gorilla, yet, in the pits); Try Kate Smith On The Rocks (Philadelphia's hockey team does, and her "God Bless America" is gospel for the playoff-hopeful Flyers); Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny Oh! (Johnny Wooden, of course. His UCLA Bruins ran off with the NCAA basketball title. So what else is new?); Big Jack Has A Big Dreams Again (Heading for the Masters, Jack Nicklaus has a winner's look - but he better beat that troublesome front nine), Wild Men And Tame Devils (There are wild women, too, in Belize, a lovele pocket of jungle and sand fronting the Caribbean); Journey Through The Blue Snow (In a marathon into the forests of Sweden, miracles of blueberry soup and the human spirit produce 7,000 victors) The Departments - Scorecard; Baseball; Table Tennis; Horse Racing; College Basketball; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| April 10 |
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Contents - Now His Name Is Mud (On an upsetting afternoon a long shot that sloshed to victory over the Derby favorite and a West Coast whiz fizzled); Gentle Tigers Of The Tables (Springtime comes to Canada with the laughter - and the gentlr virtuosity - of the Chinese Ping-Pong team); Dancing Masters (Two no-nonsense favorites for Augusta warm up in the desert by having themselves a ball); Another Knockdown Coming Up (Eastern competition may be intense but there is no escaping one conclusion in the NBA playoffs: West is best); Little Old Lady In Tennis Shoes (At 15 Hazel Wightman was a tennis champion. At 85 she is as enthusiastic as ever, a dedicated teacher of the young); Baseball 1972 (Suddenly the rites of spring include a historic rhubarb); (Great and stars-to-be mingle, in art and potographs) Scouting Reports: National League; American League (The George Sislers analyze pitching's most potent arms); End Of Innocence (Bruce Kison seemed simply all agog in his first Series - until his fastball brought Baltimore to its knees) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Bowling; Boxing; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| April 17 |
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Contents - Poa Jack Beats Himself (Nicklaus won the Masters by whipping the weed and a bunch of other contenders); A Heavy Loss to a Light Heavy (Vincente Rondon was overweight and Bob Foster came in on the button - Rondon's - to take the title); Making A Point - Playground Style (One scorer sick, one scorer injured and here come the Colonels. That's when the Nets decided to shoot and run); Rangers Nix Hab Hex (New York's hockeymen opened Stanley Cup play with a surprisingly strong showing against dread Montreal); Diary Of A Derby Horse (Even the best of trainers finds that readying a colt to run for the roses is a prickly, painful operation); Black Future For The White Crown (The outlook is bleak for this game bird of the islands if the slaughter at nesting season continues); Life With A Mad Motor Mogol (Earl Muntz made fortune No. 1 putting people on four wheels; now he's after No. 4 putting them on two); Pop, Pop, Hit Those People (The just-published novel "End Zone" is winning critical acclaim) and extra points for its author. An excerpt) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Tennis; Rowing; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| April 24 |
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Contents - Bombs Away Out West (The Bucks blew open two games and someone threatened to blow up a third, but the big explosion lies ahead.), And So They Played Ball (The strike over, the baseball season opened to disappointing crowds and a mixture of cheers and jeers.), Down and Out for Minnesota (The North Stars lost their savage series to St. Louis in sudden-death overtime. The Blues' reward? Boston.), Over and Over Again (Kjell Isaksson of Sweden exceeded the world record in the pole vault for the second time in two weeks.), Gospel of False Prophets (All the preaching about "ecology" has deceived people. In the end man's frantic efforts won't matter a whit.), Sailing on a Sea of Dreams (Getting Away From It All is a way of life for Warwick Tompkins Jr., adventurer extraordinary), You Can't Beat the Bushes (There is lots to be said for the minor leagues. Like Avis, they try harder, and often succeed.), Wheels of Fame and Fury (Champion of a sport that has made him rich and renowned, Jackie Stewart has a clinical eye for its terrible risks.) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Golf; Fencing; Dogs; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| May 1 |
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"Blazing Start For The Dodgers - Willie Davis" |
Contents - The Boys Of Spring (And perhaps summer anf fall, too. The alert Los Angeles Dodgers get off to a running start); One Stick Rebuilds A Dynasty (Lacrosseman Jack Thomas leads Hopkins to victory over Army - and back to its former high ranking); Goodbye, Chi, Hello (Gulp), Hub (New York hockey fans are jubilant over a blitz of Chicago but nervous about their next Stanley Cup foe); Back At The Other Game... (While everybody watched the Lakers win the West, the East produced a deceptive challenger in the Knicks); When The Sun Shines Bright (Come Derby Day, Louisville is all freewheelers and rowdy spirit. An artists rendering in script and sketch); A Champion Fated Not To Reign (In the concluding installment of his intimate story Jackie Stewart reflects on the death of his friend, Jachen Rindt); Just A Decent Bloke (This is an apt description of Ken Rosewall off court, but put a racket in his hand and he'll clobber a cobber) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball's Week; Pro Football; Horse Racing; Golf; Mountaineering; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| May 1 |
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Willie Davis |
The Boys of Spring (L.A. Dodgers), One Stick Rebuilds a Dynasty (Lacrosse), Goodbye Chi Hello (Gulp) Hub (NHL), Back at the Other Game (NBA), When the Sun Shines Bright (Kentucky Derby), A Champion Fated Not to Reign (Jackie Stewart story), Just a Decent Bloke (Tennis player Ken Rosewall) |
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| May 1 |
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The Boys of Spring (Baseball's LA Dodgers off to a running start), One Stick Rebuilds a Dynasty (Hopkins beats Army in Lacrosse with Jack Thomas), Goodby, Chi, Hello (Gulp), Hub (NY Hockey fans nervous over their team's next foe), Back at the Other Game (NBA's Lakers win the West while Knicks challenge in the East), When The Sun Shines Bright (Artist's rendering of Derby Day), A Champion Fated Not to Reign (Last installment of Jackie Stewart's story), Just a Decent Bloke (A description of Ken Rosewall..off court) |
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| May 8 |
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Contents - Violence Is The Goal (A hate-in for the Stanley Cup between Boston and New York opened with a desperate win for the Bruins); This Drake Was For The Ducks (Rain, wind and ailments hampered U.S. Olympic hopefuls at the Drake Relays - but not Fanie Van Zifl); We're Only Starting To Roll (There aren't many big wheels in American cycling, but the U.S. Grand Prix showed we're pedaling to the top); Just To Be In The Derby Picture (Pride and joy diminish owner's objectivity about who will measure up in the classic at Churchill Downs); In A World Of Windmills (John Sain is the best, most beloved pitching coach. Just ask the pitchers, not the managers who fire him); The Golden Tiger Of Nepal (The mahseer looks half-tarpon, half-bonefish, runs upriver like a salmon and fights like a, well, mahseer); Concentrate On The Chrysanthemums (The marathon is no bed or roses, but in Japan contemplating floral displays wonderfully soothes the jitters) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Bridge; Pro Basketball; Soccer; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| May 29 |
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"The Godfather Of Sports" |
Contents - Mass Mania To Push Ahead (Americans are on a new kick - togetherness. Be it on a bike, raft or foot, they're participating by the horde); Give An A-Plus To Bee Bee Bee (When Riva Ridge flunked the test in the Preakness, top marks went to a colt few believed could make the grade); Indian Uprising (Cleveland, long dormant in the American League, is suddenly on the move with some exciting new warriors); What Hath Louie Wrought? (Old Man Jacobs was a godfather to sports, in too many ways. His concessions empire has been linked to the mob); Power To The People (Boatwise - it entrances the millions - and animates the camera, as a color portfolio attests); Flight Of The Artic Spring (In haste, wildfowl flood North to nest; the season is short, and results can be savage for birds that tarry); Disciples Of Another Creed (Sport has its revolutionary aspects at Stanford, where the students continue to be refreshingly different) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Motor Sports; Harness Racing; Pro Basketball; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| June 5 |
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"Winged Victory - Mark Donohue at Indy" |
Contents - Good Show, Charlie Brown! (And good grief. There in the winner's circle at Indy sat mild-mannered, much-beset Mark Donohue); The Bluffs Butcher Gets Tenderized! (A furious publicity buildup sent obscure Ron Stander into the ring to be bloodied and beaten by Joe Frazier); The Happiness Boys (Also known as the Houston Astros, they are rollicking on in an amazingly productive year); Up, Up And Quietly Away (Whispering across the sky went the first continental sailplane race, from sea to shining sea - in short hops); Quiet, Nagayma, The Needle (Acupuncture's satisfied customers are beginning to spread the word, and soon others may get the point); Sail A Slow Boat To See (Plying the canals is the new game of tourists who play it for serenity and in view of the backyards of Europe); For Want Of A Shoe... (Or, diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son Tom. One shoe off, one shoe on, Runner Tom Von Ruden is a winner); I Trotted Out A Naked Lady (Racegoers did not always have bread but they had circuses when Promoter Bill Veeck took over at Suffolk Downs) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Sporting Look; Bridge; Basketball; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| June 12 |
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"Season Of Surprises - Chicago's Dick Allen Juggles His Image" |
Contents - What's Going On Out There (Right from the non-beginning a giddy baseball season has been unfurling surprise after surprise); The Day Rigger Mortis Set Out (Adversity stalked Pennsylvania, but the crew couldn't have cared less. Off in high, it won the IRA easily); Bubble Bath For The Blue Blue Jays (John Hopkins came prepared with champagne. Virginia, though, drank the deep draughts at the lacrosse finals); Splashing Down The Stretch (What has six tires and swims? Why, the All-Terrain Vehicle that slogged its way to a muddy national title); The Wreck Of Veeck (When he took over Suffolk Downs the pols tried to climb aboard, but in the end it was not they who sank his ship); U.S. Open - 1972 (The place: Mists, mountains and magic); (The tournament: A time to sparkle plenty); Where There's Smokey There's Fire (Is the bear a dud, an adman's fancy, or is he a useful symbol? This is the burning issue among foresters) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Horse Racing; Bridge; Track & Field; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| June 19 |
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"The Man They Want To Steal - Chicago Superstar Bobby Hull" |
Contents - Two-Wheeled Assault On An Island (Away they roared, up, down and around the Isle of Man, led by an Italian who was hell-bent for leather); They Follow In His Footsteps (On a clear day Riva Ridge ran forever, leading from the start in the Belmont to recoup his reputation); Keeping A Close Eye On The Ball (This is what everyone was doing last week as Jane Blalock, accused of cheating, strove to clear her name); Hockey's Turn To Wage A War (Catching up with other pros, the NHL squares off against a new league - which is hot after Bobby Hull); Munich's Billion-Dollar Baby (It's the Olympics, and, my, how it's grown. A wry look - in drawings - at what Bavaria hath wrought); A Kid Who Doesn't Kid Around (Wrestler Dan Gable is convinced that all work and no play is how to win a gold medal at the Olympics); Sentinels Along A Stream Of Memories (Thr past of the Rappahannock - the terrible Civil War battles fought on its banks - haunts a fisherman); Biggest Cheapskate In Big D (Lamar Hunt of Dallas owns three ball clubs, 32 tennis pros, a bunch of little old oil wells - and one suit) The Departments - Scorecard; Baseball; Track & Field; Hunting; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| July 3 |
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Pirates pitcher Steve Blass |
Contents - Four Murderers in a Row (That's the heart of the Pittsburgh batting order, and now Pirate pitchers are turning killer, too.), Britannia Rules Bermuda's Waves (Out of a storm-riddled flotilla came a cool crew on a happy ship to win a classic for England.), They left Us Singing the Blues (In what may have been their last appearance as a team, those azure Itallians won the World Bridge Olympiad.), Do I Deserve to Be There? (Jack Nicklaus reviews his U.S. Open victory and talks of Muirfield, Slams and Bobby Jones.), Babes Who are Going A-Gunning (Set for a strong challenge, the U.S. picked an Olympic Basketball team that is young, balanced and brash.), A Horseman of Another Color (Neal Shapiro is not only a mainstay of the U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team, he's a pilot, organist and harness driver.), Sail Ho for Kiel (That's where the other Olympics will be held - the one for yachtsman - and a lively venue it is.), Another Greening of Forest Hills (Color comes to tennis clothes, and it's all enough to make traditionalists turn white.) The Graduates (Reflections on the glory of their times by some seniors who played on Nebraska's national champion football teams.) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Golf; Sporting Look; Conservation; Bowling; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| July 10 |
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"The Old Master And His Art - Johnny Unitas" |
Contents - Agony And Ecstasy (In a single tumultuous week boxing a smashing new lightweight champion, and a dashing new Ali); A Sudden Stalemate In Reykjavik (It turned out not to be chess, but hide-and-seek, as Bobby Fischer delayed the world championship); Just A Guy Having Some Fun (Dave Wattle, a miler, ran the 800 as a lark - and tied the world record as the Olympic Trials began); Where Am I Batting, Sir? (That is a daily query to Oriole Manager Earl Weaver, who has to play wizard because his stars are falling); The How To, Who To And When (Quarterback Johnny Unitas describes the simple art of passing and the difficult of reading defenses); The Taking Part (Baron de Coubertin honestly believed winning was unimportant. An irreverent history of the Olympic Games); The Bottom-Fishing Hustler (A sadder and wiser con man learned one thing; never trust a guy named Ralph, expecially if he's from Duluth) The Departments - Scorecard; Baseball; ARowing; Briddge; Body Building; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| July 17 |
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Jim Ryun |
Contents - All Out For Munich (That is, those who are in after the Olympic Track and Fiels trials - Jim Ryun and Bob Seagren, for example); A Bedstead Beats The Ocean (One Frenchman aboard a gawky trimaran nipped another on an amazing schooner in a singlehanded sailing duel); ...And Bombers Hit the River (Upstart Bill Sterett Jr. brazenly drove his unlimited past undefeated Bill Muncey to cause waves in the hydro world); Salutes For A Corporal And A King (Stan and Billie Jean took home a majestic double victory in the singles at Wimbledon); After The Golden Moment (For some champions the Olympics have meant enduring fame, for others only the memory of an instant of glory); Trotting It Out In Style (At Grosbots, near Paris, harness horses enjoy a training establishment unique in its beauty and utility); Pack Up Your Troubles (But don't cram your kit bag with creature comforts if you want an uplifting experience camping in thw wilds) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Golf; Motor Sports; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| July 24 |
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"The Prothro Papers - What is a Playbook really worth" |
Contents - Slamming The Door On Jack (It was Grand, indeed, but the Slam was gone as Lee Trevino put the Super Hex on Nicklaus); Heads Up! Here's A Horse Race (Little noticed, the Japanese have been holding the derby of all derbies, one that dwarfs other turf classics); Boris In Wonderland (Good knight, what next? Russia's Spassky must have wondered as Bobby Fisher played Mad Hatter); Would You Buy A Used Playbook? (Better not. Most coaches say it wouldn't be worth much, even though one seemed to be on the market); Tom Terrific And His Mystic Talent (The wonders he works did not come easily to Seaver. In fact, his modest abilities made the man); Defender Of The Faith (His detractors have called him a traitor, a liar and a fool, but Avery Brundage sleeps the sleep of the just); Stars In Your Eyes (A humorous view of the best All-Star game in town - baseball's - as seen by artist Marc Simont); The Majesty Of Monsieur Merckx (Belgiium's incomparable Eddy, the sovereign of cycling, is matey with monarchs and makes Merekxists of the masses) The Departments - Scorecard; Baseball; Harness Racing; Basketball; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| July 31 |
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"Sensation In Silks - Jockey Robyn Smith" |
Contents - On Tour With 'Hair' (In which the division-leading Oakland A's, baseball's answer to the hit musical, are viewed at work and play); Sea Chase With A Smash Ending (An SI writer goes along on a ferocious ocean powerboat race and high hopes come crunbling down); A Couple Of Hit Or Miss Propositions (The hit at the Olympic Boxing Trials was Duane Bobick, but Bobby Lee Hunter missed enough to miss Munich); Go, Go, Go, Go, Go (It is summer, and the voice of the pro football coach is heard in our land, exhorting his troops to shape up); Football Is Like A Rose (It's nice, but it isn't essential. So broods a rookie cut down in full flower by the Kansas City Chiefs); When You Can't Clout 'em, Cook 'em (Unable to play for the Mets because of injuries, Rusty Staub gets his kicks in the kitchen); Beauty And The Beast (The jockey is gorgeous, obsessed, talented and a mystery. She is Robyn Smith. Or is she?) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Motor Sports; Bicycling; Harness Racing; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| August 7 |
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View Jim Kiick and Larry Csonka Cover |
Contents - When The Stars Cross (Home runs, followed hard by end runs, disoriented the sports world as the twain finally met.), "You Know Me, Al" Said Joe (And Al Unser does, indeed, know Joe Leonard. What he did not know was that Joe had won the Pocono 500.), Bonnie Rematch For Two Belles (In tennis' new ringing rivalries, Australia defeated the U.S., but Chris Evert chimed in with a sweet victory.), Teaching Junior The Palmer Method (The Hiskey-Zarley team won the title, but the real winner was Nichlaus sub Jack Lewis, who got pointers and ink.), The Blood and Thunder Boys (Miami's Jim Kiick likes to run where the holes are, Larry Csonka where they aren't. Either way, bring help.), Flying By The Seat Of Your Pants (The good old days of aviation live again as collectors and their antiques buzz it up in the Iowa blue younder.), Leapin' Lizards and Other Fauna (A Costa Rican odyssey staring 'Oceanea', a homely cousin of 'African Queen', and innumerable sports of sorts.) The Departments - Scorecard, Baseball, Horse Racing, Boating, For The Record, 19th Hole |
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| September 4 |
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View Cover |
Contents - Who and When and Mostly Why (The mist hanging over the stables at Saratoga last week was nothing compared to the fog surrounding Riva Ridge); It's Jack, Whatever The Match (The format was different, the result the same as Nicklaus racked up another title, the two-headed U.S. Match Play); The XXth Olympic Games - (The Opening Ceremonies - and flak behid the scenes); (Mark Spitz: controversial boy turned confident man); See No Evil, Hear No Evil...Ha! (Wickedness is everywhere, especially in Boston, say three iconoclastic broadcasters who claim to know); An Unbelievagable Boom (They squawk and talk, they goad and explode. But, while they amuse and enthuse, the new scoreboards don't tell all); Getting The Good Times Rolling (The corners are tricky and the driving tough, but they all would rather win the Southern 500 than any other race) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Horse Racing; Pro Football; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| October 23 |
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"Red Hot Against The Reds - Oakland's Catfish Wins Game No. 2" |
Contents - Mr. Smith Goes To Bucharest (And there faces down Nasty and Dracula and assorted other horrors while leading the U.S. to a Davis Cup win)' A Big Beginning (Their star was crippled and their league maligned. but the Oakland A's showed the Reds a thing or two); On Time But Not In Tune (Wilt was back and the champs were set. But then the Lakers found last year's act needed a little work); The Boys Of The Suicide Squads (Wedge busters, ball strippers and coverers are playing 20% of all NFL games. Meet the special teams); Jeepers! Peepers Is In Charge Now (And he is dangerous - if you believe it is dangerous to revolutionize college athletics, as Jack Scott hopes to do); Sooner Or Later, Champions (Long ago in Oklahoma 10-year-old football players thought a red dog was a puppy, but no more); The Way To A Super Bowl (The best kegler of this generation shows you how to strike it rich with practice and concentration); From Sea To Speeding Sea (This was an outlaw auto race, unsanctioned and unwise, but there they were - roaring away toward L.A.) The Departments - Scorecard; People; College Football; Nature; Pro Football; Tennis; Fishing; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| October 30 |
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"Freshmen Shake Up The Game - Dave and Don Buckley of North Carolina State" |
Contents - Mustaches All The Way (All the way down to a dramatic seventh game, that is, as the hairy A's won the tightest World Series ever played); Locomotive For The Class Of '76 (Now that freshmen can play football with the big boys they are giving coaches something new to cheer about); Green Bay Turns With The Tide (Two Alabama quarterbacks, one of them teaching the other, have managed to make the Packers a contender again); A Pampas Bull Who's Sweet As Sugar (Carlos Monzon, Argentina's world champion, has a mighty right and a record Ray Robinson may envy); I'll Wring Your Neck! (This particular chase was sparked by a Halloween prank, but running for dear life can be good sport); Looking Best In The West (Something old and blue plus something borrowed equals something new - this year's jeans-inspired ski wear); Keys To The Kingdom (Pro Football rules far and wide. While men gather to pledge devotion and play palace games, women weep) The Departments - Scorecard; People; College Football; Motor Sports; Hockey; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| November 6 |
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Larry Brown Cover |
Contents - The Good Humor Men of Washington (George Allen gives his Redskins ice cream or whatever else their hearts desire. And he gives Larry Brown the ball.), Blue Blazers in Philadelphia (Some of hockey's newly rich get off to a calamitous start, raising questions as to the fitness of things.), SOS from a Seaside Slaughter (A truce may be coming to the raging striped-bass battle between surf casters and haul seiners.), The Qs Have Quite a Few of the A's (A San Diego orthodonist who owns pro basketball's newest team is straightening out some misconceptions.), Journey into a Secret Land (Russia's stud farms are hidden in the Caucasus. Until Whitney Tower's visits, they were well off-limits.), Looking for Unburied Loot (The loot isn't so much, it's the joy of the hunt that sparks the Bahamas take-to-the-air-and-sea search.), He Never Shot Par (Al Capone and his Chicago killers were deadly elsewhere, but on the golf course they were simply hit-and-miss.) |
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| November 20 |
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"Terry Davis Dazzles LSU" |
Contents - Wet, Racy And Royal (A new season begins, and the perennial ruler of U.S. powerboats captures a thriller off Key West); It's Alabama In A Runaway (Terry Davis and his Crimson Tide roll onward, leaving bits and pieces of LSU strewn over the field); You Can't Buffalo The Sabres (One of hockey's lowly expansion teams has hacked it's way surprisingly high in the standings); A Play Of Light And Shadow (John Akii-Bua's victory lap was like a ray of hope in Munich. So, too, is his presence in unhappy Uganda); Voting To Snuff The Torch (Conscious of costs and ecology, Coloradans elect to send the 1976 Winter Olympics out into the cold); The Snowplaces Are Showplaces (Conservation keynotes America's major new ski resorts, particularly Snowbird, highest-flying of them all); O'er The Land Of The Fee (Foreign tennis pros on tour may turn up their noses at some of our mores, but they love the smell of U.S. cash) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Design For Sport; College Football; Boxing; Pro Football; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| November 27 |
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Ohio U. Freshman Walter Luckett |
Contents - No Losses, No Ties and No Names (The anomymous Dolphin defense stopped the Jets, clinched a playoff spot and kept Miami's record pure); Could Have Been, Now May Be (Nate Thurmond and Rick Barry are together again, and the Warrior's are putting it all together); That's Not Thunder, It's USC (As crosstown rival U.C.L.A. found out, anyone taking on the No. 1 Trojans had better be ready for stormy weather); College Basketball 1972-73 (The Season: Freshmen start in a year of change); (The Coaches: A gallery for the men for all ages); (The Top 20: UCLA, of course, and some surprises); (Best Of The Rest: Many could move into the top); (Small Colleges: Love story at Stephen F. Austin); (Junior Colleges: Vincennes should blaze again); (Super Scout: Bill Bertka is a man in motion); Another Promise Broken ?(The solid reputation of lightweight champion Roberto Duran was worse for the wear of Esteban DeJesus); Total Loss Weekend (With bets down coast to coast, blinds drawn, radio and televisions tuned, the gambler's vigil begins) The Departments - Scorecard; College Football; Horse Racing; Boxing; Hockey; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| November 27 |
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Ohio U. Freshman Walter Luckett |
No Losses, No Ties and No Names (Dolphins win again), Could Have Been, Now May Be (Warriors basketball), That's Not Thunder, It's U.S.C. (College basketball), College Basketball 1972-73, Another Promise Broken ?(Boxing), Total Loss Weekend (Gambling) |
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| December 25 |
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Contents - Old Brodie Went Witcher-way (The 49ers made the playoffs when the veteran came off the bench and threw two last-quarter touchdowns); Cry Wolf In Carolina (Down where Big Four basketball is big hysteria, State's Wolfpack made a meal of its neighbors); After The Bowl, The Polls (Though Coach Jon McKay disagrees, bowl games decide the final rankings. If No. 1 loses - sorry, John); Sportsman And Sportswoman (For the first time two are honored, both superb competitors, each represents differing views of sports); Gleanings From A Troubled Time (Seldon has sport offered such stimulation, or endured such turbulence. An iconoclastic view of noteworthy events); Sillies Of '72 (Goof-ups and put-downs, takeoffs and put-ons. The year's misadventures, photographed in the act); Odyssey Of An Angler (To Winslow Homer, fishing was an art and he was a master of it. His works reflect a lifetime's search for sport) The Departments - Scorecard; Bridge; College Basketball; For The Record; 19th Hole | 2 |
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| December 25 |
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Contents - Old Brodie Went Witcher-way (The 49ers made the playoffs when the veteran came off the bench and threw two last-quarter touchdowns); Cry Wolf In Carolina (Down where Big Four basketball is big hysteria, State's Wolfpack made a meal of its neighbors); After The Bowl, The Polls (Though Coach Jon McKay disagrees, bowl games decide the final rankings. If No. 1 loses - sorry, John); Sportsman And Sportswoman (For the first time two are honored, both superb competitors, each represents differing views of sports); Gleanings From A Troubled Time (Seldon has sport offered such stimulation, or endured such turbulence. An iconoclastic view of noteworthy events); Sillies Of '72 (Goof-ups and put-downs, takeoffs and put-ons. The year's misadventures, photographed in the act); Odyssey Of An Angler (To Winslow Homer, fishing was an art and he was a master of it. His works reflect a lifetime's search for sport) The Departments - Scorecard; Bridge; College Basketball; For The Record; 19th Hole | 1 |
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