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| January 15 |
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"Backcourt Magician - Doug Collins of Illinois State" |
Contents - Then The Sidewinder Wound Down (Sam Snead's funny sideways putts kept him up there in the L.A. Open, but the real fun was Funseth's); Ol' Pick And A Lot Of Slick (Doug Collins doesn't look the part, but he leads the finest class of college backcourt men in years); Super Bowl VII: Age Before Booty? (Washington is not over the hill, but on top of it); (A former Redskin waterboy remembers the bad old days); Boats Out Of Water (The ancient sport of land sailing surfaces in California with speeds floating windjammers will never know); Set For A Wood Chopper's Brawl (With a punch as rugged as his prefight talk, George Foreman eyes Joe Frazier and the heavyweight title); Big Little Guy In Chi (Bobby Hull is gone, so the Black Hawk's Stan Mitka is under heavy pressure. And, oh, how he's responding); Up, Up And Away (Head in the clouds, as usual, Jeannette set off to solo in a balloon. But her exhilaration died in the wind) The Departments - Scorecard; People; College Basketball; Hockey; Horse Racing; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| February 19 |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Contents - Center in a Storm (Although guarded by police, who fear for his life,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's play has been as masterful as ever), All Things Come to Him Who Weights (Chris Taylor, Iowa State's wrestling colossus, won his 34th straight victory, helping the West smother the East), Harvest for Johnny Appleseed (A modern namesake goes head to head with seven other famed harness-racing drivers - and wins at the wire), Just a Gentle Sort of Man (Bobby Knight, Indiana's once-stormy coach, lapses now and then. But who wouldn't in the Big Ten), Gin Rummy and Racing Cars (Dad wouldn't let him run the old Studebaker, so J.C. Agajanian became a sponsor - also a magnate and a dandy), Tennis in a Royal Setting (The $45 million Acapulco Princess glitters on Mexico's gold coast, drawing tennis players and hedonists alike), Cook it Up and Dish it Out (She was a weakling challenged by a behemoth, but after feasting on Biblical honey, she looked in the pink), A Heavy Comes to Light (For a decade Jack Nicklauslost fans to fat and Arnold Palmer, but now he has won the role of leading man) Departments - Scorecard, People, College Basketball, Boxing, Hockey, Track & Field, Horse Racing, For The Record, 19th Hole |
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| February 26 |
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Buffalo Sabre's Hockey Center Gil Perreault |
Contents - All Ablaze At Center (Hockey's most conspicous young stars march to different drums, but they play the same position); Putting The Arm On A King (The duel between Margaret Court and Billie Jean King for No. 1 rank is about ready for a smashing return); Dr. K, Big Cat And Little Tubby (The rest of the cast includes Mr. Nice and Billy Bipp. Together they play dramatic basketball at Memphis State); Doggy Doings In The Garden (A slight sense of change at Westminster, but still a lot of barking, growling and whining - canine and otherwise); Everybody's Doing The Hot Dog (The craze, not the sandwich, is sweeping the country as skiing's younger set turns to stunting); But Only On Sunday (Ron Clarke, who set 17 world records, now runs for fun, undisturbed by his status as an Austrailan nonhero); Eyeball To Eyeball With Africa (The animal-filled yields of Georgia, Canada and New Jersey as seen from four-wheel cages made in Detroit) The Departments - Scorecard; People; College Basketball; Boxing; Pro Basketball; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| March 26 |
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Bill Walton, Marvin Barnes, Steve Downing & Larry Kenon |
Baiting the Bruins (Playing UCLA), Oh Lord, He's Perfect (Secretariat), Rise of the Underground Tour (Golf), In a Lair with a Bear (Bears), Riding for a Fall (Grand National horse racing), Fold It Out and Presto! (Squash), The Rinks Were Running Red (Hockey) |
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| April 2 |
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That Championship Game (UCLA barely beats Memphis State in NCAA), Big Orange Country Sees Red (Indiana beats Tennessee for swim title), The Pros Came Up Little Short (The opening of Pro-Track), A Lot More Where They Came From (Montreal Canadians are loaded with young talent), Boston's Perpetual Motion Machine (The Celtic's Dave Cowens), Curtain Up on the Masters - A Look at the 16th Hole, Tom Weiskopf, The Long Blue Line (Kenny Moore rerunning the Olympic Marathon) |
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| April 9 |
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Steve Carlton | Baseball: Season opens with optimism, Owners don't know the product, Experts analyze the teams, Pitcher Steve Carlton, Joe Garagiola and his new show biz life.., Muhammad Ali loses to Ken Norton, College basketball player Theresa Shank, Richard Petty and Andy Granatelli, Fred Van Lennep of harness racing, UCLA track team | 1 |
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| April 16 |
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View Earl Monroe Cover |
The Reign at Augusta (This Masters had everything), Add One-on-One to All for One (The Knicks beat the Bullets), War for the Inscrutable East (New York shocks the Boston Bruins), Once a Valley of Vapors and Vice (Hot Springs is becoming respectable), Small Dreams of Hitting the Big Time (Midget car racing with the drivers looking toward Indy), Ride Up There Where Eagles Dare (Sailplaning), For Each a Place in the Sun (Nudists and their activities), Truffles and Flourishes on the Tarn |
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| April 23 |
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View Muhammad Ali Cover |
Contents - Playing the Payroll Game (Montreal's coaches wanted winners. The Federal aid plan sought to help students. And that's how the Grizzlies grew.), Never Was a Clyde So Bonny (Golden State defeated Milwaukee in the NBA playoffs as Clyde Lee played some beautiful basketball.), Now Comes the Big Blue Machine (Kansas City burst into the baseball season with the newest stadium and meanest bats in the West.), The Mouth That Nearly Roared (Muhammad Ali was not wired for sound, but he made his point clear enough; he'll be back, greater than ever.), Being Eaten Alive by Sailfish (After a good day in the waters off the island of Cazumel, Charter Captain Cliff North has no unusual complaint.), Subtle Side of the Shell Game (As another rowing season began, a look at the beauty and grace of the sport along with its agony and ecstasy.), The Grand Master (A chess game in a railway compartment evokes a stream of memoties in this short story by a famed Soviet writer.), Opal Two Comes Back (A POW who remembered his day as a football player sees his old campus and how the sport has changed.) The Departments - Scorecard, People, Baseball, Tennis, Hockey, Table Tennis, For The Record, 19th Hole |
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| April 30 |
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San Francisco Giant Chris Speier |
Contents - Putting A New Light On The Derby (It was not just that Angie Light won the last big prep for the classic, but that he upset wonderous Secretariat); Oklahoma Penalty: Illegal Procedure (Admitting their quarterback's high school transcript was altered, the Sooners forfeited eight of their '72 wins); Meanwhile Back At The Rancho (The Tournament of Champions was held at a California spa, where Nichlaus and Trevino frolicked in the waters); Neither Too Old Nor Too Young (That's the San Francisco Giants, 4-F last season but off to a rousing start in 1973); The Magnificent Obsession (They said Al Feuerbach was too small to throw the shot but they forgot to measure his zeal); Now You Sail It, Now You Don't (A Windsurfer is in essence a surfboard with a sail, and it takes an acrobat to stay up on one); It's No Way To Get One's Kicks (Defeat is upsetting, which is why losers almost always get the boot in this land that is fan-atic for victory); Knock 'Im Out, Jay-ree! ( Jerry Clower, toast of the Southern banquet circuit, does just that with a fat menu of outrageous stories) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball's Week; Basketball; Hockey; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| June 4 |
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Wilbur Wood | Wilbur Wood's knuckler, Graphite shaft driver draws ire of USGA, San Diego and Long Beach meet in NCAA volleyball finals, Bloody end of Jayne brothers feud, How essential are sports for women, China's gymnast's at Madison Square Garden, Fish in the Florida flats | 1 |
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| June 18 |
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View George Foreman Cover |
History in the Making (Secretariat turns in the performance of the century.), (... and a canny lumberjack was with him all day.), Give 'em A for Anger (If the Oaklands are not performing like champions, at least they are griping in pennant form.), Onw Little Move, a Giant Step (It seemed a small thing, heavyweight champ George Foreman fighting Joe Roman, but a division is alive again.), They Tread with Fear (Wet feet and the dry heaves are about the only rewards for running the steeplechase, track's least loved event.), The Old Man and the Seashore (Jim Havender, 81, is a lifeguard who loves the ocean so much he wouldn't mind drowning in it.), Some Hot Times in a Hothouse (It was 90 degrees in Baton Rouge, but UCLA beat the heat to win its third straight collegiate track and field title.), Golf's Jekyll and Hyde (Depending on who is talking, Bruce Crampton is cruel, officious and humorless, or warm, kind and helpful.) |
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| July 9 |
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George Allen | Eighteen year-old David Clyde goes to the majors, Roger McCluskey runs out of fuel at Pocono, Secretariat wins in Chicago, Runner Dave Wottle, Keen competition at a summer dog show, The Yellowstone river loses it's appeal, Redskin coach George Allen | 1 |
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| July 23 |
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Tom Weiskopf |
His First Hurrah (Golf), A Case of Volunteer - Or Else (College football), Bend an Ear to Billy's Music (Baseball's Billy Williams), Oh, How Gently Flows this Don (NFL's Don Maynard), Buy Now and Cry Later, Seasons Slipping Through a Net (Trout fishing), To Capture Moments and Majesty (Photographing nature) |
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| July 30 |
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Treat 'em, Beat 'em (Offshore racing with Dr. Bob Magoon), Millions on the Hoof (The three big money horses, Secretariat, Riva Ridge and Key to the Mint), Birthday Present for Herself (LPGA Golfer Susie Berning), Rocketing Off to a Record (Daredevil speed skiiers), The Grit of Mr. Fisk (Boston's All-Star Catcher), Olly as in Jolly (The first sailing around Hawaii race), Striking a Blow for Christ (A Baptist Minister combining karate and religion), All the World's a Stage (Bobby Riggs) |
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| August 6 |
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John Matuszak |
Two-sided, For Once (NFL All-Star game), A Sweet 16 Dance at Charleston (Tennis), Cashing in Those Intangibles (St. Louis Baseball), He Is No Prisoner of Zenda (Sailing), Learning the Game by Rote (Soccer), Stepping Out on a Limbo (Parachuting), Thrown to the Lions (George Plimpton and Football) |
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| August 20 |
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Dodgers Bill Russell and Claude Osteen |
Wheelin' Away Out West (Baseball), Jack Goes One up on a Legend (PGA), No Piece of Cake for Patty (NFL), Making an (Almost) Million (NASCAR), The Immaculate Reception (NFL), Love Letter to a Restless River (Fishing out west), No Place in the Shade (Negro baseball) |
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| August 27 |
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"Duane Thomas Makes The Team" |
Contents - Staring And Starring (Whether glowering in practice or glowing in action, Duane Thomas seems to have found himself as a Redskin); The Flight That Failed (The balloon left at dawn, but few realized that, win or lose, here was another last American hero); Pinning Down The Voodoo Ball (Big-league pitchers have nightmares about the Haiti ball, but in the impoverished land it is a dream come true); Visions Of Eight (The film of the Munich Olympics is not a report on the Games but the artistic impressions of eight famed directors); A Machine With Two Pistons (Luc Robillard and Jerry Kellogg pounded through 15 painful hours to win the AuSable Canoe Marathon); Turning A Horse Back Into A Pony (After starting small and swelling even bigger, the Mustang has returned to its original sporty car heritage); Run, Rabbit, Run (No harebrained scheme, Owen Smith's mechanical bunny put dog racing on the track and helped Al Capone) The Departments - Scorecard; People; Baseball; Bridge; Motor Sports; Tennis; Golf; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| September 3 |
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"Soccer Goes American - Philly's Bob Rigby" |
Big D Reduced to Atoms (Soccer), Birds Bug Off Toward a Title (Baseball), Setting 'em Up for the Kill (NFL), Jawful Test on the Mountain (Training with Ali), Dennis, No Longer a Menace (Tennis pro Dennis Ralston), Murder Ball in a Box (Lacrosse), Bet, Book and Handle (Betting on football) |
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| September 10 |
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"College Football - No. 1 (Texas)" |
Contents - It Takes Two To Tangle (But, unfortunately, only George Foreman knew how. He unleashed a brutal attack to retain his world title); Faith In Flirth Was Powerful Stuff (A gelding with first-class genes and a second-rate record mopped up the favorites in the Hambletonian); John Be Nimble, John Be Quick (And John Unitas passing is still pretty slick, as he showed in the Chargers exhibition loss to the Rams); Riggs To Riches - Take Two (In a battle of bigmouths under the big Dome, Bobby Riggs figures to beat Billie Jean King); College Football 1973 (USC's John McKay defends the economics of the game); (The color and excitement of small college action); (The Top 20; the best in the country); (The independents); (The Conferences); Swinging In A Groove Of His Own (When Dick Allen crashed, so did Chicago, which tells a lot about the slugger with the new image) The Departments - Scorecard; Baseball; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| September 24 |
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Churned by the Gut-Grinder (Battle between National League teams Pittsburgh, Montreal, New York and the Cubs), They Made Pigeons of the Field (Secretariat wins the Marlboro Cup), Miami Sweats Out its Torrid Opener (Dolphins beat the 49ers), Her Kingdom for a Horse? (Princess Anne), At the Rate We're Going, Goodbye Fish (Our endangered fisheries), Sardinia Script: Viva Cinderella! (Yachting's One Ton Cup), Faces on a New China Scroll (First inside look at sport in China) |
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| October 1 |
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"Best Of The Best - USC's Anthony Davis" |
Contents - Undefeated But Improving (That goes for USC and also for its tailback, Anthony Davis, who is the most electrifying running back around); All Eyes On The Pit And The Pendulum (It was the New York Mets' turn to swing up out of the abyss in the dizzying National League East); There She Is, Ms. America (Representing your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, Billie Jean beats Bobby); Chirp-Chirp (Without the blackout, the roar of the crowd will be replaced by the sounds of pigeons - or so says Pete Rozelle); Sport In China: Part 2 (An eager people engaged in athletics seems nowhere more committed to sport than in the Swimming Village); The Faces Of A Fast Crowd (A gallery of Grand Prix drivers shows that the emotional price they pay is etched in their features); Arnold And Jack, Wish You Were Here (On the European golf tour, you find charm, opulence, elegance, royality - and yours truly, Dan Jenkins) The Departments = Scorecard; Bridge; College Football; Harness Racing; Fishing; Boating; Basketball's Week; For The Record; 19th Hole |
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| December 24 |
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View Jackie Stewart Cover |
The Juice Flowed On and On (O.J. Simpson breaks Jim Brown's rushing record, and that was only the beginning.), Half of Big Red is Too Much (UCLA's Bill Walton sat out 21 minute with four fouls, then rushed back in and destroyed N.C. State.), Grr, Gate, Great! (Readying for his rematch with Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali is - you'd never guess - sparring with guard dogs.), Everyone Likes to be Bowled Over (While there may be flaws in the format, postseason games are usually exciting - and sometimes meaningful.), Sportsman of the Year (Jackie Stewart displayed talent, intelligence and the discipline to quit at the peak of his career), The Caribbean (A photo essay on sport in ghe ebullient sun country.), (A tour of the canebrakes with a baseball superstar.), Charles Goren's Christmas Bridge Quiz (Are long suits your strong suit? SI's bridge expert offers a test of your pre-emptive bidding skills.), The Power and the Glory (Coming off a strange year, heavyweight boxing's best and near best could be cooking up a storm for 1974.)) |
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