November 23, 1970 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
The seeming winner of a round-the-world yacht race never went round the world
By Don Anderson
Yesterday
They hung out on a stretch of sidewalk near Madison Square Garden, waiting for fighters to make them rich
By Frank Graham Jr.
Jumping
When a couple of U.S. tracks featured international races—one old, one new—horses from the host country won both. The real winners, however, may be long-neglected devotees of the steeplechase
AUSTRALIA'S CUP RUNNETH (32) UNDER
The Aussie team spread-eagled the World Cup field at Buenos Aires despite a borrowed putter and a bizarre itinerary
By Dan Jenkins
George Does It
For the fourth time this season the world's oldest quarterback came off the bench to save Oakland from defeat, on this occasion with a 20-yard touchdown pass with 2:28 to go to beat Denver 24-19
By Tex Maule
Whistle
People
College Football
Nebraska skins the 'Cats and earns a bowl
The year's top Big Red Machine belongs not to Cincinnati but to the Nebraska Cornhuskers, who flayed Kansas State and won another New Year's trip to Miami, which prompted Bob Devaney to claim No. 1
By Pat Putnam
Track & Field
By Jane Gross
Skiing
The Kidd has retired and the U.S. Alpine ski team now has a canny old coach who wants to win—but is too smart to make any promises
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
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Edited by Robert Creamer