December 21, 1970 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
College football, warts and all, makes good reading in Dan Jenkins' latest volume
By Jim Murray
Yesterday
The creator of Sherlock Holmes, fleeing the detective he created, practically taught the Swiss how to ski
No Miracle
For weeks the Oakland Raiders stayed in the race by means of a series of almost supernatural last-second wins, but when they beat Kansas City for the Western Division title their tactics were au naturel
By Tex Maule
Kentucky was supposed to help Indiana open its new arena, but maybe it was better that it remained unfinished; the way the Hoosiers and Wildcats had at each other, the place might have split at the seams
By Joe Jares
THE REAL SCRAP WAS FOR 60th PLACE
While name golfers fought for glory and dollars at Grand Bahama, the also-rans played games of quiet desperation
Arms And Ogres
They belong to Jim Plunkett and Joe Theismann, and they'd better be strong if the Indians and Irish intend to upset fearsome opponents
By Dan Jenkins
Sportsman
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: BOBBY ORR
Only 22, he set entire new standards of hockey excellence. While leading his team to a championship and emerging as an alltime star, he ushered a growing sport into the '70s with a flash of flying ice
By Jack Olsen
Nose Count
Where did we go wrong? You say the 1970 census shows the number of bores is declining? Impossible. Have you checked all the sports?
By Frank Deford
People
Goren's Christmas Quiz
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
College Basketball
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By J. Richard Munro
Edited by Robert Creamer