December 13, 1971 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Deck your shelves with volumes sporty on soaring and scoring and toreadoring
What's Afoot
Now it's a pro quarterback, of all things. Detroit's Greg Landry runs so well he has the entire NFL dropping back to contemplate the options
By Tex Maule
THE RETURN OF A COUPLE OF OLD STICKS-IN-THE-POCKET
Beginning in November, baseball got smart. Shooting at last for a big-league image, the general managers riffled the deck and in a blaze of publicity sent players flying every which way
Getting Up
GETTING UP AND GOING AFTER A TITLE
Old pro Bill Sharman, the new coach, keys his program to plenty of training and, sure enough, the breakaway Lakers are out to prove that practice makes perfect
By Peter Carry
Canvasbacks
Flitting Ghosts of Pleasures Past
By Ray Cave
Good Joe
As director of player personnel, Joe Thomas built the Vikings and the Dolphins into powerhouses. How does he do it? Well, if the artichoke method doesn't work, try a right cross
People
College Basketball
Led by a giant Yugoslav who thinks he's a 5'4" guard, Brigham Young stepped off smartly into the new season with two wins and a new home
Rugby
The Australians may not have known whereof they sang, but they played a fast game and took the measure of the best U.S. team ever assembled
By Dan Levin
Harness Racing
Undaunted by a fracture as he closed in on his 500th win, Driver Herve Filion had his arm in a cast and an 11-year-old claimer out ahead
Love, Hate
By Pat Jordan
For The Record
A roundup of the week Nov. 30-Dec. 6
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer