January 8, 1973 Table Of Contents
Pro Championships
The Dolphins remained unbeaten and untouched by Pittsburgh miracles, so now all that stands between them and a perfect 17 are the Redskins
By Ron Reid
'WHEN YOU'RE AS OLD AS A LOT OF US, YOU LEARN THE SHORTCUTS'
By Tex Maule
Bowls
Nebraska looked awesome, Oklahoma won in spite of itself and Texas was heroic, but the national title belongs to the undefeated USC Trojans, who overpowered Ohio State in the Rose Bowl
By Dan Jenkins
AS FOR THE DROLL BOWL AND ALL THOSE OTHER CLASSICS
By Roy Blount Jr.
Whoop Up
WHOOPING IT UP IN ENDIN COUNTRY
Long Beach State's 49ers went on the warpath down in Oklahoma and scalped everybody in sight to take Abe's folksy Ol' Down Home Classic
Breathless
A BREATHLESS PLUNGE TO GRAB A HANKY
Never sure which test might prove to be his last Enzo prove to be his last, Enzo Maiorca, a diving wonder at 41, fills his lungs once more and risks a record descent
People
College Basketball
By Herman Weiskopf
Pro Basketball
The spirit of the 76ers is willing
But the flesh is weak. In 1967 Philadelphia won the NBA title. This year, because of bad drafts, bad trades and bad management, a bunch of has-beens, never-wases and won't-bes may set a league record for losses
By Peter Carry
Soccer
Nobody kin kick like a Billiken
By Joe Jares
Hockey
Montreal's Jacques Lemaire, heretofore a 30-goal man, has suddenly begun scoring at a rate that may bring him twice that this season
By Mark Mulvoy
Creek Bed
The course was a mind twister, laid out by a rally committee full of fiends. But the driver and the navigator were rolling along in fine shape—until they turned off into the desert
By John Hersey
For The Record
A roundup of the week Dec. 25-31
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer