December 24, 1973 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Plimpton has done it again. Which is the problem with "Mad Ducks and Bears"
Bowl Games
EVERYONE LIKES TO BE BOWLED OVER
While there may be flaws in the format, postseason games always generate excitement and on occasion present a battle for the national title. Like this year
Sportsman
He is Jackie Stewart, the 1973 World Driving Champion, who has brought to his sport a combination of qualities unique in its history: a marvelous physical talent; the intelligence and perspective to be an eminent spokesman for auto racing; and the discipline to retire at the peak of his career, a simple yet infinitely complicated personal act that few celebrated athletes have ever achieved. It is for the sum of these characteristics that Stewart is named Sportsman of 1973, a year that offered two other distinguished candidates. One is Secretariat, the winner of the Triple Crown whose triumphs focused a degree of public attention on horse racing that it had not received in a quarter century. The other is O. J. Simpson of the struggling Buffalo Bills, who added his own special stimulation to the pro football season and set an example of spirit and perseverance for every professional athlete as he broke Jim Brown's alltime NFL rushing record.
By Robert F. Jones
Caribbean
By Frank Deford
People
Goren's Christmas Quiz
Are You Rising to the Occasion?
College Basketball
The Power
THE POWER AND THE GLORY OF THE CHAMP
In a watershed year for the heavies George Foreman insists that he can solve his legal problems and bring renewed life to the richest division
For The Record
A roundup of the week Dec. 10-16
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer
O.J. Simpson smashed Jim Brown's season rushing record of 1,863 yards as the Bills beat the Jets, but there was a lot more to come
By Ron Fimrite
Bill Walton sat out 21 minutes of last week's game of the year, then returned to skin the Wolfpack alive