January 5, 1976 Table Of Contents
Playoffs
Engineering the only upset in a hectic playoff weekend, Roger Staubach threw a desperate 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson with 32 seconds remaining that lifted Dallas past Minnesota
By Dan Jenkins
A BIG ONE FOR THE SNAKE AND THE STORK
By Ron Reid
A STEELCLAD CASE FOR THE DEFENSE
By Mark Mulvoy
By Edwin Shrake
Who Is Kidding?
San Francisco's kids sometimes suffer growing pains, but opponents find them nothing to laugh about
Wheeler
THE DEALER WHO DOUBLES AS A WHEELER
Jerry Hansen plays Monopoly with all Minneapolis as his board, and the same drive has carried him to 14 racing championships
By Sam Moses
Boris And His Boys
BORIS AND HIS BOYS PREPARE FOR A FEW FRIENDLIES
In a mission to Moscow's hockey factories the author learns why the Soviets' famed amateurs can challenge the best teams in the NHL
By Mark Mulvoy
College Basketball
First-rate talent cannot overcome Eddie Johnson's identity problem
By Kent Hannon
By Pat Putnam
Speed Skating
The talent pool of U.S. speed skaters is tiny, but there is enough flash and dash to justify golden hopes once again at the Innsbruck Olympics
Cross Country
Bobby Riggs, con man, and Bill Emmerton, distance runner, each did his thing. Result: poor Bill
By J.D. Reed
College Football
Nebraska pays for an Arizona Fiesta
Invited to the bowl in Tempe, the mighty Cornhuskers accepted with the notion they would show undefeated Arizona State how the big boys play the game. But it was the Sun Devils who wound up having a ball
By Sam Moses
Small World
Remember model building? The little ships, the planes that flew? Most boys go through an acute phase—and a lot of adults never get out of it
By J.D. Reed
For The Record
A roundup of the week Dec. 22-28
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer