CONTENTS
18 Détente, Philly Style
The Flyers gave their Red visitors a mauling in the East-West game of champions
by Mark Mulvoy
22 Blather Before the Battle
In-talk fills Miami's hotel suites as Super Bowl X is settled before the coin toss
by Dan Jenkins
24 No. 7 Tries Harder
Figure skating's champion was programmed to win—and a pert outsider sparkled
by Jeannette Bruce
26 Bowls or Playoffs?
The NCAA votes on a proposal that may radically change college football
by John Underwood
Baja: Road to Adventure
32 Robert F. Jones drives the Frijole Freeway, a ride on the semi-wild side
40 The season's new swimsuits add glitter to the Gold Coast
48 Marlin fishing, Margaritas and dove hunting await the tourist at land's end
64 Pull North to Nome
When the sled dog race was over, a lady named Nugget was worth her weight in gold
by Coles Phinizy
The Departments
15 Scorecard
50 College Basketball
55 Baseball
56 Track & Field
60 Wrestling
75 For the Record
76 19th Hole
Credits on page 75
Cover photograph by Kourken Pakchanian
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Next Week
The battle for pro football supremacy will be fought in Miami between defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh and those wild-card upstarts from Dallas. Dan Jenkins reports.
The challenge of the land was met in very different ways by succeeding generations of a Texas family, and two boys achieved maturity as a result. William Humphrey was one of them.