February 2, 1976 Table Of Contents
Photography
AMATEURS HAVE AS GOOD A SHOT AS PROS TO GET PICTURES AT INNSBRUCK
By Neil Leifer
Booktalk
CURL UP ON THE BED OF THE OCEAN WITH YOUR WATERPROOF BOOK AND THE FISH
The Crosby
Following a meteoric debut in 1973, Ben Crenshaw plummeted to earth, but last week's stellar performance in the Crosby was a sparkling comeback
By Dan Jenkins
WATCHED POT THAT FINALLY BOILED
After three tepid seasons, Marquette's Earl Tatum is cooking, and the Warriors may have the recipe for a national title
By Larry Keith
Foreman started stylishly, jabbing Ron Lyle, but after he was down and nearly out he became the old banger
By Pat Putnam
Chicago Bulls
Behind Chicago's stormy facade lies an even more turbulent interior, featuring recriminations, backbiting and name-calling by the major figures of the team that has the worst record in the NBA
Innsbruck 1976
From a nation of onetime flexible flyers, you would think that the U.S. could collect the most formidable luge team ever. But, no. We have no hope for the Olympics, and the way things are right now, there's a whole lot more tough sledding ahead
By William Oscar Johnson
Scouting Reports
College Basketball
Deep in the heart of football territory, a talented bunch of players who prefer buckets to blitzes suddenly have established a wintertime toehold
By Kent Hannon
By Herman Weiskopf
Gymnastics
On the beam at the young folks' home
The Olympic hope of Olympia Manor, Pauline Litowsky is, at 16, the most accomplished of all the athletes in residence at Coach Vannie Edwards' live-in training establishment
Americana
All aboard for a peek at sport
Freedom Train, which features a sports car, is chugging the rails
By Douglas S. Looney
The Scout
The man searching for pro football talent spends his days in empty stands, stalking prospects at scrimmages, and his nights projecting gray, flickering game films on bed sheets that he has tacked to motel walls
For The Record
A roundup of the week Jan. 19-25
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer