April 19, 1976 Table Of Contents
Footloose
PRO QUARTERBACKS DON'T GET RATTLED, EVEN WHEN GASSING A DEN OF RATTLERS
Booktalk
MEMOIRS OF PIONEERS WHO HIKED ALL 2,023 MILES OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
Movietalk
A PLUCKY JAPANESE SKIS DOWN THE FACE OF EVEREST AND WINS AN OSCAR
The Masters
Going on a birdie binge that put him on top from the start, Ray Floyd mastered the Masters, proving his number was up
By Dan Jenkins
A GIANT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
After years of poor attendance and a near move to Canada, San Francisco baseball is on the march again with two new owners
By Ron Fimrite
Playoffs
This week's NBA playoffs have an unfamiliar ring—Cleveland and Philadelphia and Phoenix—but when the championship rings are handed out in the distant future, look out for the old reliables
Big Bren
HOWAY, BIG BREN! YE'RE DOIN' US PROOD!
Brendan Foster, England's star middle-distance runner, is a ray of golden hope in the forbidding streets of industrial Gateshead
By Ray Kennedy
High Road
Once he converted his obsession into a hobby, O. J. Meyer found out how to relax and enjoy the ride
Baseball
Led by Pitcher Floyd Bannister, top-rated Arizona State took three straight against No. 2 Arizona
By Jim Kaplan
Speed Skating
A pack that hopes to be picked
Seeking Olympic acceptance, the short-coursers made the rounds
By Pat Putnam
Pro Football
Getting chilled by a very slight draft
Even before the picks were made, the collegians were outshone by the signing of free-agent stars
By Ron Reid
Fishing
After wielding the pencil-thin rods for a year, an expert now favors them over fiber glass—but warns they are no cure-all for beginners
By Gil Drake
Soccer
A record U.S. soccer crowd showed up in Seattle's new blood-and-guts arena for its first sporting event, and Pelé gave the folks a show
By Joe Jares
Religion In Sport
Sunday has become a day of games rather than worship, but churchmen are adapting. They now take faith into locker rooms and put hope in a 'Jocks for Jesus' movement. A three-part series
By Frank Deford
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 5-11
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer