September 27, 1976 Table Of Contents
Making People Happy
OUT TO MAKE THREE PEOPLE HAPPY
That may be all Rod Gerald tried to do against Penn State but he certainly made millions of Buckeye fans ecstatic
By Douglas S. Looney
AT LEAST HE LEAVES LOSERS PROUD
That they can run in front of Forego for a few furlongs, if rarely be there at the finish, seems accomplishment enough to many rivals, and that is what they had to settle for as the mighty gelding romped home in the Woodward
Lured from retirement by Owner Ralph Wilson's greenbacks, O. J. Simpson rushed off to Buffalo. Unfortunately, he left his football legs in Hollywood and gained a total of only 66 yards as the Bills lost their first two games
By Robert F. Jones
Rubber Match
ALL SET TO SLAM IN THE RUBBER MATCH
Norton broke Ali's jaw in winning their first fight, blew his chances by making a bad guess in the second. Still, the author picks Ali inside seven
By Mark Kram
James Hunt
James Hunt's philosophy is to "live life as I bloody well want," and he wants to be World Driving Champion
By Clive Gammon
TV/Radio
College Football
GIVEN NEW LIFE BY A QUARTERBACK UP FROM THE SIXTH STRING, NORTH CAROLINA IS BLACK-AND-BLUE AND 3-0
By Pat Putnam
By Joe Marshall
Hockey
Canceling a bunch of good Czechs
TEAM CANADA LIFTED THE COUNTRY'S MORALE BY TAKING THE CANADA CUP
Boating
AFTER TWO DECADES OF RACING IN THUNDERBOATS, IT LOOKS AS IF 1976 NATIONAL CHAMPION BILL MUNCEY WILL CONTINUE REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK FOREVER
Archery
FRED BEAR'S BOW AND ARROW COMPANY HAS 30% OF A MARKET THAT IS BOOMING, IN PART, BECAUSE OF BUSTS. QUOTH BEAR, 'BEAR BOWS BUILD BIGGER BUSTS'
Baseball
EXPO JOSE MORALES, WHO KEEPS A BAT IN HIS BEDROOM, SEEMS CAPABLE OF PINCH HITTING IN HIS SLEEP. HE HAS A RECORD 25 BINGLES COMING OFF THE BENCH
By Bob Dunn
By Herman Weiskopf
On The Throne
ON THE THRONE BEHIND THE POWER
There lounges the enigmatic Herbert Muhammad, son of Elijah and manager of Muhammad Ali, doing business on the phone. If he is so "dull, dull, dull," why is he so frightening?
By Mark Kram
'NOBODY HAS THIS KIND OF CROWD'
By Mark Kram
For The Record
A roundup of the week Sept. 13-19
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer