December 13, 1976 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
A FLURRY OF GIFT BOOKS TO SNOW YOU UNDER DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
By Douglas S. Looney
Walton
That's Bill Walton, who—knock on a Douglas fir—is free of injuries at last and is one big reason that the Trail Blazers are in first
Drop Dead
Boosterism is one thing, but when an accurate newspaper story in Oklahoma can turn fans into vengeful fanatics, cause a coach to see dark plots and even make a university president twist words, something is grotesquely wrong
By Frank Deford
Free-For-All
AFTER THE FREE-FOR-ALL WAS OVER
Following weeks of rough-and-tumble bargaining, the Yankees, who signed Reggie Jackson and Don Gullett, and the Angels, who spent plenty for Joe Rudi, Don Baylor and Bobby Grich, were tops in the reentry draft
By Larry Keith
Pair Of Aces
THE RAIDERS HOLD THE WINNING HANDS
And when Oakland plays, it usually opens with a pair of aces: Clifford Branch, who goes long, and Fred Biletnikoff, who goes short. With them, the team hopes to rake in the Super Bowl pot
By Robert F. Jones
Hearst Ranch
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE HEARST RANCH
Once San Simeon was where the elite met to eat; now Jack Greer has made it a hunter's paradise
College Basketball
UNRANKED PRIOR TO THE SEASON, NOTRE DAME HAS UPSET ONE BIGGIE AND NOW LOOKS LIKE A BIGGIE ITSELF
By Kent Hannon
Hockey
OFF THE ICE, ANYWAY, AS ALABAMANS DISCOVER THE HAT TRICK. ON ICE, THE BULLS' MARKET HAS BEEN BEARISH
Pro Football
Caught up in the Christmas rush
A CONTINENT APART, O. J. SIMPSON AND WALTER PAYTON CHASED AN NFL TITLE
By Robert F. Jones
Soccer
SWIRLING PAST CLEMSON AND INDIANA, SAN FRANCISCO WINS THE NCAA TITLE
By J. D. Reed
College Football
COTTON BOWL-BOUND HOUSTON, 2-8 LAST YEAR, FINISHES UP 9-2 IN 1976
Gondola II
Gliding jauntily above the fresh snow at Vail, the brightly colored cars packed with skiers began their ascent to the top of the Colorado resort. Then came the rumble of disaster
By William Oscar Johnson
For The Record
A roundup of the week Nov. 29-Dec. 5
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer