January 3, 1977 Table Of Contents
NFL Playoffs
Frustrated for nearly a decade, Oakland finally made it back to the Super Bowl, beating the hated Pittsburgh Steelers and setting up a finale against Minnesota
By Robert F. Jones
By Dan Jenkins
Steve Cauthen turned 16 on Derby Day and hit New York at the end of November. Since then, in 21 days of riding, the apprentice jockey has won 29 races and $375,000 in purses and has been called the next Shoemaker
Fight Game
The quarterfinals of Don King's U.S. Boxing Championship get a weigh this month aboard the carrier Lexington
By Mark Kram
Road Trip
Right at the start of a trip there are problems for the Milwaukee Bucks—the bus seats are too small. So are airplane lavatories and hotel beds. An NBA team on the road survives all this—plus tedium and "Search for Tomorrow"
By John Papanek
College Basketball
Bundle from home for the Bulldogs
Rickey Brown sets off wild dreams of the NCAA finals at Mississippi State
By Kent Hannon
Skiing
All their expenses paid, the top European stars came to Wisconsin for the first U.S. Nordic World Cup event and were dazzled by the hoopla and tough trails
By William Oscar Johnson
Olympics
Environmentalists have a wary eye on Lake Placid's Olympic plans for 1980; nevertheless the Games should go on
By William Oscar Johnson
Gallantly Screaming
The musical qualities of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' are debatable, but love it or loathe it, the anthem is so much a staple of American sport that it is bellowed, bebopped, blown or just plain botched before virtually every game
By J. D. Reed
For The Record
A roundup of the week Dec. 20-26
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer