October 31, 1977 Table Of Contents
Footloose
A MUSEUM SO HEAVY WITH AMERICANA IT WILL HOOK THE PASSIONATE ANGLER
By J. D. Reed
Notre Dame Vs. USC
Notre Dame Coach Dan Devine surprised his players by issuing them green jerseys, then his team went out and turned USC green around the gills with a 49-19 upset
By Douglas S. Looney
By William Oscar Johnson
BILL RODGERS TOOK MANHATTAN...
...the Bronx and Staten Island, too—not to overlook the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, through which he led a record field of 4,823 marathoners to the finish line in Central Park, winning the race for the second straight year
THE WHOLE TOWN'S SACKING THE JONES BOY
New England's rushers threw Bert Jones for 53 yards in losses, held him to six completions, and the Patriots defeated the Colts to stay alive in the AFC East
By Dan Jenkins
Reg-Gie!!!
His clobbering of L.A. and the record book with three home runs propelled Reggie Jackson into a whirl that touched all the bases
By Ron Fimrite
Pro Basketball, 1977-78
Portland's frenzied love affair with its Trail Blazers rages on as the pro basketball season gets going, but the Lakers, among other contenders, aim to cool the ardor
'Nobody, but nobody, is going to hurt my teammates'
By John Papanek
College Football
He's already in the big leagues
Grambling's Doug Williams passed pros Bradshaw and Harris in the record book
By Ron Reid
By Herman Weiskopf
Boxing
Jimmy Young, who meets Ken Norton next week, says survival is his bag
By Pat Putnam
Archery
New tune on a stringed instrument
It looks god-awful, but the compound bow, with its easy draw and greater accuracy, is a winner
Hockey
Terrible Ted Lindsay, once the baddest of the badmen, has taken charge of his old Detroit Red Wings, and he says that his players will be aggressive—or else
Pro Football
Really, Joe, is all this necessary?
Like all of General Manager Joe Thomas' new teams, San Francisco began with a thud, losing its first five games, but then the 49ers silenced their critics and maybe saved their coach by upsetting the Lions
By Joe Marshall
Sports Medicine
A test pioneered in East Germany, which involves a computer and a few drops of blood from the earlobe, may well alter U.S. methods of training and competition
For The Record
A roundup of the week Oct. 17-23
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert H. Boyle