December 5, 1977 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
AN INDOOR FOOTBALL GAME WAS ONE OF THE SPORT'S DARKEST MOMENTS
By George Gipe
Booktalk
THE JOY OF RUNNING COMES THROUGH BUT, OH, HOW THE AUTHOR RUNS ON
By Kenny Moore
Windups
In rousing regular-season finales, Texas came away the big winner, but Oklahoma, Penn State and USC did themselves proud
By Douglas S. Looney
HEAVY TRUCKIN' ON BOURBON STREET
Way down yonder in New Orleans they've got dreamy dreams of the playoffs now that the Jazz has Len (Truck) Robinson, who leads the NBA in rebounding, scores a bunch and keeps the Pistol happy, more or less
By John Papanek
Papa Bear
'I Don't Date Any Woman Under 48'
George Halas of the Chicago Bears said that. He also said, 'Never go to bed a loser' and 'I'm a firm believer in roughage.' Which may be how he got to be an unflagging 82 and why his 'Typical Days' are booked solid until April 1
By Frank Deford
Above It All
The dearth of snow on the slopes drove them into the hills and when they came down ski mountaineering was on its way
By William Oscar Johnson
TV/Radio
AN IDEA THAT DESERVES NO TROPHY
By Douglas S. Looney
Betting
Football tipster Danny Sheridan has parlayed a lot of publicity and a lot of hopeful bettors into making at least one of his predictions come true—he's become rich
College Football
By Herman Weiskopf
College Basketball
One of John Wooden's former assistants, Gary Cunningham, came out of the alumni office to guide David Greenwood (right) and UCLA to a 2-0 start
By Joe Jares
By Kent Hannon
Pro Football
Sonny Wade's passes and Don Sweet's kicks led Montreal to the Grey Cup title
By Robert F. Jones
Body Building
Only his pharmacist and doctor know for sure whether a builder uses steroids, but these days the odds are that he does
By Wilmer Ames
Hockey
Rub-a-dub-dub, that's my daddy in the tub
His teammate sons try not to call Gordie Howe "Daddy" on the ice or in the whirlpool, where the Old Man relaxes between attempts to score his 1,000th goal
Comeback
MAKING A COMEBACK FROM NOWHERE
A street fighter out of the East Bronx, Bobby Halpern had five arrests and three pro fights before doing 17 years in the slammer. Now 44 and out on parole, he's scuffling to start all over, and has a 6-0 record with five KOs
For The Record
A roundup of the week Nov. 21-27
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
