December 11, 1978 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
AT LONG LAST, THE DEFINITIVE WORK ON THAT LOWLY GARMENT, THE T SHIRT
By Frank Deford
Shopwalk
WOLVES HOWL, WHALES SING, EAGLES SCREAM IN A REALLY WILD JAM SESSION
Sideline
YOU GET A LOT OF RACKET FROM THE MAGNIFICENT GREEN TENNIS MACHINE
The Broncos
Denver's winning weapons in its showdown game at Oakland consisted mostly of Raider largesse: penalties, fumbles, a blocked kick and three interceptions
By Joe Marshall
BEHOLD THE NEW KINGS OF THE MIDWEST
Christmas is still to come, but in Kansas City they're already decking the hall for rookie Phil Ford, who has made the team a winner
By John Papanek
BEGINNING OF ANOTHER LIFE FOR THE ACES
The return of Evansville's great love, basketball, alleviated the grief the city had suffered since its team perished in an air crash
By Frank Deford
McEnroe
But to the tennis public the bristling behavior of John McEnroe has obscured his talent. Now he grimaces into the Davis Cup
RACY IS THE WORD FOR THE NEW SKIWEAR
Ski Bowls
Skiers who are otherwise quite sane have been known to go slightly bananas over ski bowls. And with good reason. The bowls pictured here and on the following pages abound with powder snow—and where there is powder, there is paradise.
By William Oscar Johnson
Harold Ballard
Neither age (75) nor jail has slowed the flow of blather and bombast—or curbed the championship lust of Canadian sports mogul Harold Ballard
By E. M. Swift
TV/Radio
By William Oscar Johnson
College Basketball
With erstwhile non-scoring Center Rosie Bouie now taking a hand in the offense, Syracuse overpowered upstart Iona 89-76 to reaffirm its supremacy in the East
By Larry Keith
By Herman Weiskopf
College Football
There were close calls but no upheavals as traditional rivals did battle and the final few bowl berths were decided
Golf
Loose and courtly on the course
Mixed team golf produced good cheer as Hinkle and Bradley won a squeaker
Hockey
Wayne Gretzky, 17, can't drink beer legally with his Edmonton Oiler teammates, but the youngest major leaguer is playing with the flair and finesse of an old pro
Pro Football
The Eagles' 6'8" Harold Carmichael has caught a pass in 94 straight games
By Ron Reid
Ice Climb
DARING YOUNG MAN ON A TOWER OF ICE
Its violence stilled by the grip of winter, Bridalveil loomed high above 28-year-old Jeff Lowe, beckoning him upward in the first solo assault on this ice fall of terrifying grandeur
By William Oscar Johnson
Yesterday
FIGHTER-WRITER ABE THE NEWSBOY BEAT A BEAR BUT LOST TO A KANGAROO
For The Record
A roundup of the week Nov. 27-Dec. 3
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by William Leggett