December 3, 1979 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
A DISAPPOINTING BUT EARNEST LOOK AT THE LONG LIFE OF THE OLD PERFESSER
The Celtics
Grounded for two seasons, the Celtics are perched high atop the NBA standings. The big difference: a rare Bird of a rookie
By Bruce Newman
In his final regular-season game, Billy Sims shredded Nebraska for 247 yards, leading Oklahoma to a win and the Orange Bowl
By Douglas S. Looney
Lonesome No More
LONESOME NO LONGER IN THE LONE STAR STATE
Once snubbed as losers by Texas' football sophisticates, the Houston Oilers stunned the stumbling Cowboys and won the state title
By Ron Reid
College Basketball
That's the difference between college and pro hoops, says the author, just back from exile in the NBA and lovin' it
By Larry Keith
By Bill Colson
By Myra Gelband
Cross-Country
Rono is all revved up for Moscow
In a big hill-and-dale week, Henry Rono showed he was set to go in the Olympics
By Joe Marshall
Nancy
Nancy Lieberman of Old Dominion rules the world of women's basketball, to which her rough-and-tumble style of play has given a spectacular new dimension
For The Record
A roundup of the week Nov. 19-25
Compiled by Bill Colson
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Myra Gelband