September 1, 1980 Table Of Contents
George Brett
The nation is tuned in as Kansas City's George Brett makes the most serious run at batting .400 since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941
By Ron Fimrite
AL West
While Kansas City charges to the playoffs and George Brett challenges .400, the rest of the American League West is fighting to survive
By Steve Wulf
The PGA will soon have to choose between Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson for Player of the Year. Even after Watson breezed through the World Series and broke the $500,000-a-year barrier, you could still get two opinions
By Dan Jenkins
College Football 1980
A new season begins with programs tainted by academic scandal, many of the old, authoritarian coaches gone and their successors obliged to bellow, "Please run through that wall." Ahh, but all is not lost: consider the walk-ons
Nobody stops Defensive End Hugh Green, the best athlete in college football, which means Pitt could be going to the very top
By Douglas S. Looney
Baseball
The spunky Rocky Mount (N.C.) Pines are easily the worst team in organized ball and maybe the worst in history
By E.M. Swift
Softball
Teams that go bump in the night
Slo-pitch biggies like Jerry's Caterers pay top dollar for citizens with swat
By Bill Colson
For The Record
A roundup of the week Aug. 18-24
Compiled by Roy S. Johnson
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum