October 20, 1980 Table Of Contents
Footloose
IT WAS A GRAY DAY FOR A FISHERMAN. THE GREEN RIVER HAD LOST ITS GLITTER
Booktalk
THE CO-AUTHORS OF "AMAZONS" USED A PSEUDONYM. TO AVOID RED FACES?
The Playoffs
Philadelphia beat Houston in a five-game National League series that set records for drama and excitement
By Ron Fimrite
By Steve Wulf
Niatross, pacing's $20 million wonder, wrapped up the Triple Crown while his various owners provided the fireworks
By Douglas S. Looney
Alabama-Rutgers
IT WAS NO PICNIC IN THE BIG APPLE
Alabama's Bear Bryant thought his boys would enjoy a feast up North, but pesky Rutgers nearly spoiled the Tide's party
By Joe Marshall
Pro Basketball 1980-81
That's how the pro game is described by Paul Westphal of Seattle. Like the others depicted here, he is a player whose skills would fit any team
By John Papanek
With their specialty, the defense's equivalent of the slam dunk, shot rejectors can alter the course of a game with the flick of a wrist
By John Papanek
College Football
Completely multiple and totally flexible, Harvard has run up a 4-0 record using the innovative and confusing formations of its coach and philosopher, Joe Restic
Rugby
The world's best side, from down in New Zealand, trounced the U.S. before the sport's largest American audience
By Dan Levin
Golf
There were far worse problems than gators at Pensacola—you could lose a PGA card or fail to make the Top 60
Pro Football
He broke in with such long-gone stars as O.J. and Ron Johnson, and he isn't as quick as he was, but Cleveland isn't asking the old campaigner to turn in his cleats
By E.M. Swift
Tennis
Headhunters lurked as mixed doubles had its biggest payday in the Couples
Reminiscence
Some Non-mountainous Mountains were Peaks of the Author's Youth
By Dan Levin
For The Record
A roundup of the week Oct. 6-12
Compiled by Craig Neff
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum