November 30, 1981 Table Of Contents
First Person
THE LOWDOWN ON FOOTY DOWN UNDER FROM A KNOWLEDGEABLE BARRACKER
The Jets
Richard Todd, despite a broken rib and a bum ankle, passed the Jets to a thriller of a win over Miami and into first in the AFC East
The Lakers
Don't Blame Me, I Just Want To Have Fun!
The Lakers were winning, but Magic Johnson and the owner were not enjoying it. Solution: Can the coach
Washington
There Was Sure To Be A Wash. Out
Washington earned its Rose Bowl berth in an intrastate showdown
By Douglas S. Looney
The Bloom Was Off In Los Angeles
By John Papanek
College Basketball 1981-82
Check your local listings and you'll see a schedule of games being played this season only because two television networks have gone to war over hoops
College Basketball
Dominique Wilkins turned down the pros, and that turns on Georgians who love his leaping
Leading candidates for the NCAA field are the Top 20 and these 28
Why is This man Laughing? Because He Just Read His Obituary
Although reports of Joe Retton's death were greatly exaggerated, there is no overstating his record at Fairmont State
By Ray Kennedy
If their bloodlines mean a thing, Evelyn Johnson and Medina Dixon will make South Carolina a too contender for the NCAA women's title
College Football
With one last fling Jim McMahon became the top college passer—ever
By Pat Putnam
By Craig Neff
Theater
Baseball is back on Broadway with a lively musical about Jackie Robinson
By Robert W. Creamer
UCLA
Wise In The Ways Of The Wizard
Three rushed in where Wooden used to tread—then split. Now comes the fourth, Larry Farmer, truest of true believers
For The Record
A roundup of the week Nov. 16-22
Compiled by JANE E. BACHMAN
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum