September 9, 1985 Table Of Contents

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Movietalk

HERE'S ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT BICYCLE RACING, BUT THIS ONE BREAKS DOWN

By Frank Deford

Southern 500

Check Him Out—Bill's No. 1

Bill Elliott took on the treacherous Darlington track and won the Southern 500 and a $1 million bonus

By Sam Moses

Pirates

The Pirates Are Strictly The Pits

Would anybody like to buy a ball club that's 20 games out of fifth place and averaging fewer than 11,000 fans per game?

By Craig Neff

Sam Played It Again, Minus Bogeys

You must remember this: In 1984 Sam Randolph failed to win the Amateur. But last week he did

By Barry McDermott

BYU-BC

It Was A BYUtiful Opener

Robbie Bosco had a Heisman of a game in BYU's 25th straight win

By Rick Reilly

Aaron Pryor

KO'd By His Demons

Unbeaten and still a champion, Aaron Pryor is angry, despondent and confused. And he's in no condition to fight, either in or out of the ring

By Pat Putnam

Baseball

The Ballad of Davey Rocket

At age 39, the Cubs' Davey Lopes is burning up the base paths again

By Sandy Keenan

INSIDE PITCH Statistics through Sept. 1

By Henry Hecht

Japan's Game

LAND OF THE RISING FASTBALL

An old hand around the diamonds observes Japan's game and finds that baseball is baseball however it's oriented

By Ron Fimrite

Update

MICKEY MANTLE IS AT BAT IN THE TV BOOTH, HOPING TO HIT ANOTHER HOMER

By William Taaffe

For The Record

A roundup of the week Aug. 26-Sept. 1

Compiled by Roger Jackson

FACES IN THE CROWD

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Robert L. Miller

SCORECARD

Edited by Robert W. Creamer