September 14, 1987 Table Of Contents
Reminiscence
THE OLD SCHOOLYARD PROVIDED SOME REAL KICKS
By T. Nicholas Dawidoff
Sideline
RED SMITH'S PAPERS FIND A SUITABLE NEW HOME
By Timothy Crothers
Track And Field
Jackie Joyner-Kersee won the heptathlon and long jump at the World Track and Field Championships
By Kenny Moore
The Soviets routed Badger Bob Johnson's Team USA in Canada Cup competition
LSU-Texas A&M
Mike Archer, the youngest major college coach, was a big hit in his debut as LSU made Texas A & M quiver, 17-3
By Hank Hersch
AL West
The A's of Mark McGwire (above) are one of four teams with a shot in the AL West
By Steve Wulf
Septembers
With this year's races heating up, we revisit Bobby Thomson, Duster Mails, Fred Merkle and other heroes and goats of autumn
Tevis Cup
The Tevis Cup, a 100-mile cross-country horse race, is a real cliff-hanger
College Football
By Douglas S. Looney
Tennis
That's how the U.S. and U.S.S.R. feel about tennis
By Frank Deford
Inside
Upshaw
THE GUARD WHO WOULD BE QUARTERBACK
Former Raider lineman Gene Upshaw leads the NFL players union into battle with the owners—and now once again his reputation is on the line
By Frank Deford
Reviews
An art exhibit on the national pastime is on a road trip
By Jim Kaplan
Television
Mary Carillo is a winner as a tennis commentator
By William Taaffe
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week Aug. 31-Sept. 6
Compiled by Roger Jackson
Point After
Meet Irwindale, Calif., home-to-be of the Raiders
By Rick Reilly
Departments
Edited by Gay Flood
Edited by Bruce Newman