October 5, 1987 Table Of Contents
Perspective
LOFTY GOALS FOR A CLIMB OF EVEREST
Blue Jays
The Blue Jays won three of four from Detroit in the first of a two-round AL East title fight
Tabbed for the cellar last spring, another won't-quit Canadian club is still alive
The Sec
THEY'RE FIT TO BE TIED IN THE SEC
Auburn confronted Tennessee, and a third conference power, LSU, took on Ohio State. Amazingly, nobody won or lost
By Hank Hersch
The NFL Strike
Tempers flared as the NFL players went on strike and the owners prepared to supplant no ball with scab ball
The strike had members of the Cowboys, like other NFL players, checking their wallets and their consciences
By Jill Lieber
By William Taaffe
Meggyesy
Nearly two decades ago Dave Meggyesy took on the NFL in his scathing book. Now as a union man his struggle continues
Golf
Europe's Ryder Cuppers came a-calling and beat the U.S.
By Jaime Diaz
Triathlon
Mike Pigg won the USTS title on Hilton Head Island
By Craig Neff
College Football
Baseball
Dave Stewart, once washed-up, is now awash in success
By Ron Fimrite
Inside
Tinku
The Fiesta in the Town of Ghosts
A ritual fistfight in the Bolivian Andes reveals a profound but simple truth about men and boxing
By Gary Smith
On The Scene
An angling Eliza Doolittle learns the ways of salmon
By Judy Muller
Focus
Roberto Clemente's sports center is taking shape
By Jim Kaplan
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week Sept. 21-27
Compiled by Amy Lennard
Point After
How I rate Reggie Jackson. And how he rates himself
By Ron Fimrite
Departments
Edited by Gay Flood
Edited by Sarah Ballard