Next Week

The Sportsman of the year, the moments of the year and the controversies of the year are part of a special issue that captures the excitement, vigor and concerns with which a new decade has begun. Jack Olsen writes of an athlete unparalleled in the history of his sport, a 26-page gallery of photographs depicts the high drama and low comedy of 1970 and a famous novelist, John Fowles, warns that all of us had better give ourselves a sporting chance—and fast. Charles Goren offers his traditional Christmas quiz, bowl games are previewed and the week's news, highlighted by pro football's Oakland-Kansas City confrontation, is covered fully.