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February 12, 1973 | Volume 38, Issue 6

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Steve Smith Cover - Sports Illustrated February 12, 1973

February 12, 1973 | Edited by Robert H. Boyle
LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK

February 12, 1973 | Edited by Robert H. Boyle
•Al Conover, Rice football coach, asked his impression of Amarillo on his first visit to the Texas plains: "You sure aren't bothered with woodpeckers out here, are you?"

February 12, 1973 | Ron Reid

February 12, 1973 | Joe D'Adamo
In the 11 days starting Jan. 22 Joe Thomas, the general manager of the Baltimore Colts, made eight trades and took 17 players in the NFL draft. On the 12th day he rested. Unlike God, he wasn't...

February 12, 1973 | Mark Mulvoy
Rebelling at last against the Boston Bruins' habit of kicking ice in their faces, among other affronts, New York's traditionally nonviolent Rangers fight back—and rout the staggering Stanley Cup...

February 12, 1973 | Barry McDermott

February 12, 1973
Buck Fever is running as high as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's sky hook in Milwaukee, despite some problems on and off the court. Peter Carry looks at an enigmatic team.

February 12, 1973 | Robert F. Jones
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February 12, 1973
Exciting as the action may be elsewhere on the ice, nowhere in hockey is it more concentrated than on the front porch of that lonely and tormented individual, the goalie. His is a game of cat and...

February 12, 1973 | Jim Rutherford
That's me down there on my knees to your left, peeking out between players, the little masked man in search of a puck. What I'm really doing—honestly—is checking out the color of the socks on all...

February 12, 1973 | William Johnson

February 12, 1973 | John A. Meyers
For a time, when Staff Writer Ron Reid, whose report on Pole Vaulter Steve Smith and the Toronto track meet appears on page 16, was attending the University of Michigan, he wanted to be a doctor....

February 12, 1973
Larry Csonka will receive a trophy as "the most beautiful player in the NFL" from the Bryna Cosmetic Company. Although the Miami-based firm usually presents its beauty trophy to one of its female...

February 12, 1973 | Kent Hannon
Alas, it may be. The nation's top schoolboys could be UCLA bound

February 12, 1973 | Dan Levin
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February 12, 1973 | Morton Sharnik
Blacks lack buoyancy, as Dr. James Haines has demonstrated, but his Morehouse College swimmers have overcome gravity and the opposition

February 12, 1973 | Joe Jares
In the past it was usually UCLA and USC who produced the best players, but now the big gun on the West Coast is Stanford, led by Alex Mayer. Still, it's...

February 12, 1973 | Frank Deford

February 12, 1973
BOWLING—BOBBY KNIPPLE of Long Beach, Calif. beat Mike Lemongello 209-186 to win the $6,000 first prize in the $50,000 King Louie Open at Overland Park, Kans.

February 12, 1973
5—Robert W. Taylor16-18—John D. Hanlon19—James Drake20—Walter Iooss Jr.21—Walter Iooss Jr. (3), Lane Stewart, Heinz Kluetmeier22—Melchior DiGiacomo30, 31—Eric Schweikardt, Pete Biro (2)46, 47—UPI,...

February 12, 1973
Dave Delenick, a senior at St. Clair (Pa.) Area High, got 67 points in a 129-66 victory over Schuylkill Haven to break county, regional, league and school records for most points in a game. In...

February 12, 1973
OFFSHORE REACTIONSSirs:Thanks for the gross issue of SI (Jan. 29). You are to be congratulated on your keen sense of social purpose. What the country really needs right now is a lot of...