September 29, 1975 | Volume 43, Issue 13

AFTER THE BATTLE

•Conrad Dobler, St. Louis Cardinal guard, on charges that he had bitten a rival player: "I can say with a clear conscience that I have never knowingly bit another football player. For one thing, I...

Shooting birdies and the breeze, the U.S. overwhelmed Britain and Ireland in a Ryder Cup laugher

Namath now has musical knees and a suburban home, but he was the same old Joe to the Bills, who blew him down in Buffalo

President Ferdinand Marcos had greeted Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in his private study, a cool, dark place in the Malacañang Palace. After talking to the two fighters, the president consented to...

Baseball's pennant confrontations approach. Ron Fimrite assesses the matchups and explains how those oh-so-short playoffs threaten to produce some startling results.

THE PAST IS THE PRELUDEWhen Joe Frazier fights, you always know where he'll be (smack in front of you) and what he'll be doing (shuffling forward, looking to hook). Ali is unpredictable, even when...

Frank Deford took a week off from writing his article (page 64) on Cincinnati—in which, among other things, he examines that city's World Series fantasies and reaches an argumentative conclusion...

One quarterback who can do more with his feet than dive into the line is John Sciarra, who has them churning in the open for high-scoring UCLA

DEFENSE: The brunt of Oklahoma's constant harassment of Tony Dorsett and the rest of the Pittsburgh offense was 210-pound senior Defensive End Jimbo Elrod, who made 17 tackles, recovered two...

A restful day of rain at the Jug was just what the doctor ordered

After the owners promised new proposals, NFL players ended a chaotic walkout and kicked off the season. But the truce may be temporary

It is customary for pro football owners to issue snappy ripostes whenever one of the hired hands strikes, plays out his option or gives some other indication that the NFL is not Nirvana. Los...

Boston fans, all too familiar with September swoons, were in agony once more as their Red Sox struggled on and on against Baltimore

NL EAST

The Anatomical Works of George Stubbs, by Terence Doherty (David R. Godine, $85), should interest and instruct the athlete and sportsman. It is also a book to delight and inspire the...

BOWLING—PAM RUTHERFORD of Oroville, Calif. defeated Judy Soutar in the $50,000 Professional Women Bowlers Association championship, in Tulsa. The victory, worth $4,000, was her first since she...

4—Irvin Kaar14, 15—Walter Iooss Jr16, 17—John D. Hanlon, Walter Iooss Jr18, 19—John Iacono20, 21—John D. Hanlon22-24—T. Tanuma29—Ed Streeky-Camera 5 for TIME31—Neil Leifer32, 33—Neil Leifer, Tony...

Todd Petersen, of Wisner, Neb., won the state singles table-tennis title at Omaha to become the youngest (13) state champion in history. At the U.S. Open in Houston, Todd, teaming with Mark...

To anyone who has suffered along with the Boston Red Sox through interminable seasons of high hopes and low accomplishments, the mere notion that a Sox pitcher might be induced by gamblers to...

FENWAYSir:Melvin Maddocks' article on Fenway Park (All You Ever Wanted in a Ball Park—and Less, Sept. 15) captured the spirit of Boston's old ball yard with such uncanny accuracy that I am still a...