September 12, 1977 | Volume 47, Issue 11

THE ARMSTRONG REPORT

•Bum Phillips, Houston Oiler coach, endorsing 5'9", 200-pound Running Back Horace Belton: "He's not small, he's just short."

Billy Haughton's colt took the Hambletonian in straight heats, setting records for himself and his driver. But he won't have a shot at the Triple Crown because nobody had enough faith in him...

After a summer-long scrap, Courageous, skippered by crafty Ted Turner, sailed away (below) from sleek, new Enterprise and now will defend the America's Cup against Australia

Pro Football '77 features house comic Dan Jenkins revealing the results of a player poll on such vital issues as which team has the worst fans and the best uniforms; Joe Marshall re-creating Tony...

The best part about going to a children's movie is that the audience cheers when it starts. Certainly it did when I saw The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (hereinafter referred to as BNB II)....

After being 0-7, Atlanta's Phil Niekro got his flutter back and has resumed his inexorable drive to become the alltime winningest thrower of the Iron Butterfly

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LOU BROCK: With two stolen bases in a game against San Diego, the St. Louis outfielder increased his total to 893, thereby tying and then surpassing Ty Cobb's 49-year-old major league record for...

Rutgers, winner of 18 straight games, was looking forward to the dawn of a new era when it scheduled Penn State. Instead the Scarlet Knights were taught a harsh lesson in expecting too much too soon

Karsten Solheim parlayed $1,100 and his genius into a $20 million business

In which Shavers runs up an impressive string of KOs—interspersed with a few lamentable KOs by—and gets a title bout with Ali. Act II? Tune in Sept. 29

What used to be one of the outstanding garbage dumps of our time has become a gold mine of a sports center—and more nuggets are on the way. The man who pulled it off is Sonny Werblin

BOATING—TED TURNER'S Courageous beat archrival Enterprise for the 13th time in 20 races and was selected by the New York Yacht Club to defend the America's Cup against Australia, which became the...

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BARBARA REINALDALAKEWOOD, CALIF.Reinalda, 19, of Cerritos JC, was MVP in the National Women's American Softball Association tournament for the second straight year. She had a 7-1 record with the...

PHILADELPHIA STORYSir:Your article on the Phillies was great (Off on a Rampage, Aug. 29), but you were wrong when you said George Foster is the only one who seems likely to challenge Greg Luzinski...

If you're a typical tennis hacker, the nightmare is familiar. After a brief, sloppy warmup, the first serve of the match floats toward you, as big and inviting as a pizza. But instantly your brain...

There isn't any mention of the Great Frozen Daiquiri Derby in all those file cabinets full of records they have in Cooperstown. That's a pretty big oversight, because the derby lasted for six...