October 31, 1977 | Volume 47, Issue 18

PRO BASKETBALL—After receiving their championship rings from Commissioner Larry O'Brien, the Trail Blazers took the floor and promptly fell 13 points behind San Antonio, but Lionel Hollins popped...

6—Anthony Donna15—drawings by SQW24, 25—Neil Leifer, Co Rentmeester (insets)28—Walter Iooss Jr.29, 30—Heinz Kluetmeier50-58—illustrations by Thomas B. Allen62—Chuck Pratt72—John Iacono77—courtesy...

ERIN CAMPTOLEDO, OHIOErin, 11, a sixth grader at Whiteford Elementary School, swimming for the Greater Toledo Aquatic Club, won five of the seven individual events she entered in the Ohio AAU...

BUCKING BRONCOSSir:Egad! You put a Denver Bronco, Rubin Carter, on your cover (Oct. 17), but you did it just before our undefeated team was to play the undefeated Oakland Raiders. All I could...

UNBOUND

•Bill Lee, Red Sox pitcher, asked to assess the results of the World Series after attending the final game: "I think there are going to be a lot of Reggies born in this town."

Notre Dame Coach Dan Devine surprised his players by issuing them green jerseys, then his team went out and turned USC green around the gills with a 49-19 upset

Much about the game smacked of a 19th century penny-dreadful melodrama. Underdog Minnesota rose up out of deepest adversity to smite the unbeaten favorites from Michigan 16-0—but only after an...

...the Bronx and Staten Island, too—not to overlook the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, through which he led a record field of 4,823 marathoners to the finish line in Central Park, winning the...

New England's rushers threw Bert Jones for 53 yards in losses, held him to six completions, and the Patriots defeated the Colts to stay alive in the AFC East

His clobbering of L.A. and the record book with three home runs propelled Reggie Jackson into a whirl that touched all the bases

The second edition of baseball's reentry draft is apt to show that the owners are now cheaper and wiser. Larry Keith assesses the free agents' play in '77 and combs the draft list for bargains and...

Portland's frenzied love affair with its Trail Blazers rages on as the pro basketball season gets going, but the Lakers, among other contenders, aim to cool the ardor

...the tough get going. The game is close and physical, but the other team is doing the intimidating—getting the big rebounds, shoving your pivotman, muscling your guards. Enter your Enforcer. The...

Five very large men—and one little guy—were approached gingerly recently and asked this question: "Do you consider yourself an NBA enforcer?"

When Senior Editor Scot Leavitt decided a few months ago that we should take a look at some of the NBA's toughest customers for this week's pro basketball issue (The Enforcers, page 38), several...

Grambling's Doug Williams passed pros Bradshaw and Harris in the record book

OFFENSE: In a 42-17 win over William & Mary, Navy Tailback Joe Gattuso rushed 29 times for 250 yards and two TDs, passed 20 yards for another TD, caught three passes for 25 yards and returned...

Jimmy Young, who meets Ken Norton next week, says survival is his bag

It looks god-awful, but the compound bow, with its easy draw and greater accuracy, is a winner

The past lurks in remote corners of sport, is elevated to Halls of Fame, documented in record books and possibly exaggerated in the memories of aging athletes. History, however, no matter how...

Terrible Ted Lindsay, once the baddest of the badmen, has taken charge of his old Detroit Red Wings, and he says that his players will be aggressive—or else

Like all of General Manager Joe Thomas' new teams, San Francisco began with a thud, losing its first five games, but then the 49ers silenced their critics and maybe saved their coach by upsetting...