September 14, 1981 | Volume 55, Issue 12

JOHNNY ON THE SPOT

•John McKay, Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach, wondering whether the injured Lynn Cain of Atlanta would be ready to play against Tampa Bay: "Let me know if Cain is able."

Tennessee didn't bring Georgia down to earth as the Dogs' defense of their national title opened with a 44-0 win

When Richard Gangel signed on 21 years ago as SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S art director (after spending 13 years elsewhere in the company, eight of them as art director for Time Inc. promotions and the...

Brent Musburger as anchorman is only one of the many needed improvements in CBS's U.S. Open tennis coverage

Oakland's Rickey Henderson may slump in the batter's box, but that's the only phase of his play that comes up short

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JOHN DENNY: The Cleveland righthander defeated both the A's and Angels 2-0, giving him three straight shutouts. He yielded only seven hits and fanned 15 while improving his record to 7-4 and...

FSU Punter Rohn Stark has set his-sights on the NFL and '84 Olympics

Which comes first? Does tennis somehow turn otherwise rational human beings into emotional 4-year-olds? Or are rude, petulant and insecure types attracted to the game in the first place because...

The Miami Hurricanes were trailing Florida 20-18 and facing a fourth-and-14 at the Gators' 38-yard line. So, with 45 seconds left in the game, Miami Coach Howard Schnellenberger called time to set...

OFFENSE: Miami Placekicker Danny Miller converted a PAT and kicked field goals of 42 and 55 yards, the latter coming with just 40 seconds to play, to give the Hurricanes a 21-20 win over...

The U.S. Amateur wasn't as funny as one of Bing's (and Bob's) Road shows, but it had a boffo ending as his son Nathaniel fought back from 4-down to win

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In 1899, as the world edged toward a new century promising many technical marvels and Henry Ford was tinkering in his backyard with a car that achieved 25 mph, the U.S. was caught up in a craze...

4—Lane Stewart18, 19—Ronald C. Modra20, 21—Heinz Kluetmeier22—Steve Powell23—Tony Duffy24, 25—Steve Powell26—Manny Millan27—Manny Millan (top), Walter Iooss Jr.28—Walter Iooss Jr. (top), Manny...

BOATING—JERRY JACOBY, in a 37'5" Cigarette hull boat, won the storm-shortened $35,000 Chicago 200 national offshore race on Lake Michigan, finishing five minutes in front of Lee Bomar. Despite not...

AL PARKERCLAXTON, GA.Al won both the singles and doubles titles at the USTA national, clay court, hard court and indoor championships for boys 12 and under—the first time anyone in any age bracket...

THE TOPSSir:Thank you for the Aug. 31 issue. First, Steve Wulf lauds the Tigers, an exciting young team riding the crest of possibly the toughest division in baseball (Let's Give the Tigers a...

What substance stretches, bounces and absorbs newspaper comic strips? Yes, Silly Putty does all that but little else. Now there's a putty with similar characteristics and one more—it's actually...

It's 30 years since Bobby Thomson of the Giants hit his famous game-winning home run off Ralph Branca of the Dodgers in the last of the ninth inning of a playoff game, the one that denied Brooklyn...