September 13, 1982 | Volume 57, Issue 12

THE WAVERING WAIVER SYSTEM

•Al McGuire, ex-basketball coach: "What it takes to be a great player, beyond raw talent, is self-centeredness and a certain numbness to the crowd. Super-intelligent people can't be superb...

No doubt about it if Florida's victory over rival Miami is any indication of its prowess

Billy Sims and Joe Cribbs were off and fuming at preseason's end

If Baltimore doesn't die on the vine, Manager Earl Weaver could have a great going-away present in his final (maybe) season

...until you crowd him. Then veteran driver Bobby Allison crowds back. At the moment, he's leading the race for the NASCAR title

Jack Gartside ties some of his best flies in broad daylight while waiting for riders in a Boston taxi queue

A studied moment after Martina Navratilova had won the women's singles title at Wimbledon this year, an impish figure rose from his accustomed position in a corner of the press section, extracted...

A hypnotist helped Cub Bill Buckner get back into the swing of things

NL WEST

According to an SI poll of big league players, these words and phrases are the newest additions to the game's lexicon:

JIM PALMER: The Oriole righthander beat the Twins 3-0 on one hit and the Blue Jays 1-0 on four hits as he ran his winning streak to 11 games, cut his ERA to 3.24 and upped his record to 13-3.

Pete Newell's pointers help even standouts like Kiki Vandeweghe

A year before the races, Newport is chockablock with crews and boats

In 1977, after she had won the U.S. Open tennis championship for the third straight time, Chris Evert and The New York Times sportswriter Neil Amdur discussed doing a book about her life and...

4—Adriano Alecchi11—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman16, 17—Heinz Kluetmeier18, 19—Manny Rubio20, 21—Heinz Kluetmeier22, 23—(left to right) Tony Tomsic, Mark Perlstein, Manny Rubio30, 31—Paul...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL—In the opener of the sport's 114th season, Brigham Young defeated UNLV 27-0. Two hundred seventy-one yards passing by Steve Young (a descendant of Brigham) almost made the Cougars...

ASHBY HARPERALBUQUERQUEHarper, 65, a prep school headmaster, became the oldest person to swim the English Channel, breaking the 1979 record of James (Doc) Counsilman, then 58. Harper crossed from...

THE COWBOYS: LOVE 'EM OR HATE 'EMSir:Your special issue, The First College & Pro Football Spectacular (Sept. 1), on the 1982 football season was excellent. I especially enjoyed the articles by...