Playing on a gimpy leg, Alabama's Joe Namath was the star of the Orange Bowl, but the surprising Texas Longhorns beat the country's No. 1 team by mixing long gains with muscular defense

At the opening kickoff on a gray, muggy day in the Cotton Bowl last week, Arkansas' quick, aggressive Razorbacks converged on Nebraska in a blur of crimson, seeking, as always, to knock down any...

While Princeton's Bill Bradley demonstrated why he is the nation's best player with a spectacular performance in New York, UCLA knocked off some prime contenders for its national title in Los Angeles

Santa Anita, a sporting venture founded 30 years ago by a dentist who knew how to treat his clientele, has its grandest opening ever, and in the process establishes itself as America's best racetrack

After a stumbling start the Baltimore Colts played like a superteam, wrapping up the National Football League's Western Division title four weeks before the championship game with Cleveland. For...

Baltimore's march to the Western title was to hinge on the Packer game—one the Calls had lo win. Don Shula tells how they did it, how this victory came on two plays—one by the Colt offense and one...

The big five basketball teams of Philadelphia are always among the nation's best. A report on the high-powered, continuous rivalry that is unique among major cities.

One sail on an iceboat, say those who have tried it, and you are hooked for life. This means, in all likelihood, that Joe Norton, the 16-year-old shown opposite, will spend the rest of his years...

Although they would undoubtedly welcome a second chance against the Cleveland Browns, I daresay both Quarterback Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts and his coach, Don Shula, are reasonably...

Handsome domed structures are springing up on campus like plastic mushrooms, replacing the ill-lit barns that once functioned as field houses and gymnasiums. Above: the Harvard tennis team...

If Bing Crosby and John Raitt meet during the upcoming Crosby golf tournament, Raitt plans to keep his eye on Bing as well as the ball. Seems the last time the two baritones played a tournament...

It is generally agreed that a heavy putter is more effective on slow greens, such as the Bermuda grass of the South, and that a light one is better on the fast bent-grass greens often encountered...

John Mecom Jr. is the man's name, and the big itch is his game. What Mecom itches to do is build the best racing cars in America, and he is daring Detroit to stop him. He also itches to turn his...

BOWLDERDASH

•Fresco Thompson of the Los Angeles Dodgers: "When I broke into baseball each club had two scouts—one west of the Mississippi and the other east of the Mississippi. Now the Dodgers have a scout...

BASKETBALL—BOSTON increased its Eastern Division lead over the Royals to 7½ games with four more wins and stretched its current streak to eight games and 15 out of 16. CINCINNATI defeated the...

Christy Ito, 13, of Portland, Ore., who has been figure skating competitively just three years, won her third consecutive Northwest Pacific title—in the Novice Ladies division—at Great Falls,...

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THE EAST

BROWN TASTESirs:Here's a great big thank-you from all loyal Cleveland fans to that great prognosticator, Tex Maule. The Browns' glorious victory over the "invincible" Colts was undoubtedly...