BAD SHOW

•Tom Lovat, Utah football coach, about his 1-10 season in 1974: "Last night I sat down and tried to think about all the highlights from last year and I fell asleep."

Olés rang out at Forest Hills for Manuel Orantes, a clever little Spaniard who brought Jimmy Connors to his knees and triumphed in the Open

If it seems an eternity since she rode in National Velvet across the silver screen and sang On the Good Ship Lollipop over the airwaves, it is probably because, like few little girls before her,...

Rolling in from the desert, the racers staged a championship right there—and right up there—where everybody could see them

It was up, up and away for the Mets' wondrous fastballer but, except for a rookie who was flexing his wings, the rest of the Amazins seemed prone to await a miracle. As Pittsburgh pressed on, they...

The opening gun of the NFL season resounds and so does Dan Jenkins in our annual special issue with a semi-irreverent shot at what the violent world has come to. Mark Mulvoy finds things a bit...

Up from the gutter and reaching for stars comes ex-convict Don King, cast in the flamboyant mold of P. T. Barnum and Tex Rickard

Lane Stewart does not like to be thought of as a photographer of animals, though animals have been the subjects of some of his best pictures. His photographs in this issue of the inhabitants of...

Boston's Fenway Park has no exploding scoreboard or artificial turf, but it is a jewel of a place in which to watch a pennant race, and a monument to the admirable taste of Tom Yawkey

For nearly two years Grandstand—which will certainly be the most expensive sports program of the new television season and may wind up being the most important as well—was known internally at NBC...

The rescue of Houston's ball club, sagging cornerstone of a diminishing empire, has been entrusted to Yankee emigrants Tal Smith and Bill Virdon

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This is what one promoter calls Foozball, a corruption of the German word Fussball, which in some circles means a coin-operated game. Don't laugh. The national championships were played in Denver....

Al Davis doesn't mind if Linebacker Ted Hendricks scares his Raiders

You have to feel for Roger Vaughan. There he is, trusty notebook in hand, striking out with the crew of Mariner to record a heroic quest for the 1974 America's Cup. But barely is The Grand Gesture...

The season began in high stride, with Tony Dorsett grinding out the yardage as Pitt beat Georgia, and Penn State struggling to nip Temple

Olympic 1,500 hopefuls are moving to the 5,000, and 5,000 men to the 10,000, because of Walker and Bayi

The destiny of wild animals and birds is simply to be themselves. The ones here, in Lane Stewart photographs, appear beautiful or grotesque, nimble or lumbering, bashful or bold, elegant or...

BOWLING—DALE GLENN of Los Angeles won his first title, the $55,000 Columbia 300 Open in Detroit, after five years as a touring professional. Glenn defeated Matt Surina 222-215 for the $6,000...

4—John Iacono16, 17—Tony Triolo, James Drake (2)18, 19—James Drake, Tony Triolo20, 21—James Drake55—Herb Scharfman56—Lane Stewart64—Carl Iwasaki73—John D. Hanlon82, 83—Lane Stewart84, 85—Lane...

Carol Heynen, 10, has won three Southern California tennis tournaments this year: the 12-and-under at La Jolla, beating the top seed; the El Dorado and women's C title at Long Beach. Last year...

MAULE'S ALLTIME PICKSSir:As an avid fan of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, I hate to see Tex Maule retire from your stall (Oh, That 200-Yard Run! Sept. 1). Reading his articles during the football season has...