PRO FOOTBALL—Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and Washington remained undefeated, but the Steelers and Rams had to struggle to maintain their perfect records. In Pittsburgh, Terry Bradshaw's 100th career...

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4—Evelyn Floret-Black Star30—James Drake (left), Tony Tomsic31, 32—Tony Tomsic40—Peter Read Miller41—Heinz Kluetmeier42—Peter Read Miller44-50—George Booth54—Michael Mosley63—Heinz...

ANALYZING THE POLLSSir:Walter Bingham's article Going to the Polls, Weakly (Sept. 18) was excellent. It's about time the flaws in the college football ranking system were pointed out. Now I wonder...

Charles White's rushing plus some fast figuring under fire by a USC accounting whiz added up to Alabama being less than No. 1

In winning his 17th consecutive road race over the last seven months, Bill Rodgers discovered that the Diet Pepsi 10,000-meter national championship hit the spot

Bill Popfinger needed more than a little bit of luck to drive Happy Escort to a win in the Little Brown Jug. He got it

The world series that precedes the World Series is golf's, in which two dozen pros—including Jack Nicklaus, who almost scratched to attend a high school football game—compete at Firestone in Akron...

Helped by a controversial call by the officials, the undefeated Steelers scored early in overtime to hand Cleveland its first defeat

Reggie Smith once had baseball's least savory reputation, but he has grown into a peacemaker and the best player on his league's best team, the Dodgers

The first time most of us at SPORTS ILLUSTRATED got a look at Dan Jenkins was in 1959, the year Jenkins, then a columnist for the Fort Worth Press, won the Golf Writers Association of America...

Striped bass in the rips off Nantucket met theirs when two longtime angling companions sallied forth to the fray

He is not a movie star. He is fat and graceless. He looks as if he stumbled across the set by accident and stayed to watch. In real life, he owns a small fishing-tackle shop at Lake Sunapee in New...

George Bamberger did not want to manage, but he has brewed a winner

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GEORGE BRETT: Despite continued pain from a thumb fractured on July 26, the Royal third baseman batted .481, with two homers—one a game winner—three doubles, four stolen bases, eight runs and...

South Bend was primed for a golden moment, but Michigan was not in awe of tradition; now Notre Dame is 0-2

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OFFENSE: The Throwin' Samoan, Jack Thompson of Washington State, hit on 16 of 34 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns and ran 13 times for 54 yards and three more TDs as the Cougars beat...

The Ali-Spinks battle was a skirmish compared to the wheeling and dealing in which somebody bought somebody and nobody knows where the money went

Lynchburg Coach Bill Shellenberger set a record by playing the game his way

Hard-charging Mario Andretti experienced both triumph and tragedy on his way to becoming the second American to win the world driving championship

GOT THE HORSE RIGHT WHERE?

•Doug Carr, Texas A&M linebacker, who is 5'10" and plays behind a defensive line that averages 6'4": "I just ask them to lean over so I can see what's happening."

Grand Prix racing is the only major form of motor sport that still requires a standing start. It was precisely that method of beginning the Italian Grand Prix on Sept. 10 that triggered the 10-car...