At the Ali meet, while U.S. sprinters winged into the Olympic year, other notables were coming off the pariah list

The first thing one notices when entering the grounds of Teletrack in New Haven, Conn. is a series of signs, affixed to the parking-lot tollbooths, declaring that CB radios are taboo. Thus the...

Trailing, or tracking animals by their signs, is unrivaled in Arizona's Huachuca Mountains, which contain an astonishing variety of habitats

14, 15—Walter Iooss Jr.16—Tony Triolo17—Heinz Kluetmeier18-20—George Tiedemann21—Manny Millan22, 23—Barton Silverman24—Dan Baliotti29—Richard Mackson30—Peter Read Miller31—Peter Read Miller (top),...

KIM EISENHARTHUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF.Eisenhart, 22, a 6'3" sophomore, led a pair of Golden West College teams to state community-college titles. She averaged 13 points and 15 rebounds for the 30-0...

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: It had been a long time since New York-area fans had much to cheer about, but last week they got a double treat. The young Knicks ran their winning streak to five games and...

GOLD-STAR GUYSSir:Ron Fimrite wrote an excellent article on Sportsmen of the Year Willie Stargell and Terry Bradshaw (Two Champs from the City of Champions, Dec. 24-31), but the photograph of...

Earl Campbell & Co. tried and failed to dent the Pittsburgh defense. The Rams get a shot in Super Bowl XIV

Back in the old days, before Pete Rozelle invented wild-card teams and other gimmicks for stretching the season, the NFL had something known as the Runner-Up Bowl. It was played in Florida and...

Philadelphia's astounding Flyers outsocked the Rangers and then outscored the Sabres, extending their record unbeaten streak to 35 games

USC's one-point victory over Ohio State in Pasadena provided all the excitement anyone could ask for, and it gave the Crimson Tide something more—its first undisputed national championship since 1964

Shortly after Steadman Shealy had quarter-backed Alabama to its 24-9 Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas, he lay sprawled across a bed in Room 2453 of the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans watching Ohio...

In the pig Latin some Cards speak, why can't the eam-tay be even etter-bay?

Another PGA road show starts with Bob Hope's Desert Classic. This year's path to golfing's sunny millions is clouded by sagging TV ratings and the absence of an attractive challenger to Tom...

The first week in January is usually our biggest for football coverage, especially for football photography—for the pictures in this week's issue, no fewer than 26 SI photographers and assistants...

SOMETHING SPECIAL

•Willie Stargell, explaining why he didn't become a free agent: "You pull up an old tree from the ground and move it, say, to California, well, you can damage the roots."

EAST

JIM McCLOSKEY: The 6'7" junior forward had a team-record 49 points—12 in overtime—as Loyola Marymount beat St. Mary's 104-100 and scored 29 more during a 108-94 victory over Santa Clara in WCAC...