BATTLE LINES ON THE ENVIRONMENT
•LaVell Edwards, BYU football coach and one of 14 children: "They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets."
Hear the gasps. Air Jordan has changed planes in midflight. The phenomenally successful, midpriced (from $24.99 for the infant's model to $65 for the version that he wore) line of air-soled red,...
Eight weeks after back surgery, Joe Montana routed the Cards
November 17, 1986 | Bob Kravitz
November 17, 1986 | Donald J. Barr
When we last talked about Rick Telander in this space (Sept. 24, 1984), he was writing a lot of football stories, playing guitar for the Del-Crustaceans, the rock band he founded during his years...
November 17, 1986 | William Nack
November 17, 1986 | Clint Swett
After decades of making motorcycle helmets, the Italian manufacturer Nava has built a reputation for ensuring the safety of your head, not the comfort of your feet. Now the company is betting that...
The Saints' Rueben Mayes, a Canadian native, is making it big in the NFL
For those who live solely by the stat sheet, reports SI's Pat Putnam, the Doug Flutie NFL show opened and flopped in Tampa: one run for minus-one yard; one pass that flew over wide-open tight end...
OFFENSE: The Jets' Ken O'Brien completed 26 of 33 pass attempts, including a club-record 17 straight, for 322 yards and three touchdowns as New York defeated the Atlanta Falcons 28-14.
UNVARNISHED TRUTH
Cal State-Fullerton is known derisively as Cal State-Disneyland because it's situated only 15 minutes from the amusement park in Anaheim. Indeed, too often, the kind of football the Titans play is...
OFFENSE: Pitt's Craig Hey-ward, who had 254 yards in a 37-10 loss to Miami, became the first back to gain 200 yards against the Hurricanes since Tony Dorsett got 227 in 1976.
November 17, 1986 | Hank Hersch
The back who has carried the ball more times than anyone in Division I-A history is slow (4.62 is his best 40), small (5'8½", 195 pounds) and looks as if he needs to shave about every homecoming....
November 17, 1986 | William Barnhardt
If everybody had an oceanAcross the U.S.A.Then everybody'd be surfin'Like Ca-li-for-ni-a....BRIAN WILSON
Bobby Rahal capped an emotional season with the Indy Car crown
November 17, 1986 | Morin Bishop
Put on your favorite fedora, assume your most stoic expression and imagine for a moment that you're Tom Landry. You have two superbly talented runners, Tony Dorsett and Herschel Walker, just...
November 17, 1986 | Jack Falla
The wonder of an old team jacket should be that it warms twice: once by wrapping you in body heat, and again by enfolding you in the crest and colors that bring back warm memories. For years, my...
Charles Owens's left leg swings like a long, slow pendulum as he walks along the greens of the PGA's Senior Tour. His putter, which extends well above his waistline, has the same smooth sweep as...
November 17, 1986 | Compiled by AMY LENNARD
PRO BASKETBALL—Atlanta went three for three for the week to remain the NBA's only unbeaten team, with wins over Milwaukee (107-98), Phoenix (106-86) and Washington (110-91). The victory over...
November 17, 1986
LANCE BARTONJACKSONVILLELance, a senior linebacker for Wolfson High, had 33 tackles (22 solo, 11 assists), caused two fumbles and recovered a third during a game against Andrew Jackson High. In...
November 17, 1986 | Edited by Gay Flood
LAKER FANSir:That was a wonderful article about Jack Nicholson (Wild In The Seats, Nov. 3). You're right, we Celtics fans don't really hate him; anyone who is that devoted to his team has to be...
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