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Contents: College Football – Flying Start (Surprising in its manners as well as its might, Miami pounced on favored Ohio State) Track And Field – Back On Track (Free of injury and controversy, Michael Johnson blazed to a record 400-meter victory at the worlds) Pro Football – Well Healed (Bryant Young has returned from a broken leg, meaning the aging 49ers defense should get back up too) Baseball – Glove Affair (Robin Ventura’s play has dressed up the Mets’ infield, turning a good defense into a great one) Our Favorite Teams – The SI Top 20 (It’s not whether these teams won or lost, it’s how much fun they had playing the game – and we had watching them); Motley Crew (The brawling, boozing world champion 1974 A’s were truly America’s team, though most of us were too square to realize it) Departments – Letters; Catching Up With…; SI View; Faces In The Crowd; The Life Of Reilly Scorecard – Fools on the hill, Grizzly business, Swat teams, Boot gets the boot, Isiah and the CBA, O.J. won’t see the seer, Zorbs: so absorbing, Bird reveals fragile heart Inside… – Baseball; The NFL; College Football
Cover: “Four Amazing Mets. SS – Rey Ordonez, 1B – John Olerud, 2B – Edgardo Alfonzo, 3B – Robin Ventura”
Condition: Very Good