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Part of what is hobbling Joe is his team. As recently as last year, Namath's spot in the passing pocket was secure. No more. He has been sacked more often than any other quarterback. The Jets are also dead last in defense. Furthermore, Coach Charley Winner has made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Limping for Life | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

Yes indeed. In Plymouth, after a half-hour warmup by the folksy, dungareed, unnamed back-up band, a figure became distinguishable at stage rear. It was a masked man in a gray cowboy hat and black leather jacket, looking slender and spindly, picking his way cautiously forward through the microphones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Masked Man | 11/17/1975 | See Source »

If there is any area that is clearly a Crimson strength, it's the goaltending. All-American Brian Petrovik is back, and his capable back-up, John Aiken, also returns. Petrovek was by far the nation's finest college goalie last year, recording an under 3.00 goals against average for...

Author: By David Clarke and Andy Quigley, S | Title: Hockey Team Forges Ahead Amid Fall Football Commotion | 11/12/1975 | See Source »

It came as no surprise to anyone who has ever opposed him in a courtroom that F. Lee Bailey emerged as Patty Hearst's top lawyer last week, shortly after joining the defense team. One of the best, toughest and most flamboyant criminal lawyers in the nation, Bailey, at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Master of Acquittals | 10/20/1975 | See Source »

Gato has matured, to borrow from some of Nat Hentoff's album lining prose, and his stuff has gotten more vibrant, if less free in form over the years. He has, however, traded in the top jazz back-up men for some players who would do better accompanying Bruce Springsteen...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: Jazz | 10/9/1975 | See Source »

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