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...Cincinnati Reds official walked up and hugged Bench, who was quite drunk. He was wearing a bright orange-red Cincinnati blazer, which caught Bench...
Portland Trail Blazer Bill Walton has done more dribbling at the mouth than on the court lately, and Oregon basketball fans are fed up. Walton, who had been questioned by the FBI about Fugitive Patty Hearst, appeared at a press conference to denounce the bureau and call for support in "rejection of the United States Government." Later he elaborated: "I meant that people who don't agree with the way the Government does things shouldn't cooperate with it. I don't intend to break the law, but I'm just not going to cooperate with...
...nearly 1,000 candi dates. Next, each youngster receives a questionnaire asking if he is interested in Notre Dame. That begins a whittling-down process designed to cut the number to a more manageable 100 by December when Boulac begins weekly jet tours. Dressed in a green "Irish" blazer, Boulac passes through an endless series of gyms and coaches' offices looking at film and meeting players, trying to identify 20 to 25 blue-chip prospects whom he should visit at home. It is there, around the kitchen table or the fireplace, that Boulac makes the big pitch...
From the stillborn Eagles, Parent found his way to the W.H.A.'s Philadelphia Blazers, signing a fat five-year $750,000 contract. That adventure too ended in disaster when Parent quit the team midway through the 1973 playoffs, claiming he had not been paid. Angry Blazer teammates called him a "hockey Benedict Arnold." "I knew how the guys felt," says Parent, "but there are times in your life when you have to look after yourself." With that, Parent and his wife Carol took off for a cruise. In Martinique, he got a call informing him the Flyers had taken...
Boston's Sanson Institute of Heraldry puts coats of arms on everything from blazer patches ($14.95) to watches ($49.95). The American Heraldry Foundation in Clearwater, Minn., has a different approach. For a $39.95 fee, customers can suggest the motif of their shields. The Beihoffers, a farming family from Buffalo Lake, Minn., for example, picked a horse and plowshare and a spool of thread (sewing is Opal Beihoffer's hobby) for their coat of arms; because marriage and the home are important to the family, they also chose a pair of intertwined rings and a front door...