Word: bowling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Butts, 68, coach of the University of Georgia's football teams from 1939 to 1960 and winner of one of the largest libel judgments ($3,060,000) in American history; of a heart attack; in Athens, Ga. Butts, a stern, demanding field commander, led his teams to eight bowl games and four Southeastern Conference championships. When a 1963 article in the Saturday Evening Post charged Butts and Alabama Coach Paul ("Bear") Bryant with rigging the results of the 1962 Alabama-Georgia game, Butts took his case all the way to the Supreme Court, which eventually upheld a reduced award...
...beyond the day the bruises take longer to heal after carrying the ball 30 times. He has already done some acting and sportscasting stints on TV and has a contract with ABC. For the moment, however, he is too busy to think about retirement. He will cover the Hula Bowl for ABC, play in the Pro Bowl and tour the chicken-and-peas circuit. "Man," says the Juice, "I got more banquets than I know what to do with...
FRIDAY: Flesta Bowl. An illustrate of the absurdity of the proliferation post-season bowl games in college foot features (is that's the word) the Univer of Pittsburgh Panthers against the Devils of Arizona State, not surprising played at the State stadium in Tem Ariz. CH. 56. 8 p.m. Color. Live...
...Year approaches with the climactic absurdity of the Rose - Orange - Gator - Sugar - Cotton - Liberty - Fiesta bowl as millions will sit mesmerized in front of the tube watching the perennials (USC, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Alabama....) meet. It is big-time football, the big schedule and the big loot, with a few exceptions (like coach Joe Paterno of Penn State) the guy on the field, the ice or the hardcourt gets lost. Big-time football, big-time money, who cares that Oklahoma is on probation and won't play post-season this year because of recruiting violations or that...
Safeties: (11) ARTIMUS PARKER, Southern Cal, 6 ft. 3 in., 215 Ibs., and (12) MIKE TOWNSEND, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 3 in., 183 Ibs. Parker, who gave U.C.L.A. fits this year when Southern Cal won the Rose Bowl berth, is a natural free safety. With "great range and marvelous hands," plus an ability "to jump like a kangaroo," Parker will help fill the holes in any pro secondary. He intercepted eight passes this year alone. Townsend has the height that pros are looking for in pass defenders these days: "He's always there at the right time and place...