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Elsewhere in the U.S., the action at some of the 337 closed-circuit TV sites was a bit too realistic. In the Chicago Coliseum, a riot broke out when the TV transmission broke down. Across town at the International Amphitheater, police had to turn firehoses on an angry mob of 1,000 trying to storm their way into the sold-out house. In Pittsburgh, 5,500 hardy souls braved subfreezing temperatures and icy 30-m.p.h. winds to see the fight outdoors at the Three Rivers Stadium. The fight fever knew no boundaries. In Manila, classes were suspended so that schoolchildren...
...facade is deceptive: busy, brightly decorated city streets, department stores full of holiday shoppers, the freeway humming with traffic. The Seattle SuperSonics are drawing sizable crowds at the Seattle Center Coliseum in the shadow of the Space Needle; their record is soso, but they are making money and their attendance is fourth in the N.B.A. M*A*S*H. now in its eighth month at the downtown Coliseum Theater, is still pulling them in at $2.50 per seat. All over town, station KIRO-TV's billboards ask, HAVE YOU HEARD A GOOD ONE LATELY?-part of a good-news...
...pleaded the sellout crowd in the Louisiana State University Coliseum. L.S.U. Guard Pete Maravich (TIME, Jan. 19, 1968) tried, but all he could manage was 0,0,0,0,0 -five missed jump shots in a row. Finally, with 4 min. 41 sec. remaining in the game against the University of Mississippi, Pistol Pete popped a 23-ft. jumper from the right side. The shot boosted Maravich's collegiate scoring total to 2,975 points, eclipsing the record set by Oscar Robertson at the University of Cincinnati a decade...
...whoosh, pop and grind of thousands of fanciful contraptions echoed through Manhattan's cavernous Coliseum. The occasion was "Patexpo '69," a show designed to match up 300 inventors of new products with the men who can market them. As the visitors saw, modern man's ingenuity has lately produced a gun that fires a net to enmesh would-be muggers, skis with wheels for schussing on dry land, a timer that rations children's television viewing, tongs that carry melons without bruising them, and a keyless electronic lock that opens when hidden pressure points are pushed...
...exactly a sissy's sport, but football is admittedly more civilized than whatever game Rutgers and Princeton played 100 years ago. It's certainly more fun to watch now that it's no longer on the Coliseum gladiator level, and today thousands of Ivy League fans will expect entertainment as the season opens once again. All eight teams are playing non-league opponents, but that's all right. Only Columbia can be considered to have an excellent chance of losing. Most should...