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...ball to, and he sees the linebacker he must loft the ball over, and, on those fortunate occasions when he is not lying on the ground by this time, he sees the ball in flight. Joe's first target on this play, Freddie Solomon, was covered. Wide Receiver Dwight Clark stationed himself at the back of the end zone and then went sliding in the direction Joe was darting. Under pressure and leaning the wrong way, Montana let go, and Clark leaped for a ball aimed where he would get it or no one could. The extra point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joe Montana: Perfect Timing, Joe: | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

...Forty-Niners were behind the Dallas Cowboys in the recent NFC playoff, Susan was as vocal as any of the men in the Kirkland House television room, screaming her directions to the oblivious coaches on the screen, and exultantly replaying every Forty-Niner first down verbally. When wide receiver Dwight Clark made the amazing catch in the final seconds of the game that lifted the Forty-Niners to victory, Susan was almost deranged in her delight. In fact, my normally frugal roommate called home in the middle of the afternoon to Shriek to her father (who served as resident team...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Frenzied Forty-Niner Fanaticism | 1/22/1982 | See Source »

When I said that Susan adores only three things, I forgot to mention a fourth obsession--Dwight Clark. Not only did Clark make the reknowned playoff catch, but he also had dinner with Susan's family at her home last summer. Clark, according to Susan, is as close to perfection as anyone can be--he is tall, muscular, good-looking and nice. The only problem, says sorry Susan, is that he currently dates Miss Universe...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Frenzied Forty-Niner Fanaticism | 1/22/1982 | See Source »

...roster of 20th century Presidents who have sampled the delights of fly fishing is impressive: Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower and, of course, Jimmy Carter. In "Spruce Creek Diary," a 4,000-word article that appears in the current issue of Fly Fisherman, Carter, perhaps the most avid presidential devotee of the sport, recalls with affection his fishing vacation last May in Pennsylvania. In the piece, Carter laments the loss of two prized handcrafted fly rods, which were stolen during his move from Washington to Plains, Ga. "These rods, not the election campaign," he writes, "seemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 18, 1982 | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

Labor trouble erupts at the World Series, when the rightfielders for both teams, who have organized a separate union, walk off the field. "Less sun in our eyes--that's what we want," Red Sox (dig that) rightfielder Dwight Evans says at a press conference during the break in the fall classic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Hit Squads' From the Quad | 1/15/1982 | See Source »

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