Word: fannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Howard Cosell does go on, and the football fan who wants to watch ABC's Monday night telecasts has no recourse but to bear the polysyllabic palaver. There is no way to strike back-unless you happen to be at the Sweetwater singles bar in Denver. Every Monday night a drawing is held. The winner is given a brick and the right to use it to demolish a used TV bought for the occasion each week. The winner can take aim at any of the ABC announcers, but, says Manager Gerry Brown, "most pick Cosell." Business at the Sweetwater...
...despair, sports fan... this story has a happy ending. For on that day, when life seemed at its lowest ebb for this humble, unassuming young man, he got the call on a 40-yard field goal...
...seating and smooth ride have given it the nickname "the poor man's 747." Before buying it, however, Eastern wants to be certain that the Airbus will match under U.S. operating conditions the economies reported by European airlines. Airbus-Industrie claims that the plane's two huge fan jet engines are terrific fuel conservers, burning approximately 25% less fuel per seat-mile than do the three engines of such competing jets as Lockheed's L-1011 TriStar. Eastern also wants to make sure that spare parts will be freely available across the Atlantic-although parts should...
...sports fan worth his La-z-boy Barcalounger knows that Arnold "Red" Auerbach is the genius who built and coached the Boston Celtics into the finest aggregation of talent in the history of the National Basketball Association. For years the Celtics were the finest name in the business--between 1956 and 1969 they won 11 world titles, and though Auerbach stopped coaching in 1966 to concentrate on his role as general manager, a position he still maintains, the Celtics organization is markedly Auerbach's baby. It is because of him that the Celts won so many titles...
...baseball fan, do not count on movies or specials to liven up the week. There is nothing at all noteworthy on the film front. Channel 2 offers a debate on nuclear power tonight at 9 p.m. Governor Michael Dukakis will moderate the verbal clash between a former U.S. Treasury department deputy secretary and an attorney. Better than Howard Cossell, but just barely...