Word: namaths
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There are relatively few athletes whose glories and declines seem to acquire an emotional importance. Quarterback Joe Namath, who retired several weeks ago after 13 years in pro football, is one. In his early years with the New York Jets, Namath's popular image had more to do with booze and stewardesses than football. His feats alone brought the upstart American Football League into parity with the National Football League. But like Ali, Namath's lasting imprint in memory involves certain splendidly perfect moves: his flickingly fast release of passes, his clairvoyant readings of defenses and where...
...loved the game, and the game loved him, but warming the bench wasn't Broadway Joe Namath's style. After sitting out most of the last ten games of the Los Angeles Rams' season, the onetime hero of the New York Jets made up his mind: he had thrown his last N.F.L. pass. "It was no fun being second-string quarterback," said Namath, 34. But, he quickly added, "I have no regrets." He spoke briefly of the leg ailments that plagued him throughout his career. "I remember after my first knee operation, right after I signed with...
This Sunday's meeting in the Superdome in New Orleans offers a symbolic asymmetry that the big bowl has not known since Joe Namath's cocky New York Jets humbled the mighty Baltimore Colts in 1969. Denver Coach Red Miller, ebullient and emotional, is in his first year as a head coach after wandering in the desert of long-ignored assistant coaches. Tom Landry, stoic and singleminded, is the only head coach the Cowboys have ever known (his 18-year tenure surpasses his closest rival in job security, Bud Grant of the Vikings, by seven years). Bronco...
...start to get bitter, and hope that Joe Namath hurts his knee again...
...crux of Schwarzenegger's problem is that hard as he tries to pass himself off as one, he is not a hero. O.J. Simpson can endorse sunglasses with a lackluster personality because he has churned out more yardage than anyone else. Broadway Joe Namath was the milltown boy going wild in the big city, but he also had the best arm in professional football. If Schwarzenegger had any of their athletic achievements for his career's foundation, be would outdistance them all. Mark Spitz had the gold medals but was too abrasive, Bruce Jenner has the athletic credibility but little...