Word: namaths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only eight years ago, the passing records that Tarkenton is closing in on seemed like the future property of another man. But this season Joe Namath leads the N.F.L. only in throwing interceptions-19 in his first eight games. His arm is still sound; it is the Namath knees that are all but gone. Before each game they are strapped so securely in metal braces that, Joe says, "they cut off my circulation." They also cut down his mobility. Says Miami Dolphin Linebacker Doug Swift: "You know where he's going to be all the time...
Part of what is hobbling Joe is his team. As recently as last year, Namath's spot in the passing pocket was secure. No more. He has been sacked more often than any other quarterback. The Jets are also dead last in defense. Furthermore, Coach Charley Winner has made almost no moves to vary his offense or bring along a back-up quarterback. So Joe is out there Sunday after Sunday, limping for his life. "I'd like to say it can't get any worse," he says, "but I am not really sure...
...Bailey emerged as Patty Hearst's top lawyer last week, shortly after joining the defense team. One of the best, toughest and most flamboyant criminal lawyers in the nation, Bailey, at 42, is a loner, a leader who could no more be a second-stringer than Joe Namath could be a back-up quarterback...
Before each game, New York Jets Quarterback Joe Namath finds a quiet spot and seems to nod off. In the middle of a gale on Long Island Sound, while her friends are wrestling with lines and sails, Wendy Sherman, a Manhattan adwoman, slips to the bow of a 36-ft. yawl, makes herself as comfortable as she can, and closes her eyes. On warm afternoons in Rome, Ga., Municipal Court Judge Gary Hamilton and his wife Virginia can be found on their screened porch, apparently dozing. It is not a compulsion to sleep that these and perhaps 600,000 other...
...Breed" presents a number of star athletes--or more appropriately, headline grabbing athletes--and attempts to show what effect each has had on their particular sport. Gemme looks at twelve athletes in all, among them Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath, and Bobby Fischer, with Billie Jean King and jockey Kathy Kusner representing the female side of the sports world...