Word: oaklands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Quarterback Craig Morton is a Cowboy reject, the Dallas starting quarterback until Semi-Peerless Roger Staubach unseated him. In their locker room after beating the defending Super Bowl Champion Oakland Raiders for the A.F.C. title, the Broncos were ecstatic, scarcely believing the dream had come true. Shouts, cheers and champagne washed their victory. When the Cowboys filed into their redoubt after their N.F.C. title win over Minnesota, there was no raucous celebration and no bubbly wasted by the cool young professionals from Dallas. And in their cities ... well, Denver fans went berserk, while the Dallas fans, accustomed to such moments...
...championship game, Goldberg had another morale booster up his sleeve. Since his company had a contract to demolish a twelve-story building in Denver's downtown, Goldberg had the three-ton ball on his wrecking crane painted orange and hung a sign on the side of the building with OAKLAND painted in huge letters on it. A crowd of hundreds gathered to watch and cheer the destruction. The darker side: when a man walked into a bar and turned on the jukebox during a televised Bronco game, he got into a frenzied argument with irate fans, one of them followed...
...Rocky Mountain iden tity. The National Basketball Association Denver Nuggets, while a solid team, are known as the place where former North Carolina State Superstar David Thompson disappeared. A hockey franchise new to the town is struggling with expansion team woes, and a planned sale of the Oakland A's to Denver Oilman Marvin Davis awaits the outcome of Round 57 in the Charlie Finley-Bowie Kuhn brouhaha...
...Oakland's fans were indifferent, Denver's are anything but, as a recent court case plainly demonstrates. The facts of the case were simple: Helen Harris had tickets to a Denver Bronco football game. She went to a suburban shopping mall to catch a bus to Mile High Stadium. The bus never came, and Mrs. Harris was forced to return to her home and watch the game on TV. Clearly a heinous crime, Denver Judge John Sanchez acknowledged. He awarded Mrs. Harris $44.70 in damages from the bus company...
...Denver. Between Morton's steady, experienced hand and Miller's innovative tactics, the Broncos at last have an offensive unit to complement an always strong defense. The combination produced two six-game winning streaks, marred by a single loss in a rematch with the Oakland Raiders, 24-14. Veteran Safety Billy Thompson sums up for the players, the fans and a city suddenly gone sports crazy: "It's like a dream come true, and it's sweet...