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...saying this, lounging in a room off Oiler Coach Glen Sather's office, showing game films of favorite goals, his teammates are out on the rink having their shots timed by a radar gun. Since scoring last in team strength tests, Gretzky has shied from such gauges. "My shot wouldn't be close to the fastest," he laughs. So if he is not the strongest and his shot is not the hardest, is he the best skater? "No way." Then what is it about...
...England Patriot defense came through for a change, shutting down the Houston Oiler air and ground attacks, as the Pats won their second game of the season...
...Patriots picked off four Ken Stabler passes and stymied the Oiler rushing game by holding Earl Campbell to just 86 yards on 27 carries. A 17-point third-quarter outburst--featuring two Steve Grogan touchdown passess--put the game away for the Pats...
...contract is restrictive-it limits what an employee can do in his off-hours. But like Dante Pastorini's old Houston Oiler contract forbidding him to race speedboats, or the clause in many baseball pacts prohibiting skiing or snowmobiling, the Blue Jays are simply protecting their investment in a valuable commodity-an investment they made in good faith when Ainge was still on college...
Gretzky singlehanded pulled the Oilers, an undistinguished expansion team, out of the basement and rewrote league history in the process. The slight youngster this season amassed 164 points -goals plus assists-well beyond the record of 152 held safely for a decade by Phil Esposito. In addition, Bobby Orr's 1970 mark of 102 assists fell to Gretzky's bombsight passing. New total: 109. Experts argue that it is easier for strong players to score goals and assists now that the N.H.L. is bloated with lackluster expansion teams. But Oiler Coach Glen Sather points out: "Wayne doesn...