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League-leading passer Dan Marino wears 13, of all numbers. Dan Fouts, San Diego's Air Launch Commander, wears 14. St. Louis's Neil Lomax wears 15. Joe Montana, perhaps the best quarterback in the game today, wears the number 16. So does Jim Plunkett. Warren Moon of the Oilers wears a kicker's number...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Numbers Game | 12/1/1984 | See Source »

...Mary Plunkett, a sales coordinator for an Atlanta food company, complains that about 20% of the time the Sprint hookup "just refuses to work." Nevertheless, she adds, "But it saves us a substantial amount of money. That's the best incentive there is." Typically, tolls for both MCI and Sprint are less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long-Distance Runners | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

Dropping back shorter and throwing quicker this year, unsinkable Quarterback Jim Plunkett has made Marcus Allen the handiest pass catcher among running backs and Todd Christensen the most prolific receiver of all others in the league. Christensen's 92 receptions are the record for a tight end. A failed Dallas Cowboy runner, who stubbornly still wears a backfield number, 46, Christensen is given to writing and quoting poetry. Says Plunkett, 36: "It's fun to play with the Raiders because everyone is encouraged to be himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Tangy Super Bowl for Tampa | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

...Dickerson of the Los Angeles Rams was "the new Marcus Allen," and the old one registered just one 100-yd. rushing game all season until the playoffs. With breezy 121-and 154-yd. games against Pittsburgh and Seattle in the tournament, Allen and the Raiders are on a sprint. Plunkett throws downfield mostly to Christensen or Cliff Branch. But when the Seahawks concentrated on those two, Malcolm Barnwell caught 100-yds.' worth of passes in the first half alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Tangy Super Bowl for Tampa | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

Last season, another one with a strike, Washington won a Super Bowl that took this year to confirm. "One reason championship teams usually slip," according to Plunkett, "is that the quarterback's tendencies have all been given away. Joe has put two almost perfect years back to back, the hardest thing imaginable." Behind Theismann's 60% completion rate for more than 3,500 yards, the Redskins are having a record scoring year. Earlier this season Washington made up 15 points in the fourth quarter to beat the Raiders, but each went on to earn favorable field position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Full Circies and Quarterbacks | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

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