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...Russian clubs are going to be anything but pushovers. The Central Army team, a perennial power in Soviet hockey, will play with an attack line that may be the most potent in the world: Left Wing Valeri Kharlamov, a deft puck handler; Center Vladimir Petrov, a tireless speedster; and Right Wing Boris Mikhailov, a veteran considered by many to be "the soul of the team." Behind them in goal will be Vladislav Tretiak, nemesis of Team Canada in 1972. The other team, the Soviet Wings, beefed up for the games with extra players, will be led by Alexander Yakushev...
...action attracts its share of celebrities. Actor Clint Eastwood races a champion named Big Bertha, and Comedian Dick Smothers owns a speedster named Juan Fangio, named after the retired Argentine Grand Prix driver. Smothers' wife Linda thinks she knows the reason for Juan Fangio's success: "Turtles are supposed to like lettuce, tomatoes and broccoli, but ours will eat raw hamburger." Says Jim Duffer, master of ceremonies at Brennan's, who calls the races attired in a green tuxedo: "I can't stand the little beasts. They bite...
Miller was the leading ground gainer for the Crimson, rushing for 58 yards on ten attempts. He consistently ripped holes up the middle through the interior of the Tiger line, giving Harvard an inside running threat. Combined for the first time this season with speedster Tom Winn, Harvard now has a balanced running attack as it prepares to encounter the Bulldogs...
...Gleaming Speedster. "I can let my hair down at Del Rio's," Jackson says. "The place is like an amusement park." When he is not speeding off on one of Del Rio's roaring motorcycles or playing pinch and tickle with a girl in the middle of a stack of tires, Jackson exchanges stories with Tony and the boys or busies himself rebuilding the motor on his 1940 Chevrolet...
...loved tinkering with cars since I was a kid," he says. His pride at the moment is a 1927 Ford roadster that holds the world record for quarter-mile drag racing in its class. Whenever he gets the chance, Jackson climbs behind the wheel of the gleaming yellow speedster for a few unofficial runs...