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Wide Receiver Lynn Swann, of the Pittsburgh Steelers, whose acrobatic catches are reminiscent of ballet, feels that there is no question about it. "If I said that blacks were not athletically superior," he says, "I think I'd be kidding myself. There is something there. It seems like the black athletes are just able to do more things than the other athletes." One of those things is jumping, especially important in basketball. In fact, it is generally acknowledged in the N.B.A. that blacks have a great edge in jumping-so much so that, on the Philadelphia 76ers, a player...
...help. Joe Gilliam was one of the first black N.F.L. quarterbacks, starting six preseason and another half-dozen regular-season games for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1974. His record up to that point was 10-1-1, but his life was hell in a very small place. Lynn Swann recalls: "He would get anonymous phone calls. They said they could rip him off any time they wanted to, there were two guns pointed at him, that if he started the ball game, he'd never see another day." Gilliam's performance declined steadily under the pressure; Terry Bradshaw...
...three linemen-four linebackers defense to compensate, and ably led his troops through an emotionally trying barrage of accusations: Oakland spent much of the fall under a cloud of charges of dirty play. It began in the season's opening game, when Safetyman George Atkinson decked Pittsburgh Receiver Lynn Swann, leaving Swann with a concussion. Steeler Coach Chuck Noll charged Atkinson with foul play, speaking darkly of a "criminal element in the N.F.L." Hoping to cool things off, Commissioner Pete Rozelle fined Atkinson $1,500 and Noll $1,000. For his part, Atkinson slapped Rozelle and Noll with lawsuits charging...
...Raiders sailed through the remainder of the season on a tide of law-suits,? late hits and?in a play-off game against the New England Patriots?disputed calls by officials. They left in their wake, in addition to Swann's concussion, Patriots Tight End Russ Francis' broken nose and a host of battered, angry opponents. The Raiders' explanation: football is a game of aggression. Playing hard is not necessarily illegal...
...remanded to the custody and protection of the United Nations Human Rights Charter, of which Iran is a signatory. Noam Chomsky Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn Congressman Michael Harrington Denise Levertov State Representative Elaine Noble John Roberts, ACLU Joshua Rubinstein, Amnesty International Ruth and George Wald Professor Howard Zinn Marjorie Swann, Executive Secretary, American Friends Service Committee