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...position of czar. He fell on his face before, and he'll fall on his face again." Knowing his is a face that does not exactly warm the cockles of football fans' hearts, Garvey has frequently turned over the podium to Players Association President Gene Upshaw of the Los Angeles Raiders, Stan White of Detroit or Tom Condon of Kansas City. Other players have eagerly appeared on local TV, among them Brian Baschnagel in Chicago, Aaron Kyle in Denver, Mark Murphy in Washington, Jimmy Cefalo in Miami and Beasley Reece in New York. If nothing else comes...
...N.F.L. Players Association members who have objected have not merely been shouted down but threatened. "We get to see you on the field next year," N.F.L.P.A. President Gene Upshaw of the Oakland Raiders wrote to Denver Quarterback Craig Morton, after Morton had spoken out against the "55% solution." When asked later about the letter, Upshaw said, "If you want to look at it as a threat, that's just the way I meant...
Flores shepherds his unruly team with a gentle but firm hand. He has few rules-and enforces them strictly. The Raiders are familiar figures in Bay Area bars during their off-days, but Flores bans such revelry as game day approaches, levying heavy fines on miscreants. Says Guard Gene Upshaw: "Tom doesn't say anything if you screw up; he just cuts off your wallet." That his methods work was abundantly clear on Super Sunday. As Flores told his brother during the championship season, "Not bad for a Chicano grapepicker, is it?" -By B.J. Phillips
...Cecil Upshaw...
...football's longest winning streak: twelve straight. In Kenny Stabler, the Raiders have a quarterback of stunning accuracy (a 66.7% pass-completion record), seven years of experience and sound football sense. Stabler stands behind an almost impregnable wall of protection led by Tackle Art Shell and Guard Gene Upshaw, his left arm ever cocked, "the Snake" ready to strike. Few quarterbacks have had a covey of receivers to rival Stabler's. Wide Receiver Fred Biletnikoff, 33, works the sideline like a 190-lb. Wallenda. His hands are liberally coated with Hold-Tite, but all the sticky goo in the world...