For four years Carin Cone is undefeated in the 100-meter
backstroke. At the nationals a few weeks after her cover she finishes second,
and at her next meet she fails to qualify for the
Games.
7•11•1960
A week after this cover appearance, Jim Beatty, the U.S.-record holder in the
5,000-meter, injures his left foot in a tune-up for the Games. He fails to make
the finals in
Rome.
10•3•1960
A week after its All-America quarterback, Bob Schloredt, is
on the cover, heavily favored Washington loses to Navy 15-14, thanks to
Schloredt's fumble of -- you guessed it -- a shotgun
snap.
2•13•1961
Laurence Owen appeared on the cover in '61, billed as
AMERICA'S MOST
EXCITING GIRL SKATER. Two days
after the cover date Owen and the rest of the U.S. skating team perished in a
plane
crash.
3•26•1962
Ricardo Rodriguez, the driver billed as MEXICO'S YOUNG FIREBALL, dies in a fiery crash later that
year.
10•8•1962
After appearing on the cover, Tommy McDonald and the Eagles lose four in a row
and go 0-6-1 in their next seven
games.
7•20•1964
Shirley MacLaine is on the cover touting a college football
movie she appears in. The film gets panned, and Notre Dame sues the producers
over the school's portrayal in the
film.
12•21•1964
Sportsman of the Year golfer Ken Venturi is a non-factor on the tour the next season as
he battles carpal tunnel
syndrome.
3•22•1965
Light heavyweight Willie Pastrano graces the cover the week before he is to
defend his title. Pastrano is KO'd in the ninth round of what would turn out to
be his last fight
ever.
12•6•1965
Doug McIntosh and UCLA have won 17 straight basketball games
when they grace the cover. The Bruins lose two of their next
three.
5•23•1966
Sam McDowell of the Indians, 4-0 with two one-hit shutouts,
gives up five runs without retiring anyone in his next start; in the start after
that he walks four before being yanked after 1 2/3
innings.
10•17•1966
Joe Namath's movie star looks and swagger couldn't save him from the Jinx, as
his 4-1 Jets go 0-4 after making the
cover.
4•24•1967
Rick Barry, soon after this cover and a marvelous season,
loses in court and is denied entry into the ABA. The ruling forces him to sit
out the next
season.
1•6•1969
Running back Tom Matte appears on the cover a week before his Baltimore Colts
are stunned 16-7 by Joe Namath and the underdog Jets in the Super
Bowl.
6•9•1969
Defending champion Lee Trevino is on the cover of our U.S.
Open preview; the next week he fails to make the
cut.
Aaron Shikler (Artwork), John G. Zimmerman, Phil Bath, Jerry Cooke, Tony Triolo, Frank Mullins (Artwork), Allan Grant, Jay Maisel (2), Neil Liefer, Sheedy & Long, Neil Leife, Walter Iooss Jr., Herb Scharfman, Walter Iooss Jr.
