18 Détente, Philly Style
The Flyers gave their Red visitors a mauling in the East-West game of champions
by Mark Mulvoy
22 Blather Before the Battle
In-talk fills Miami's hotel suites as Super Bowl X is settled before the coin
toss
by Dan Jenkins
24 No. 7 Tries Harder
Figure skating's champion was programmed to win—and a pert outsider sparkled
by Jeannette Bruce
26 Bowls or Playoffs?
The NCAA votes on a proposal that may radically change college football
by John Underwood
Baja: Road to Adventure
32 Robert F. Jones drives the Frijole Freeway, a ride on the semi-wild side
40 The season's new swimsuits add glitter to the Gold Coast
48 Marlin fishing, Margaritas and dove hunting await the tourist at land's end
64 Pull North to Nome
When the sled dog race was over, a lady named Nugget was worth her weight in gold
by Coles Phinizy The Departments
15 Scorecard
50 College Basketball
55 Baseball
56 Track & Field
60 Wrestling
75 For the Record
76 19th Hole
LETTER FROM OUR PUBLISHER
Every year at about this time Staff Writer Jule Campbell, who coordinates our
fashion coverage, finds herself repeatedly distracted from her schedule of writing
and picture selecting by our male staff members. They invariably tell her what
a cushy job she has, then offer to help her edit the swimsuit photographs like
those in the story that begins on page 40.
"If a writer has just spent a week in Pittsburgh with Mean Joe Greene,"
says Campbell, "I can understand how he might think it would be more fun
to spend a few days in Baja California with Cheryl Tiegs. But we really do work
hard. This year I had the girls up every day between 4 and 5 a.m., we were on
the beach by 5:30, and we usually worked until we lost the sun." In Cabo
San Lucas, on the Tropic of Cancer, the sun begins to dip behind the mountains
at 6 p.m. "After that it was dinner and off to bed," says Campbell.
"We didn't see much of the good life of Baja."
For Yvonne and Yvette Sylvander, the 20-year-old yellow-haired twins on this week's
cover, modeling on location was a new experience. They were doing ads for a bathing
suit company when Campbell spotted their picture in Women's Wear Daily. She immediately
called the manufacturer, who reluctantly gave her the Sylvanders' number, and
reached the models' mother by phone. That conversation prompted Campbell to fly
to Florida, and after a three-hour interview she asked the twins if they would
pose for us. "We had been working part-time as waitresses in a health-food
store," says Yvette. "It came down to a choice between serving carrot-juice
cocktails or going to Baja. We took Baja." Christie Brinkley, another of the featured models, began her career when a photographer
"discovered" her three years ago, walking along a street in Paris where
she was working as an artist. Now when Christie goes on location she packs her
sketch pad and, since she is an avid sportswoman, her running shoes as well. Cheryl Tiegs, who is making her fourth appearance in our annual swimsuit issue,
enjoys modeling because it allows her to choose when and for whom she will work.
She made her first appearance as a cover girl on Glamour magazine 10 years ago,
and has been on more than 150 covers (including SI's twice) since. "Cheryl
is one of the few models who has been able to bridge the gap between the innocent
little girl look and the sophisticated woman look," says fashion agent Nina
Blanchard. "She may not be the girl all women want to look like, but she
has a quality that makes her look the way most men think a woman should look."
Cheryl's impact on our readers has been so strong that we have received several
letters nominating her for Sportsman of the Year. Her fan mail resulting from
appearances in our pages comes from all over the world, and she answers every
letter with a brief personal note or a picture.
"The reason for Cheryl's popularity is no big secret," says Campbell.
"A girl can have a beautiful face, but if she doesn't have personality, nothing
happens in front of the camera. Cheryl's got it, Christie's got it and so have
the twins."
This last fact, we think you'll agree, is twice as nice.
