As Super Bowl XXI was played in suburban Pasadena, Los Angeles' own Coliseum was decked out for the day as well.
Folks who traveled to Pasadena from New York and Denver were rewarded for their loyalty with a respite from winter weather.
Football fans in Hawaii missed a large portion of the first half because KGMB-TV's telecast of the game was interrupted twice by power outages, probably caused by high winds on Oahu, the island where Honolulu is located.
Giant General Manager George Young, who saw the last two Super Bowls at the Rose Bowl, said before the kickoff: "Both times, I remember sitting in the stands and telling myself, 'This is where I want to play when we make the Super Bowl.'
Broncos quarterback John Elway was critical of his team's failure to score from the New York one-yard line in the second quarter.
Dean Lee, 25, of Pasadena wanted to make a buck or two off the game.
Leland Wigington struck a blow for the little man Saturday when he led Ventura College to the state community college basketball championship and was named the tournament's most valuable player.
In the Pac 8 League, Reseda Coach Joel Schaeffer's reputation precedes him.
New York owner Wellington Mara was pinned in a corner of the Giants' crowded and steamy locker room Sunday evening, wiping the sweat from his brow and looking a little uncomfortable.
The way Giant running back Joe Morris was talking afterward, it was as if the Giants had been underdogs instead of favorites.
The winners' player share for Super Bowl XXI was $36,000 per man. The losers got $18,000 per player.
End of the year awards for the South Bay's highlights, lowlights and bright lights of 1986: Right Place at Right Time: Loyola Marymount Athletic Director Brian Quinn, who has presided over an athletic renaissance in his first year and a half.
Center Bart Oates had a great view of the successful fake punt play the Giants' executed in the third quarter.
The game was telecast to 40 countries, and to military bases around the world by the Armed Forces Television and Radio Network.
Broncos fans Jim and Kathy Bartilotta of Denver were wearing the only orange visible in a deep sea of blue in the stands.
When 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren's tell-all-and-then-some autobiography "Playing the Field" debuts in September, book readers will discover the blonde bombshell delivers hits to all fields.
I hate to say it, but I feel that the real reason James Dean and Marilyn Monroe retain such a strong hold on so many people has little to do with their actual talents, but rather because of the essential banality of their images.
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Is it too much to expect that the Reagan Administration at least respect clear success in government programs, when such does occur?