“No, we’re not playing football for anybody right now …
ahhh…we’re policemen, but…ahhh…we’re tough.”
Visual and Verbal Mentions of Sports
- baseball (The Golden Angel)
- baseball, invisible (Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road)
- baseball, cards (Little Girl Lost, Vendetta)
- baseball, Molly/Pete wears a Mets hat and shirt. (Little Girl Lost)
- basketball, Blond Blintz’s Buffalos/Hornets (Starsky’s Lady)
- basketball, Celtics/Warriors (Jojo)
- basketball, Lakers/Knicks (Pilot)
- boxing (The Heavyweight, The Golden Angel)
- check writing, Jack’s family excelled at (The Las Vegas Strangler)
- croquet, (Jojo)
- football, Huggy is reading a football magazine at The Pits (The Groupie)
- football, New Orleans Saints (Death Notice)
- football, Rams (The Action)
- football, Starsky wants to know why the two boys aren’t out playing football (The Psychic)
- football, Turbos (The Psychic)
- football, Vancouver Lions (Starsky’s Lady)
- golf (The Golden Angel, Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
- wrestling (Omaha Tiger, The Golden Angel)
- mini-golf (Death Notice, Starsky’s Lady)
- ice boating in Minnesota (Jojo)
- tennis (The Golden Angel, Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road)
Little League
- Starsky mentions, after knocking Hutch down in the hallway, taking better hits in Little League. (Murder Ward)
- Hutch says he will take Starsky camping when Starsky’s Little League team wins the championship. (Running)
Playing Invisible Baseball
- Fireball (Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road)
- Molly (Little Girl Lost)
- Guy Mayer (The Crying Child)
Mentions of past athletic exploits
- Ginger’s boyfriend, Jim Lee, used to play football for the Saints. (Death Notice)
- Hutch was an intercollegiate dart champion, so says Starsky. (Bust Amboy)
- Hutch wrestled for three years while in college. (Omaha Tiger)
- John Blaine played some football and felt he was pretty good. (Death in a Different Place)
- Merle the Earl mentions his football cleats. (Jojo)
- Starsky has a letter sweater for some sport, probably football. (The Action)
- Starsky played football in high school. He was a “defensive back.” (Pilot)
- Zach says he has taken worse hits in football. (Texas Longhorn)
- Starsky mentions Hutch trying to get him a job as a “defensive end on a Canadian football team.” (Partners)
Starsky and Hutch Play Basketball
- They play with Huey and Tony for information. (Savage Sunday)
- They play with Jackson and Junior. (Manchild on the Streets)
- They play with Terry Roberts’ kids. (Starsky’s Lady)
- Starsky plays with other patients. He is seen holding a basketball. (Murder Ward)
Bowling
- Starsky and Hutch bowl. (Gillian)
- Starsky says he met “a gourmet” at the bowling league. It sounds as though Hutch was there, too. (Iron Mike)
- Starsky, Hutch, and Terry Nash hang out at the Mar-Lin-Do Bowling Alley. (The Set-Up)
- Starsky and Hutch say they are members of the Wildcat Bowling League. (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
- Sammy Grovner played at the Galaxy Bowl-A-Rama for three weeks. (Shootout)
Baseball References
- Starsky says of their failure with Bellamy, “Strike one.” (A Coffin for Starsky)
- Starsky mutters to himself about Deveen’s offer, “Here’s the pitch.” (Quadromania)
- Cheryl will “touch base” with her folks when she visits the Stockwoods. (The Bait)
- Hutch says when they get more information, they’ll “have home base.” (Black and Blue)
- Starsky asks Hutch, “Okay, hey, when do you want me to throw the first pitch?” (Shootout)
- The phrase “playing in the big league” is used. (The Plague)
- Dombarris says Jojo’s next job will put him in the Major Leagues. (Jojo)
