December 15, 1986 Table Of Contents
Focus
A NOVICE BIKE MESSENGER TESTS HIS STAMINA AND NERVE IN CITY TRAFFIC
Sideline
SOME REAL DOLLS FROM SWEDEN KEEP U.S. WRESTLERS IN FIGHTING SHAPE
By David Bartal
First Person
A MAN OF LETTERS SADLY LEARNS THAT X'S AND O'S AREN'T IN HIS VOCABULARY
Viewpoint
THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT SINCE FISH GOTTA SWIM, THIS DAM CAN BE DAMNED
By Robert F. Jones
Giants
Everything clicked for New York as it skunked the Skins and took over the top spot in the NFC East
Penn State defeated Dan Gable's Iowa wrestlers, upsetting a team that has won nine straight NCAA championships
By T. Nicholas Dawidoff
Mavericks
The torrid Dallas Mavericks have shot and scored their way to the lead in the NBA's Midwest Division
By Ralph Wiley
Dino
Skywatch Alert: Shooting Star In The North
Dino Ciccarelli has regained his goal-scoring touch, and both he and the North Stars are on top
By Pat Putnam
American Tennis
The Great American Disappearing Act
In qualifying for the Masters at Madison Square Garden, U.S. tennis came up empty—which is happening a lot these days
By Frank Deford
David Rivers
Notre Dame's David Rivers, nearly killed in an auto accident last summer, is up and playing once more
By Douglas S. Looney
College Basketball
That Familiar Face-Job Must've Been The Work Of UCLA
Swimming
A meet in Orlando stirred memories for East German defector Peter Berndt
By Craig Neff
Pro Football
By Jill Lieber
Rodeo
Only 16, Charmayne James is a three-time world barrel-racing champion
Irsay
NOW YOU SEE HIM, NOW YOU DON'T
Getting a fix on Indianapolis Colts owner Bob Irsay's background isn't easy, but this is certain—he has turned one of the NFL's best franchises into a laughingstock
By E.M. Swift
Perspective
NED GILLETTE PLANS TO ROW, ROW, ROW HIS BOAT ALL THE WAY TO ANTARCTICA
On The Scene
A TRAGEDY ON THE GRAND TETON LAST YEAR SHOWED RANGERS AT THEIR BEST
By Ron Carlson
For The Record
A roundup of the week Dec. 1-7
Compiled by Amy Lennard
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert Sullivan