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December 26, 1988 Table Of Contents

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Television

'TIS THE SEASON FOR HEIDI TO SPREAD HER CHEERS AND JEERS

By William Taaffe

Books

A FRESH LOOK AT THE BABE

By Nicholas Dawidoff

Design

SHOES THAT CAN GIVE YOUR GAME A LIFT

By Gene Wojciechowski

Oklahoma

RUN AND GUN

Oklahoma buried Loyola Marymount under a heap of points

By Curry Kirkpatrick

NFL Playoffs

POSTSEASON'S GREETINGS

While neither of last January's Super Bowl teams had a winning record, 10 others raced merrily into the playoffs

By Paul Zimmerman

Baseball

A WHOLE NEW GAME

Two megabuck TV deals may change the face of baseball for good, or not so good

By William Oscar Johnson

Frank Layden

TIRED OF ALL THAT JAZZ

Coach Frank Lay den, who made a poor NBA team a good one, quit because the game ceased being fun

By Douglas S. Looney

Pictures '88

Savor these images of triumph and trouble in one of the most remarkable of all years in sport

College Basketball

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

By William F. Reed

Hockey

LIFE WITHOUT GRETZKY

Edmonton is still a good team, but not a great one

By E.M. Swift

Pro Football

THE BEST FROM DR. Z

Three Eagles earned spots on his All-Pro list

By Paul Zimmerman

George Herbert Walker Bush

Showdown in the Pits

By George Plimpton

Reminiscence

EATING UP THE CLOCK

In 1938 Purdue pulled off a delicious stall

By Kevin Cook

For The Record

A Roundup of the Week Dec. 12-19

Compiled by Sally Guard

FACES IN THE CROWD

Point After

THIS WAS A MAGIC YEAR

And a Worthy one and a Strange one. And a Great One

By Rick Telander

Departments

Letters

Edited by Gay Flood

SCORECARD

Edited by Craig Neff