CONTENTS

BOFFO BUFFS! 20
Colorado's 27-21 defeat of Nebraska gave the Buffaloes a shot at winning their first national football title
by Austin Murphy

SILENCE ROARS ONCE MORE 28
In their dramatic race for Horse of the Year, Sunday Silence outran Easy Goer in the Breeders' Cup Classic
by William Nack

ONE ANGRY MAN 38
No. 1 heavyweight contender Evander Holyfield got mad, and then he got Alex Stewart with a TKO in Round 8
by Pat Putnam

THE BIG, BAD BLUE BULLIES 42
Behind a behemoth offensive line, the Giants pounded the Cardinals with an offense of the future
by Paul Zimmerman

BEYOND THE MELTING POT 46
Outrunning a cosmopolitan crowd, Tanzania's Juma Ikangaa won big in the New York City Marathon
by Merrell Noden

'THEY DON'T PAY...TO BE HUMBLE' 52
So says Deion Sanders, who has sparked the Atlanta Falcons with his gold chains and electrifying play
by Curry Kirkpatrick

WHAT MAKES RON HEXTALL TICK 62
Though he goes off like a bomb at times, the Flyers' Ron Hextall is changing how NHL goalies do their job
by Jay Greenberg

THOU SHALT NOT LOSE 82
At Jerry Falwell's Liberty U, everyone prays for the football team, whose goal is to take on Notre Dame
by Leigh Montville

DEPARTMENTS

Letters 4
Scorecard 15
Pro Basketball 72
Inside The NFL 74
College Football Week 80
For The Record 95
Point After 96

Cover Photograph by Lee Crum

PHOTO

JACQUELINE DUVOISIN

HAIL, BRITANNIA!: Six young onlookers watch with ladylike admiration as an unflagging competitor passes through Brooklyn during the early going in Sunday's New York City Marathon (page 46).