December 25, 1989 Table Of Contents
Perspective
WHEN THE TURK PAID A CALL ON MY BROTHER MARK
Books
PHOTOGRAPHER WITH AN EYE FOR ADVENTURE
By Robert F. Jones
Pro Football
After a weekend that settled almost nothing, but generated fierce physical and verbal combat in Ohio, an NFL-record 17 teams push into the final week of the regular season with a chance to land a spot in the playoffs
By Peter King
Being a good and honorable football coach isn't always enough, as the firing of Toledo's Dan Simrell suggests
By Douglas S. Looney
Indiana Pacers
The Indiana Pacers, off to a strong start, are hoping to prove they are not a fluke
By Hank Hersch
Hagan
Darian Hagan, Colorado's sophomore quarterback, chose to head for the hills of Boulder to escape the streets of Watts
Sportsman Of The Year
Greg LeMond, 1989 Sportsman of the Year, rewrote his own legend with a heroic comeback and a magnificent finish in the Tour de France
By E.M. Swift
Chris Drury was a World Series hero and a national hockey champ too
By Douglas S. Looney
Five accomplished athletes, disabled while performing their sports, faced their most difficult challenge and succeeded, against enormous odds, in building new lives
Basketball
Hockey
Brett Hull, Bobby's son, is a star in his own right
Spotlight
Ex-ironworker Walt Zembriski is a senior golf success
By Kevin Cook
Design
A photographer creates an insect alphabet
By Franz Lidz
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week Dec. 11-17
Compiled by Albert Kim
Point After
Sport in the '80s was altered for richer and for poorer
Departments
Edited by Gay Flood
Edited by Craig Neff