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January 8, 1990 Table Of Contents

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Sideline

THE SHOT DOCTOR IS HAPPY TO MAKE HOUSE CALLS

By Peter Alson

The Bowls

AN IRISH REBUFF

Notre Dame denied Colorado its first national title with a 21-6 win in the Orange Bowl

By Austin Murphy

A MOST APPROPRIATE EXIT

By Douglas S. Looney

High School Basketball

HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL

The name of the game for schoolboy basketball powers is national tournaments, TV and cutthroat recruiting

By Alexander Wolff

FINDING THOSE SEVENTH-GRADERS

By Bruce Newman

Steelers-Oilers

STEELERS OF TOUGH METTLE

Pittsburgh, the unlikeliest playoff team, again showed its guts, beating Houston with a doubly dramatic 50-yard field goal

By Rick Reilly

IN ANOTHER ZONE

The surprising Rams befuddled the Eagles in the NFC wild-card game

By Paul Zimmerman

Chris Chelios

DADDY DEAREST

Award-winning Chris Chelios of Montreal is a nasty cuss on the ice, but playing the role of a parent has helped him develop a softer side

By Jay Greenberg

The Perez Brothers

WILD AND CRAZY HOMBRES

Baseball's Perez brothers are as loco as Groucho, Harpo and Chico

By Franz Lidz

College Basketball

MAKING IT BIG IN THE SMALLS

An innovative coach has made little David Lipscomb a powerhouse in the NAIA

By Jay Jennings

Basketball

COLLEGE REPORT

By William F. Reed

Wrestling

GRAPPLING FOR DOLLARS

Money drew 22 world-class wrestlers to Pittsburgh

By Merrell Noden

Pro Football

SLEEPERS AND REPEATERS

Forty-niners and Chiefs (!) lead Dr. Z's All-NFL team

By Paul Zimmerman

The Record Company

THE RECORD COMPANY

SOME SPORTS MARKS ARE NO SOONER ESTABLISHED THAN THEY ARE BROKEN. BUT OTHERS, LIKE THE ONES SET BY THE ATHLETES SHOWN HERE, ARE CERTAIN TO LAST FOREVER. MAYBE

By Jack McCallum

Design

REINVENTING THE WHEEL

Fewer spokes mean faster pedal pushing

By Sally Guard

For The Record

A Roundup of the Weeks Dec. 18-Jan. 1

Compiled by Albert Kim

FACES IN THE CROWD

Point After

THE NIFTY NINETIES?

The author's best wishes for the decade ahead

By Steve Wulf

Departments

Letters

Edited by Gay Flood

SCORECARD

Edited by Craig Neff