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April 23, 1990 Table Of Contents

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On The Scene

EVERYONE'S A WINNER AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM

By Demmie Stathoplos

Movies

BOXING AND HOLLYWOOD: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

By Richard O'Brien

Kings-Flames

SHOCKER!

Inspired by Wayne Gretzky's return, the Los Angeles Kings upset the defending Stanley Cup champion Calgary Flames in six games

By Jay Greenberg

Kansas City Royals

'MONEY CAN'T BUY ME LOVE'

In Kansas City, an appealing life-style, doting fans—and now big bucks—promise to sustain the Royals' winning tradition

By Peter Gammons

Tennis

OH LA LA, STEFFI!

Steffi Graf came back a winner after being winsome during a two-month layoff

By Alexander Wolff

Golf

MAJOR PLAYER

Gary Player slew some other giants to win the PGA Seniors

By Steve Rushin

Marathon

LA DOLCE VICTORY

Gelindo Bordin of Italy capitalized on a blazing pace to prevail in Boston

By Merrell Noden

Boxing

HO-HUM NUNN

IBF middleweight champ Michael Nunn won ugly

By Richard Hoffer

Basketball

A DROP IN THE BUCKET

Shawn Bradley was just one of many who stood tall at the McDonald's all-star game

By Austin Murphy

Bill Walsh

THE GENIUS AT WORK

BILL WALSH BUILT THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS THROUGH BRILLIANT TRADING AND DRAFTING, AND THE 1986 DRAFT WAS HIS MASTERPIECE

By Peter King

DR. Z'S DRAFT PREVIEW

By Paul Zimmerman

Inside

BASEBALL

By Tim Kurkjian

Jerry West

Mister Clutch, Master Builder

JERRY WEST WON ONLY ONE NBA TITLE AS A PLAYER, BUT AS GENERAL MANAGER HE HAS WROUGHT A LAKER DYNASTY

By Richard Hoffer

Reminiscence

MELON HEAD AND MR. WILLIAMS

In 1939, the Splendid Splinter befriended my dad

By Jessica Nicoll

For The Record

A Roundup of the Week April 9-15

Compiled by Tim Crothers

FACES IN THE CROWD

Point After

THEIR MOMENT HAS COME

Letting college juniors into the NFL draft was overdue

By Rick Telander

Departments

Letters

SCORECARD

Edited by Craig Neff