CONTENTS

16
A SERIES TO SAVOR
In a seven-game World Series replete with extra-inning heroics, the Twins rallied to beat the Braves
BY STEVE RUSHIN

28
THE TIGERS' NEW STRIPES
Clad in unfamiliar purple, Clemson reaffirmed its ACC football supremacy by defeating N.C. State
BY WILLIAM F. REED

34
A WING AND A PRAYER
Some really bad things are happening this season when pro football quarterbacks drop back to pass
BY RICK TELANDER

38
HIS TIME IS PASSING
Life's great for the Miami Dolphins' Dan Marino, except that his chances for Super glory are fading
BY RICK TELANDER

44
IN PURSUIT OF PEACE
Marco Lokar, reviled for an act of conscience during the gulf war, is now torn by the strife in his homeland
BY SAM TOPEROFF

72
SHADOW BOXING
While probing boxing for the FBI, the author found links between the mob and promoter Don King
BY JOSEPH SPINELLI
as told to William Nack

DEPARTMENTS

9
LETTERS

11
SCORECARD

58
PRO FOOTBALL

64
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

89
FOR THE RECORD

90
POINT AFTER

COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY V.J. LOVERO

PHOTO

RICHARD MACKSON

Dishin' it Out: Lonnie Smith of the Braves tried to score by bowling over Twins catcher Brian Harper in the fifth inning of Game 4 of the World Series, but despite sustaining a blow that according to one physicist's estimate packed 650 pounds of force, Harper would not let Smith scrape his plate (page 16).