
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).