December 23, 1991 Table Of Contents
Track & Field
John Walker runs toward his goal: to become the first 40-year-old to break the four-minute mile
Division III
Ithaca gave Coach 'Butts' his third Division III title by beating Dayton's cigar butts'
Division II
The Pittsburg State Gorillas mauled Jacksonville State to win the Division II title
Esa Tikkanen
Oiler Esa Tikkanen may be the NHL's most annoying player both verbally and physically, but he's one of its best
Inside
By Peter King
By Phil Taylor
Boxing
Wily Mike McCallum drew with IBF middleweight champ James Toney
By Pat Putnam
Sportsman Of The Year
The Everywhere Man Alone on The Mountaintop
Michael Jordan, a singular sportsman and athlete, stands at the pinnacle of his game
For all his fame and fortune, Jordan is, at heart, just a Carolina kid called Mike
In the satellite age, Michael Jordan has become the global star of a global show
Sportsman Of The Year/Ten Living Legends
Luminous images of athletes for the ages, whose virtuosity we can marvel at today
By Steve Wulf
Perspective
Golden Boy of the Golden Gophers
Bruce Smith, Minnesota's greatest football player, remains the author's unsullied hero
By William Oscar Johnson
For The Record
Farewell to a clutch fielder...Maxwell's team, is bad to the last drop...Tsongas takes a tswim
By Jon Scher
Point After
Why expect athletes to be role models, when they could scarcely be less suited to the task?
Departments
By Mark Mulvoy
Edited by Steve Wulf
In the chaotic NFC West, the upstart Atlanta Falcons are circling in for the kill
By Ed Hinton
Please Don't Feed the Wolverines
Michigan's five freshmen are hungry for success, and they almost feasted on No.1 Duke
By Phil Taylor
