CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
9
LETTERS
17
SCORECARD
159
BOXING
162
PRO BASKETBALL
166
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
186
INTERVIEW: CHARLES BARKLEY
197
FOR THE RECORD
198
POINT AFTER
22
ON THE MARCH
In what may have been a Final Four preview, Duke defeated UCLA
BY CURRY KIRKPATRICK
28
LEAP YEAR FEATS
Olympic track and field aspirants came on strong at the Mobil meet
BY MERRLLL NODEN
30
THE CLIPS SHOW SOME ZIP
The Clippers, long overshadowed by the Lakers, are shining in L.A.
BY HANK HERSCH
38
'YOU THE KID!'
Tiger Woods, 16, made the grade, if not the cut, in his PGA debut
BY JOHN GARRITY
42
BLOODY SHARK ATTACK
Jerry Tarkanian's attempt to unresign has all Las Vegas in a frenzy
BY ALEXANDER WOLFF
51
TESTY TIMES IN GERMANY
Katrin Krabbe and two other women track stars have been banned
BY WILLIAM OSCAR JOHNSON AND ANITA VERSCHOTH
54
BUTCH LEAGUE
The new Boston skipper, Butch Hobson, has a job as tough as he is
BY TIM KURKJIAN
60
FROM SLEEPERS TO KEEPERS
Why are so many small school players making the NBA these days?
BY JACK McCALLUM
68
'I AM NOT A FLAKE'
So says Rocky Thompson, who took 27 years to win a PGA event
BY FRANZ LIDZ
74
SLAP HAPPY
Al MacInnis of the Flames blasts away with the NHL's hardest shot
BY LEIGH MONTVILLE
Swimsuit '92
82
SUMMER GAMES
In anticipation of the Olympics in Barcelona, we travel off to Spain
BY JULE CAMPBELL
122
A WOMAN'S PLACE
Cristina Sànchez wants to show Spain's matadors she's a real fighter
BY GARY SMITH
138
A MAN OF THE ASH
For Olympic coach Bobby Douglas, wrestling is his link to his past
BY KENNY MOORE
148
BLACKBOARDS AND BACKBOARDS
An obscure Maine prep school is a hotbed of college hoops talent
BY PHIL TAYLOR
170
QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE
Lion-tamer-turned-biologist Sharon Matola has created a rare zoo
BY NICHOLAS DAWIDOFF
COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT HUNTZINGER
PHOTO
ROBERT HUNTZINGER
Jumpin' for Joy: Ashley Montana, clad in an Adrienne Vittadini maillot ($62), soars in celebration of the belated arrival of the 1992 swimsuit spectacular. Shana Zadrick and Vendela Kirsebom cheer her on in their Darling Rio bikinis ($38), while on the cover Kathy Ireland sparkles in a Giorgio di Sant' Angelo suit ($145) and diamond earrings by Tiffany.