16
THANK YOU, L.A.
In winning a breathlessly exciting race, the Braves owed a debt to the Giant-slaying Dodgers
BY TOM VERDUCCI
24
PILING IT ON ONCE AGAIN
Undefeated Ohio State has Buckeye fans wondering if this team stacks up with Woody Hayes's best
BY AUSTIN MURPHY
36
BLOODY POOR SHOW
British heavyweight Lennox Lewis KO'd countryman Frank Bruno in an uninspired bout in Wales
BY PAT PUTNAM
42
HEADLONG AND HEADSTRONG
Fined by the NFL for his savage hitting, Chuck Cecil says that's the only way he knows how to play
BY RICK TELANDER
46
LEADING MAN
Darren Daulton, who has both the looks and a strike-it-rich story made for Hollywood, stars for the Phillies
BY LEIGH MONTVILLE
74
LEARNING CENTER
The off-season at Georgetown is a time for basketball alumni and undergrads to attend the school of hard knocks
BY PHIL TAYLOR
NHL preview
90
BIG SHOTS
With two high-powered entertainment moguls running expansion franchises, the league has a new look
BY E.M. SWIFT
100
ANOTHER BANNER YEAR
After a one-year interruption, the Pittsburgh Penguins figure to hoist the Stanley Cup once again
BY JON SCHER
106
HOOKED ON HOCKEY
Marty McSorley, the Penguins' newly acquired $10 million man, is an enforcer who can actually play the game
BY RICHARD HOFFER
DEPARTMENTS
4
LETTERS
9
FACES IN THE CROWD
11
SCORECARD
78
PRO FOOTBALL
84
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
96
SPORTS PEOPLE
112
POINT AFTER
COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN W. McDONOUGH
PHOTO
RONALD C. MODRA
No Harm Done: Atlanta's Ron Gant watched a Colorado homer disappear, but the blow was painless as the Braves swept the Rockies and won the National League West on the season's last day (page 16).
