CONTENTS

28
EAST MEETS BEST
Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Rockets tied an NBA mark in routing the New York Knicks
BY PHIL TAYLOR

36
THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS
Chicago Bear defenders outscored their own offense in a key victory over the Green Bay Packers
BY RICK TELANDER

42
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATO CANS
Sixteen heavyweights, ex-cons and ex-champs alike, vied in a pay-per-view event won by Tony Tubbs
BY PAT PUTNAM

46
REVERSAL OF FORTUNES
Indiana bounced back from an embarrassing defeat against Butler to stun top-ranked Kentucky
BY WILLIAM F. REED

54
GET UP, STAND UP
U.S. luger Duncan Kennedy refuses to take a skinhead attack on a teammate in Germany lying down
BY RICHARD HOFFER

58
FOR GOODNESS' SAKE
Miami Dolphin rookie running back Terry Kirby is as admirable a person as he is a football player
BY RICK TELANDER

76
CALL ME SHARK BAIT
The writer, a novice diver, wondered if he had lost his mind when he swam with hammerheads
BY E.M. SWIFT

DEPARTMENTS

20
LETTERS

23
FACES IN THE CROWD

25
SCORECARD

62
SPORTS PEOPLE

68
PRO FOOTBALL

73
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

94
POINT AFTER

COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN W. McDONOUGH

PHOTO

MARK GAMBA

Lunch Crowd: One of the world's most popular hammerhead hangouts, 300 miles southwest of Costa Rica, was packed to the gills in anticipation of the arrival of our tasteful correspondent (page 76).