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CONTENTS
18 Bad Actors
The growing number of selfish players are damaging their teams and the NBA'simage
by Phil Taylor
24 Wings ofHope
With a new goalie and an improved defense, Detroit thinks this could be itsyear
by Austin Murphy
32 Duke Takes aDive
The absence of Coach K has hastened the Blue Devils' fall from the basketballheights
by Tim Crothers
40 The DailyDouble
First it was Kyle Rasmussen and then Picabo Street as U.S. skiers rose in thedownhill
by Christian Stone
42 Going for theGreen
Huge appearance fees lured six of the top golfers to a tournament in Dubai
by Ricky Reilly
54 Super Bowl XXIXPreview
If San Diegocontrols the ball—and Steve Young—it could upset San Francisco
by Paul Zimmerman
The Chargers' besthope for a win resides with pass rusher extraordinaire Leslie O'Neal
by Peter King
John Taylor, theother 49er wide receiver, has quietly bowled over the NFL
by Michael Silver
72 True Miami
The host of the Super Bowl has come a long way since the riot-marred 1989 titlegame
by S.L. Price
Departments
4 Letters
8 Faces in the Crowd
11 Scorecard
86 Inside College Basketball
90 Point After
Cover Photographby Chuck Solomon
PHOTO
BOB MARTIN
This Ain't Bermuda Dunes C.C.: Two burnoosed duffers putter around an all-sand course situated in the world's largest bunker, a.k.a. the Arabian Desert, not far from the grassier layout where Fred Couples won the Dubai Desert (oh, really?) Classic (page 42).
