September 4, 1995 Table Of Contents

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Reminiscence

WATCHING THE IRON HORSE RUN FOR THE AUTHOR AND HIS BOYHOOD PALS IN '34, IT WAS LOU GEHRIG ALL THE WAY

By ROBERT W. CREAMER

Environment

FLYING INTO THE INFERNO EVERY YEAR THE NATION'S ELITE CORPS OF SMOKE JUMPERS FACES AN ORDEAL BY FIRE

By Perri Knize

Golf Plus

HIT AND MISS ENRAGED BY A RULES FLAP, GREG NORMAN HUNG ON IN AKRON AND DELIVERED A KILLER BLOW

By Jaime Diaz

FIRST,AT LAST UNKNOWN VETERAN JENNY LIDBACK GOT HER BREAKTHROUGH WIN AT THE LPGA'S ANONYMOUS MAJOR

By Amy Nutt

EDITED BY Alexander Wolff AND Kostya Kennedy

A QUICK NINE WITH HOLLIS STACY

By Hollis Stacy

Golf

ENCORE! ENCORE! TIGER WOODS UNLEASHED A FULL ARRAY OF SHOTS TO WIN HIS SECOND STRAIGHT U.S. AMATEUR TITLE

By Tim Rosaforte

Croquet

MALLETS AFORETHOUGHT EIGHTH-GRADER JACQUES FOURNIER IS A TOUGH COOKIE IN TOURNAMENT COMPETITION

By Franz Lidz

College Football

OUT OF THE BLUE MICHIGAN KICKED OFF THE 1995 SEASON WITH A STUNNING LAST-SECOND VICTORY OVER VIRGINIA

By Teddy Greenstein

Departments

Baseball

LITTLE SHOP OF HONORS LEGENDS OF THE NEGRO LEAGUES LIVE ON AT A SMALL STORE IN NASHVILLE

By T. Nicholas Dawidoff

LONE STAR FEAR TEXAS FANS ARE AFRAID TO WATCH AS THE RANGERS FIGHT FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT

By Tim Kurkjian

Rodeo

ONE TOUGH MOTHER FORMER PET GROOMER POLLY REICH HAS SET HER SIGHTS ON PROFESSIONAL BULLRIDING

By Chad Millman

Pro Basketball

WANNA BE LIKE MIKE... ...OR GO WITH THE UNION? THAT'S THE CHOICE NBA PLAYERS FACE AS THE '95-96 SEASON HANGS IN THE BALANCE

By Phil Taylor

On The Scene

CALLING ALL CARS AN L.A. MUSEUM PAYS TRIBUTE TO CALIFORNIA'S TORRID AFFAIR WITH THE AUTOMOBILE

By David Davis

NFL '95

EYE ON THE PRIZE A MERE 155 PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN CANTON SINCE THE FIRST ONE WAS ENSHRINED, IN 1963, AND THE LIKELY INDUCTEES AMONG THIS YEAR'S STARS ARE SURPRISINGLY FEW

By Michael Silver

BIG LINEMEN WHO TIP THE SCALES ON THE FAR SIDE OF 300 POUNDS ARE FAST BECOMING THE RULE, NOT THE EXCEPTION

By Steve Rushin

TWO OF A KIND BIG THINGS ARE EXPECTED THIS SEASON FROM TWO OF THE LEAGUE'S MOST VERSATILE LITTLE GUYS, RUNNER-RECEIVER-RETURNERS GLYN MILBURN AND ERIC METCALF

By Austin Murphy

AFC PITTSBURGH AND CLEVELAND WILL REIGN AGAIN IN THE CENTRAL, BUFFALO WILL PUSH MIAMI IN THE EAST, AND THE RAIDERS, BACK HOME IN OAKLAND, WILL REBOUND FROM LAST YEAR'S DEBACLE

By SCOUTING REPORTS BY Paul Zimmerman

By Peter King

NFC SAN FRANCISCO IS A CINCH IN THE WEST, DALLAS SHOULD PREVAIL OVER RESURGENT ARIZONA IN THE EAST, AND THE WIDE-OPEN CENTRAL IS A THREE-TEAM RACE FROM WHICH CHICAGO WILL LIKELY EMERGE TRIUMPHANT

By SCOUTING REPORTS BY Paul Zimmerman

THE KEY LINK AT ITS BEST, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A COACH AND HIS QUARTERBACK CAN ELEVATE A TEAM. AT ITS WORST, IT CAN DESTROY AN ENTIRE SEASON

By Michael Silver

A MATTER OF STYLE FROM THE OPPOSITE PERSONALITIES OF PATRIOT QUARTERBACK DREW BLEDSOE AND HIS COACH, BILL PARCELLS, A WINNING CHEMISTRY HAS EMERGED

By Peter King

By Tim Kurkjian

WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE "THE SCENE WAS EERILY FAMILIAR--A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER, HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND A KNIFE."

By Leigh Montville