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A REGULAR JOE AFTER YEARS OF CALLING IN TO WFAN SPORTS RADIO, JOE BENIGNO GRABBED THE MIKE
By John Solomon
NFL Plus
By David Fleming
By John Walters
By William F. Reed
A SPECIAL TEAMER BIG HITS HAVE MADE BILL BATES A BIG HIT WITH THE COWBOY FAITHFUL
By Franz Lidz
By Mark Mulvoy
FLASHBACK
By Paul Gutierrez
DAVE WIDELL
By David Fleming
DUANE BICKETT
By John Walters
REGGIE ROBY
By William F. Reed
By David Fleming
Golf Plus
FUNNY MONEY THE OFFICIAL SEASON IS FINALLY OVER, BUT FOR A FORTUNATE FEW THE REAL FUN HAS JUST BEGUN
By Alan Shipnuck
A PAID VACATION IN PARADISE
By Tim Rosaforte
REBORN A LEGEND'S HOME MAKES A COMEBACK, AND A DIFFERENCE
By Tim Rosaforte
By Tim Rosaforte
Surfing
MOTHER ON BOARD EX-RUNAWAY LISA ANDERSEN IS THE TOP PERFORMER AND ONLY MOM ON THE PRO CIRCUIT
By Franz Lidz
Reporter At Large
TURKS IN GREASE SINCE 1361 GRAPPLERS HAVE GATHERED AT THE ANNUAL SUPER BOWL OF OIL WRESTLING
By Vincent Czyz
Focus
DOWNHILL RACER MAD MOUNTAINEER ADRIAN CRANE VIRTUALLY FLEW DOWN THE AMERICAS' HIGHEST PEAK
By Ken McAlpine
WHO FOUND THE BIG NAIL? WHETHER FREDERICK COOK REACHED THE NORTH POLE IN 1908 IS STILL HOTLY DEBATED
By Michael Cannell
Environment
NOAH'S ISLE ST. CATHERINES ISLAND, OFF GEORGIA, IS THE SECRET HOME OF A BEVY OF RARE BEASTS
By Paul Karr
EDITED BY Jack McCallum AND Kostya Kennedy
NON IS PRO SPORTS' OUI
EDITED BY Jack McCallum AND Kostya Kennedy; Michael Farber
Boxing
GOOD TO THE LAST DROP EVANDER HOLYFIELD AND RIDDICK BOWE WENT TOE-TO-TOE AND POUNDED OUT A THRILLING END TO THEIR EPIC TRILOGY
By Richard Hoffer
Departments
Pro Football
DOWN...AND OUT CITING HIS CRUSHING DEBTS, ART MODELL IS TAKING HIS BROWNS TO BALTIMORE
By Peter King
Basketball
A NEW SPIN ON THE GLOBETROTTERS OWNER MANNIE JACKSON IS SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGING THE WORLD'S FUNNIEST TEAM
By David Davis
First Person
TWO THUMBS UP? OR THREE BRICKS? THE AUTHOR, A FILM CRITIC, GOT TO SHOOT A FEW FROM HALF-COURT DURING AN NBA GAME
By Gene Siskel
Hockey
SWEEPING CHANGE AFTER A HORRENDOUS START, THE MONTREAL CANADIENS ARE ROLLING, THANKS TO A NEW COACH FROM THE OLD DAYS
By Michael Farber
College Football
THE CATS' MEOW BY BEATING PENN STATE, NORTHWESTERN PROVED IT'S MORE THAN A GOOD STORY--IT'S A GOOD TEAM
By Tim Layden
Business
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IN PRAGUE SPORTS-BAR OWNER SCOTT OTTO FOUND A NEW GROWTH MARKET: EXPATRIATE U.S. FANS
By Lucinda Hahn
NBA 1995-96
IT'S CRUNCH TIME
ONE PLAYER AWAY IN THE TRADITION OF TEAMS SEEKING THE LAST PIECE TO THE TITLE PUZZLE, CHICAGO AND PHOENIX HAVE DEALT FOR MEN WHO COULD PUT THEM ON TOP
By Phil Taylor
A GREATER POWER IN IMAGINARY MATCHUPS FOR THE AGES, FOUR OF TODAY'S MOST POTENT YOUNG POWER FORWARDS DUEL WITH MIGHTY COUNTERPARTS FROM THE PAST
By Jack McCallum
IS IT THE SHOES? ABSOLUTELY, SAY THE NBA'S BIG-FEET ELITE, WHO HAVE MADE FRIEDMAN'S, ATLANTA'S NO-FRILLS SHOE STORE, THEIR ROAD-TRIP MECCA FOR GIANT-SIZED FOOTWEAR
By Franz Lidz
THE OLDEST PICK IN THE BOOK THE DEFENSE USUALLY KNOWS IT'S COMING, BUT THE WELL-EXECUTED PICK-AND-ROLL IS STILL PRO BASKETBALL'S MOST DEPENDABLE PLAY
By Phil Taylor
SAM I AM WITH TEAMMATES, FOES AND REFS, HOUSTON ROCKET POINT GUARD SAM CASSELL LIKES TO TALK THE TALK-- AND HE'S HAPPY TO BACK IT UP COME CRUNCH TIME
By Johnette Howard
EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC
By Kelly Whiteside
EASTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL
By William F. Reed
WESTERN CONFERENCE MIDWEST
By Phil Taylor
WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC
By Phil Taylor
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Last spring, the newly unretired Michael Jordan lit up Manhattan, the Knicks and the NBA itself with what may have been the most thrilling performance of his career
By Alexander Wolff
By S.L. Price
By Peter King
ORDER ON THE COURT IT'S TIME THE NBA HELD COACH PAT RILEY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CRIME OF BASKETBALL THUGGERY
By Rick Reilly
