January 8, 1996 Table Of Contents

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Fiesta Bowl Special

RUNAWAY!! NEBRASKA LEFT FLORIDA IN THE FIESTA BOWL DUST AND WON A SECOND CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL TITLE

By Tim Layden

By Mark Mulvoy

EDITED BY Kostya Kennedy

Pro Football

WILD WEEKEND DEFENSES FELL FLAT AS THE BILLS, THE COLTS, THE EAGLES AND THE PACKERS PILED UP THE POINTS AND ADVANCED TO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE NFL PLAYOFFS

By Michael Silver

STONE FACE

By Paul Zimmerman

STRUTTIN' MERTON HANKS OF THE 49ERS WILL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT HE HAS BECOME THE PREMIER SAFETY IN THE NFL

By Michael Silver

College Basketball

SUPERNOVA VILLANOVA WAS IN A BLACK HOLE, BUT COACH STEVE LAPPAS AND THE STELLAR KERRY KITTLES HAVE THE WILDCATS SHINING AGAIN

By Jack McCallum

College Football

POOF! NORTHWESTERN'S MAGICAL SEASON WENT UP IN SMOKE WHEN SOUTHERN CAL WON AN ACTION-PACKED ROSE BOWL

By Rick Reilly

Departments

Baseball

HE'S NOT STANDING PAT WHEELING AND DEALING, GENERAL MANAGER PAT GILLICK UPGRADED THE ORIOLES IN HIS FIRST MONTH ON THE JOB

By Tim Kurkjian

A MOVING EXPERIENCE

By Tom Verducci

Pro Basketball

'86ED MANY OF THE NBA'S FIRST-ROUND DRAFT CHOICES OF 1986 SANK, OFTEN TRAGICALLY, OUT OF SIGHT

By Phil Taylor

Summer Olympics

Atlanta Brave

It Took Courage for Billy Payne to Pursue the 1996 Summer Olympics for Atlanta, and It Will Take All of His Religious Fervor to Pull Them Off

By Donald Katz

THE SPIRIT OF '96 OUR PROGNOSTICATOR PROVIDES AN EARLY GLIMPSE AT TOP STORIES FOR THE COMING YEAR

By Gerry Callahan