February 12, 1996 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

ALL WET EVERYONE WOUND UP TAKING A BATH WHEN 'CROSBY WEATHER' CAUSED A HISTORIC CANCELLATION AT PEBBLE BEACH

By Jaime Diaz

THE MOST OVERRATED HOLE IN GOLF?

By Walter Bingham

By Bill Colson

TITANIUM DRIVERS MADE OF THIS SPACE-AGE METAL MAY BE MORE ACCURATE AND LONGER. THEY'RE SURELY COSTLIER

By John Garrity

BRRRILLIANT! METHODICAL BOB MURPHY BLEW AWAY THE FIELD AT THE WINDSWEPT ROYAL CARIBBEAN

By William F. Reed

EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Kostya Kennedy

A CAMPAIGN TO SLASH APPEARANCE MONEY ANGERS THE SHARK LANDERS CASHES IN PEBBLE'S FIRST WOMAN IN 15 YEARS

By Tim Rosaforte

Pro Basketball

Welcome Back!

Magic Johnson raised goose bumps and took his lumps in an electrifying return to the NBA

By Rick Reilly

True Lies

All along, Magic Johnson insisted he wasn't coming back. Was he kidding us, his family—or himself?

By Gary Smith

Figure Skating

GOING IT ALONE KATYA GORDEEVA ALWAYS FELT SAFE IN SERGEI GRINKOV'S ARMS. NOW, EMBRACING HIS MEMORY AND THE SPORT THEY LOVED, SHE TELLS HOW SHE IS FINDING HER WAY

By E.M. Swift

College Basketball

A TON OF BRICKS THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL FIND ON COLLEGE COURTS NOW THAT SHOOTING HAS BECOME A LOST ART

By Alexander Wolff

Pro Football

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE AS IT DOES EVERY WINTER, THE NFL CHILLED OUT AT A LUAU CALLED THE PRO BOWL

By Michael Silver

Hockey

THE LOOK

ONE GLIMPSE TELLS YOU THAT MARK MESSIER IS THE BEST LEADER IN SPORTS

By Michael Farber

TODD FULLER COMES UP BIG AS N.C. STATE UPSETS CAROLINA AN UNHOLY MESS AT ST. JOHN'S A CUTTHROAT COMPETITION

By John Feinstein

DREXLER SHOWS THERE'S STILL PLENTY LEFT IN HIS TANK ANDERSON HAS HORNETS FANS BUZZING AGAIN CELTICS' RADJA IS A BIG ALL-STAR LOSER

By Jackie MacMullan

GREAT COMEBACKS IN SPORTS HISTORY