April 22, 1996 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

GO FOR THE THROAT NICK FALDO KNEW WHAT HE HAD TO DO WHEN A THIRD GREEN JACKET WAS WITHIN HIS REACH

By Jaime Diaz

By Bill Colson

ON THE UPSWING

By Alan Shipnuck

OVER THE HILL ARE THE GLORY DAYS OVER FOR SEVERAL BIG NAMES WHO MISSED THE CUT AT AUGUSTA?

By Alan Shipnuck

EDITED BY Jack McCallum AND Richard O'Brien

CRASH COURSE A LOOK AT THE PLACES WHERE GREG NORMAN WENT WRONG, FROM 4,000 FEET UP

FUN AND GAMES THE AMATEURS HAD PLENTY OF THE FORMER BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ENOUGH OF THE LATTER

By Michael Bamberger

DEATH TRAPS AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL, GETTING INTO ONE OF THESE EIGHT PLACES CAN BE A KILLER

By John Garrity

TRIAL BY FIRE NEWCOMERS TO MAGNOLIA LANE LEARN LESSONS THE HARD WAY

By Sally Jenkins

MEANWHILE ... ...AS THE GOLF WORLD FOCUSED ON AUGUSTA, THE NIKE TOUR SET UP SHOP 130 MILES UP THE ROAD IN FLORENCE, S.C.

By Tim Crothers

THE MAGIC MAN THE LEGEND OF BOBBY JONES IS BASED ON FAR MORE THAN HIS WIZARDRY ON THE GOLF COURSE

By Ron Fimrite

SOLID CHOICE UCLA TACKLE JONATHAN OGDEN, A BIG, BRILLIANT BLOCKER AND A GOOD CITIZEN, HAS ALL THE PRO SCOUTS DROOLING

By Michael Silver

DR. Z'S DRAFT FORECAST

By Paul Zimmerman

KOSTIS SAW IT COMING AND SAID SO, MUCH TO NORMAN'S DISMAY THE KEY MAN AT AUGUSTA VENTURI TO RE-UP

By Tim Rosaforte

PORTRAITS OF AUGUSTA HOSPITALITY COEXISTS WITH HOSTILITY IN THE HOST TOWN OF THE MASTERS

By William Gallo

FIRST RODMAN, THEN VAN EXEL, NOW MAGIC: WHY ALL THE OFFICIAL BASHING? BULLS DOMINATE ONE AWARDS BALLOT

By Jackie MacMullan

GOODEN'S ERA IS HIGH, BUT HE'S STILL STARTING DAULTON AND PUCKETT: TWO CAREERS IN JEOPARDY THE BOXING UMP

By Tim Kurkjian

MASTER OF DISASTER HEAVEN WAITS FOR GREG NORMAN, SURE TO BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS HEARTBREAKING FINISHES

By John Garrity

THE CAREW NOBODY KNEW IN HELPING HIS DAUGHTER FIGHT FOR HER LIFE, A HALL OF FAMER HAS SHOWN A NEW SIDE OF HIMSELF

By Johnette Howard

Golf

Master Strokes

Nick Faldo won a third green jacket but only after Greg Norman suffered the worst collapse in major tournament history

By Rick Reilly

Pro Basketball

CATCH THIS! WITH A BIG ASSIST FROM AGED ROOKIE ARVYDAS SABONIS, THE BLAZERS ARE SUDDENLY RED-HOT

By Phil Taylor

College Football

STAR-CROSSED THE ALREADY BELEAGUERED MIAMI FOOTBALL PROGRAM MUST NOW DEAL WITH THE BRUTAL MURDER OF A PLAYER

By S.L. Price

Motor Sports

END OF THE LINE ALL THE FANS COULD DO WAS WAVE GOODBYE AS NASCAR PREPARED TO ABANDON ITS BOOTLEGGER ROOTS

By Ed Hinton

Baseball

AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED WELL-BALANCED AND REJUVENATED, THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES JUMPED TO A 9-2 START, BEST IN THE MAJORS

By Tim Kurkjian

Olympics [bonus Piece]

THE TALENT POOL HIS GRANDFATHER'S BANKROLL AND HIS FATHER'S HEARTBREAK ARE PART OF SWIMMING LORE. NOW IT'S GARY HALL JR.'S TURN, AT THIS SUMMER'S OLYMPICS, TO ADD HIS CHAPTER TO THE FAMILY SAGA

By Johnette Howard

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