May 6, 1996 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

SOLID CITIZEN GREENSBORO, THE GREEN BAY OF THE TOUR, COULDN'T HAVE ORDERED UP A MORE FITTING WINNER THAN MARK O'MEARA

By Alan Shipnuck

By Bill Colson

FADING FAME A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE HALL OF FAME, BETTY JAMESON COULD END UP HOMELESS

By Ed Hinton; Mark Stewart

SCOTT, AS IN HOT SCOTT HOCH (YOU KNOW, AS IN CHOKE) MADE SURE HE HAD THE LAST WORD AT THE ANDERSEN MATCHES

By William F. Reed

EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Kostya Kennedy

CAN'T HOLD THIS TIGER

By Christian Stone EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Kostya Kennedy

EVERYONE'S FAVORITE: SONG

By William Nack EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Kostya Kennedy

KENNEDY KEPT HIS PASSION FOR THE GAME UNDER WRAPS DALY, DAVIES TO TEAM UP NELSON REMEMBERS MCSPADEN

By Tim Rosaforte

PUTT FOR DOUGH THE WORLD PUTTING CHAMPIONSHIP IS A LONG OVERDUE CELEBRATION OF THE SHORT GAME

By Jaime Diaz

NHL Playoffs

FULL TILT IN THE NHL'S FIERCEST FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF SERIES, THE BLUES UPENDED THE MAPLE LEAFS TO EARN A SHOT AT THE POWERFUL RED WINGS

By Austin Murphy

Pro Football

PATRIOT GAMES NEW ENGLAND FUMBLED WHEN IT DRAFTED CHRISTIAN PETER AND TRIED TO RECOVER BY CUTTING HIM LOOSE

By Peter King

NBA Playoffs

UP IN THE AIR BOTH TEAMS STRUGGLED AS THE HARRUMPHING LAKERS TRIED TO PUT AN EARLY END TO THE HOBBLING ROCKETS' HOPES OF THREE-PEATING

By Jackie MacMullan

DEJA-VU? A LOSS TO THE KINGS HAD THE SONICS WONDERING IF THEY WERE DOOMED TO RELIVE PAST PRATFALLS

By Phil Taylor

Departments

Pro Basketball

School's Out

Philadelphia schoolboy Kobe Bryant is headed straight for the NBA

By Michael Bamberger

Tennis

MASTER STROKES BECAUSE ALL HIS BEST WORKS ARE DONE ON CLAY, THOMAS MUSTER'S BRUSH WITH GREATNESS HAS TENNIS RIVALS IRKED

By Franz Lidz

College Football

NOW FOR THE HARD PART ON THE HEELS OF A MAGICAL SEASON, NORTHWESTERN TRIES TO MAINTAIN ITS INTEGRITY WHILE IT KEEPS ON WINNING

By Tim Layden

WHY SINKING PHOENIX MAY FIND IT HARD TO RISE AGAIN GERVIN AND THOMPSON: FROM SHAME TO FAME CHARLOTTE WAITS ON KARL

By Jackie MacMullan

MONTREAL IS RIDING HIGH, DESPITE THE MAJORS' LOWEST PAYROLL TONS OF RUNS CALIFORNIA'S CLOSER QUANDARY

By Tim Kurkjian

Baseball [bonus Piece]

He Thrives on Anger

Albert Belle is all the rage in Cleveland, because he can turn his fury into prodigious power at the plate

By Michael Bamberger

A SONNY DAY AT THE BALLPARK OUT OF THE BLUE, A FATHER FEELS THE URGE THAT HAS SUSTAINED BASEBALL FOR GENERATIONS

By Michael Bamberger