June 17, 1996 Table Of Contents

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Colorado Avalanche Special Commemorative Section

THE AVS HAVE IT!

WITH BRILLIANT TRADES AND BLENDED TALENT, THE AVALANCHE CAPTURED THE STANLEY CUP, GIVING COLORADO ITS FIRST MAJOR PRO CHAMPIONSHIP

By Michael Farber

HOLYFIELD VS. TYSON...SHOULD SELES BE AN OLYMPIAN?... GUARDING THE STANLEY CUP...TOP LACROSSE COACH...OLYMPIC FILMS...WOMAN'S HOOP DREAM...FRANCO HARRIS SAVES A COMPANY

EDITED BY Jack McCallum AND Richard O'Brien WRITER-REPORTER Kostya Kennedy

Golf Plus

TAKING IT EASY BY GOING WIRE TO WIRE AT WESTCHESTER, LAID-BACK ERNIE ELS LEFT NO DOUBTS ABOUT HIS WILL TO WIN

By Jaime Diaz

SOME USGA OFFICIALS QUESTION THE USE OF KEVIN COSTNER BY NBC THE HOTTEST PRO BRITISH BAN TRANSSEXUALS

By Tim Rosaforte

By Bill Colson

THE CALCUTTA KID

By Rick Lipsey

NBA Playoffs

SLAMMED! THE SONICS WERE OVERWHELMED BY A RELENTLESS BULLS ATTACK THAT PUT CHICAGO ON THE CUSP OF ANOTHER NBA CHAMPIONSHIP

By Phil Taylor

Pro Football

PRIME TIME PROJECT DEION SANDERS IS GETTING A LONG LOOK AS A FULL-TIME WIDEOUT FOR THE RECEIVER-STARVED DALLAS COWBOYS

By Michael Silver

NHL Playoffs

SHOW STOPPERS COLORADO, A DYNASTY IN THE MAKING, SWEPT FLORIDA TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP

By Michael Farber

Tennis

ONE FOR THE BOOKS STEFFI GRAF AND YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV EACH MADE HISTORY IN WINNING THE FRENCH OPEN

By Sally Jenkins

Baseball

THE RACE IS ON BY CATCHING THE INDIANS, THE WHITE SOX SHOWED THAT AN UNEXPECTED BATTLE LOOMS IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL

By Tom Verducci

Horse Racing

NOTE WORTHY EDITOR'S NOTE BROKE A LOSING STREAK AND D. WAYNE LUKAS EXTENDED A WINNING STREAK IN THE BELMONT

By William F. Reed

Boxing

COLD-BLOODED OSCAR DE LA HOYA, CALM IN THE GLARE OF BOXING'S SPOTLIGHT, SLICED UP HIS IDOL, JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ

By Richard Hoffer

Olympics

TWISTER LINFORD CHRISTIE OF BRITAIN, THE WORLD'S MOST INTIMIDATING SPRINTER, SAYS HE MAY SKIP THE OLYMPICS--NO ONE BELIEVES HIM

By Tim Layden

LSU STEALS THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FROM MIAMI WITH A NINTH-INNING HOMER BAGWELL BUSTS OUT ROCKIE ROADS

By Tim Kurkjian

Golf [bonus Piece]

ACE VENTURE AFTER IMMERSING HIMSELF IN THE LORE OF THE HOLE IN ONE, THE AUTHOR GOT A FEW PALS TOGETHER AND MADE BALLS RAIN FROM THE HEAVENS IN HOPES OF CONJURING GOLF'S MOST COMMON MIRACLE

By Jack McCallum

GONE WITH THE WINS A UMASS ALUMNUS WORRIES THAT HE HAS SEEN THE LAST OF HIS SCHOOL IN THE FINAL FOUR

By Gerry Callahan

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