August 5, 1996 Table Of Contents

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Baseball

WONDER DOG KEEPS BARKING REX HUDLER EATS BUGS AND, THIS YEAR, IS FEASTING ON AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHING

By Franz Lidz

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By Bill Colson

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS THE MIGHTY CUBANS HELD OFF A POWERFUL U.S. TEAM IN THE PRELUDE TO A PROBABLE SHOWDOWN FOR THE GOLD MEDAL LATER THIS WEEK

By Steve Rushin

Perspective

THE PERILS OF PADDLING THE DEATH OF WILLIAM COLBY PROVES AGAIN THAT CANOEING CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS

By KEITH MONROE

FACES IN THE CROWD

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Boxing

ONE TOUGH GRANDMOTHER EVA SHAIN SPENDS HER NIGHTS OUT AT RINGSIDE, AS A PROFESSIONAL FIGHT JUDGE

By L. Jon Wertheim

Movies

STRONG BODIES, WEAK PLOTS HOLLYWOOD WINS FEW MEDALS FOR A SLEW OF FORGETTABLE OLYMPIC FILMS

By Peter Gambaccini

BURUNDI'S OLYMPIC HOPES...MICHAEL IRVIN SENTENCE... NBA-IZATION IN ATLANTA...LASORDA HANGS 'EM UP...PROS ADMIRE MICHAEL JOHNSON...ELECTRIC KAYAKER

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

On The Scene

AN ANCIENT FIELD OF DREAMS THE ATHLETES CAME WHEN AN ARCHAEOLOGIST REVIVED GREECE'S NEMEAN GAMES

By JANE GOTTESMAN

Track And Field

BEST ATHLETE YOU NEVER KNEW MILT CAMPBELL WAS DAZZLING AS THE OLYMPIC DECATHLON CHAMPION IN 1956

By Merrell Noden

COMING ON STRONG STIRRING TRIUMPHS BY DONOVAN BAILEY, MICHAEL JOHNSON AND CARL LEWIS HELPED PUT THE FOCUS BACK ON THE ATHLETES IN ATLANTA

By Kenny Moore

LEAP TO GLORY JUST WHEN IT SEEMED HIS WONDROUS STORY HAD ENDED, CARL LEWIS ADDED A THRILLING FINAL CHAPTER

By Rick Reilly

The Bombing

STAINED GAMES A TERRIFYING BLAST IN ATLANTA'S CENTENNIAL PARK SHATTERED LIVES AND SHOOK THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT

By S.L. Price

First Person

NATURE'S CASTING CALL LURED BY A COURSE FOR WOMEN ONLY, THIS SKEPTIC GOT HOOKED ON FLY-FISHING

By Cheryl Rosenberg

Essay

MUNICH'S MESSAGE LAST WEEK'S TRAGEDY STIRRED A 1972 OLYMPIAN TO REALIZE ANEW THAT, FOR THE ATHLETES, THE GAMES MUST GO ON

By Kenny Moore

Gymnastics

PROFILE IN COURAGE IN A COMPETITION MARKED BY DRAMA, EMOTION AND, FINALLY, HEROISM, THE AMERICAN WOMEN WON THEIR FIRST TEAM GOLD MEDAL, DEFEATING THE TALENTED RUSSIANS

By E.M. Swift

Swimming

POT OF GOLD THE PRECIOUS MEDALS WON BY IRELAND'S MICHELLE SMITH WERE TARNISHED BY CONTROVERSY

By Leigh Montville

DID SHE OR DIDN'T SHE? AN IRISHMAN WITH INSIDE KNOWLEDGE OF DRUG USE IN SPORTS IS SKEPTICAL OF MICHELLE SMITH'S TRIUMPHS

By Alexander Wolff

Beach Volleyball

FUN IN THE SUN A VENERABLE AMERICAN CHAMP WAS AMONG THOSE WHO WON ON THE SAND AS A NEW OLYMPIC SPORT GAVE FANS A GOOD OLD TIME

By Michael Farber

Olympics

SOUTHERN EXPOSURES ARRESTING IMAGES OF BODIES IN MOTION SURFACED AT FAR-FLUNG VENUES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE '96 GAMES

The Scene

SHAKE THAT FAMILY TREE THANKS TO A BOND WITH A SMALL AFRICAN NATION, A GEORGIAN REDISCOVERS HIS ROOTS

By ROY BLOUNT JR.

Olympics [bonus Piece]

Edifice Rex

The king of all Atlanta buildings, the Georgia World Congress Center is the colossus of Olympic venues, a city beneath a roof that is home ot nearly one fifth of the events in these Games

By Gary Smith

A LEANER KNOBLAUCH IS MAKING MINCEMEAT OF OPPOSING PITCHERS AN UPRISING IN OAKLAND SAN DIEGO'S STREAKER

By Tim Kurkjian

WELL OFF THE PLATE STRUCK BY THE DEATH OF A FELLOW UMP, ERIC GREGG IS WAGING A BATTLE OF THE BULGE

By Franz Lidz

SEE NO EVIL NEWS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC BOMBING GOT SHORT SHRIFT ON THE PEACOCK NETWORK

By John Schulian

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