September 23, 1996 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

STRONGMAN JOHN BREDENKAMP, A RICH AND POWERFUL FORMER ARMS DEALER, HAS MUSCLED HIS WAY INTO GOLF

By Michael Bamberger

NO PAIN, NO GAIN IN ONLY HIS THIRD START AS A PRO, TIGER WOODS LEARNED A BITTER LESSON ABOUT LIFE ON TOUR

By Jaime Diaz

NORMAN CHEWS OUT FINCHEM FOR STEALING HIS WORLD TOUR IDEA PEPPER TO SPICE SOLHEIM CUP GREEN'S 300 GAME

By Tim Rosaforte

MACABRE MANTLE-PIECE COLLECTORS...OUR HERO, CIGAR...TOO MUCH GHAFFARI...KNAPP CASE: DANGEROUS RULING...CLASSIC SPORTS NETWORK...COLLEGES AND MONEY

By Leigh Montville; Seth Davis EDITED BY Jack McCallum AND Richard O'Brien SCORECARD WRITER/REPORTER Kostya Kennedy

NFL Extra

'AINTS ALIVE AGAIN IN NEW ORLEANS IT'S PAPER BAG TIME ONCE MORE AS THE SAINTS LOST TO THE BENGALS AND FELL TO 0-3

By David Fleming; John Walters

FACES IN THE CROWD

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE BEST YOUNG CORNERS IN THE NFL, KEEP AN EAGLE EYE ON PHILADELPHIA

By Paul Zimmerman

Hockey

USA Over DNA

Canadians may be born to play championship hockey, but it was the Americans who, surprisingly, won the World Cup.

By Michael Farber

Golf

THAT'S THE TICKET AMID CAMPAIGN-STYLE RHETORIC AND WITH FEW CONCESSIONS, THE U.S. TEAM WON A SQUEAKER OF A PRESIDENTS CUP

By Alan Shipnuck

Departments

Baseball

TAG TEAM THE REVAMPED INDIANS ARE GANGING UP ON THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AGAIN IN THEIR TUNE-UP FOR ANOTHER WORLD SERIES BID

By Tom Verducci

College Football

PRAYER ANSWERED MICHIGAN SURVIVED A SCARE IN THE FINAL SECONDS TO AVENGE ITS HAIL MARY LOSS TO COLORADO

By Tim Layden

THE CAN'T MISS KID THAT'S THE ROLE RON POWLUS WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY AT NOTRE DAME. THIS IS REAL LIFE: EVERYONE MISSES SOMETIMES

By Rick Reilly

Baseball [bonus Piece]

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BONEYARD UNTIL THEY CLIMBED OUT OF THE GRAVE THIS SEASON, THE TEXAS RANGERS HAD A HISTORY THAT WAS STRANGER THAN FICTION

By Mike Shropshire

THE BRONCOS GRIND OUT A COMEBACK ARE SWITZER'S DAYS NUMBERED? 49ERS VENTURE INTO THE PANTHERS' DEN

By Peter King

A SUN DEVIL NEWCOMER TAKES THE DESERT BY STORM THE AGGIES' CAJUN-STYLE ROASTING A HOKIE CYBERSCOOP?

By Christian Stone

AH, SWEET MYSTERY BECAUSE AMBIGUITY IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL, SOME QUESTIONS IN SPORTS ARE BEST LEFT UNANSWERED

By Michael Farber