October 7, 1996 Table Of Contents

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CANADIENS CENTER HENRI RICHARD APRIL 2, 1973

By Michael Farber

NFL Extra

ON TOP AT LAST THE JAGUARS, TIRED OF LOOKING UP TO EXPANSION-RIVAL CAROLINA, TOOK THE PANTHERS DOWN A PEG

By David Fleming; John Walters

THERE'S A RULE AGAINST OVERLY RAUCOUS CROWDS, AND IT'S TIME THE NFL STARTED ENFORCING IT

By Paul Zimmerman

FACES IN THE CROWD

TIGER TAKES AN ILL-TIMED WALK...THE SAUERBRUN REPORT... SPITTING MAD ABOUT THE ALOMAR INCIDENT ...SONNY VACCARO'S LARGESSE...FAREWELL TO A RUNNING INSTITUTION

EDITED BY Michael Bamberger AND Richard O'Brien SCORECARD WRITER/REPORTER Kostya Kennedy

College Football

Show Stopper

Not much gets past Ohio State's Orlando Pace. Notre Dame couldn't. Bring on Penn State

By Tim Layden

CURRYING NO FAVOR BILL CURRY HASN'T HAD A WINNER IN SIX YEARS AT KENTUCKY, WHERE PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN

By William F. Reed

Baseball

ATLANTA, FOR STARTERS IT'S HARD TO PICK AGAINST THE BRAVES AND THEIR PEERLESS PITCHING ROTATION

By Tom Verducci

Departments

NHL Preview [bonus Piece]

The Good Old Days

That's what Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky hope to recapture in New York

By E.M. Swift

NHL Preview

ROUGH AND READY A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG DEFENSEMEN, LED BY THE LIKES OF THE FLORIDA PANTHERS' ED JOVANOVSKI, IS READY TO HIT THE BIG TIME

By Michael Farber

SCOUTING REPORTS

By Michael Farber

Daredevilry

WHERE EVEL LURKS FORMER DAREDEVIL EVEL KNIEVEL IS STILL A GAMBLER, SO LOOK FOR HIM IN LAS VEGAS

By Richard Hoffer

SARKISIAN IS AIRING IT OUT AND QUIETING HIS CRITICS AT BYU FLORIDA STATE'S DEFENSE TAKES UP THE SLACK

By Christian Stone

A FIRE SALE FOR JEFF GEORGE ATTRACTS FEW SHOPPERS A TOP PICK HITS BOTTOM CENTERS'S MYSTERIOUS CONVERSION

By Peter King

MOST VALUABLE OR MOST VOLATILE? THE AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP AWARD BELONGS IN THE HANDS OF ALEX RODRIGUEZ, NOT ALBERT BELLE

By Gerry Callahan