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Golf Plus
COOL QUIZ A SLIGHTLY TWISTED SEASON-ENDING TEST ON THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT MADE GOLF THE HIP GAME OF 1996
By Gary Van Sickle
SMOKE BUT NO FIRE TIGER WOODS HAD FANS STOKED FOR THE SKINS GAME, BUT THE COMPETITION FAILED TO LIVE UP TO ITS BILLING
By Jaime Diaz
A WORLD APART ON THE SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR, PROS QUICKLY LEARN THAT ONLY THE GAME IS THE SAME
By John Garrity
RAISING THE BAR THANKS TO TIGER WOODS, THE ERA WHEN PLAYERS CHOSE COMFORT OVER COMMITMENT HAS ENDED
By Jaime Diaz
First Person
ALWAYS LEAVE 'EM LAUGHING AS A FOOTBALL WALK-ON AT ARIZONA, THE AUTHOR FOUND HIS SENSE OF HUMOR VERY USEFUL
By Kelvin C. Bias
Catching Up With...
ALL-PRO FLANKER TOMMY MCDONALD JULY 27, 1964
By Dana Gelin
NFL Extra
RIGHT ON THE MARK THE JAGUARS ARE MAKING A PLAYOFF RUN BEHIND THE NFL'S PASSING-YARDAGE LEADER, MARK BRUNELL
By David Fleming
SPOTLIGHT AARON CRAVER
By David Fleming
A SHORTAGE OF HORSES
By John Walters
SIDELINES
By John Walters
QUICK SLANT
By David Fleming
EMMITT SMITH ANSWERED HIS CRITICS ON THANKSGIVING, BUT DALLAS IS STILL A PUZZLE
By Paul Zimmerman
Boxing
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT LEO RANDOLPH HAS STEERED CLEAR OF FAME SINCE HIS 1976 OLYMPIC VICTORY
By Evan Kanew
Water Polo
HELL ON WHEELS TOUGH PRACTICES ARE WHY UC IRVINE'S TED NEWLAND IS THE WINNINGEST COACH EVER
By Martin Dugard
Faces In The Crowd
FACES IN THE CROWD
Squash
AUSSIE RULES FOR THREE YEARS SYDNEY'S MICHELLE MARTIN HAS BEEN THE QUEEN OF THE COURT
By Eliot Berry
Skiing
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT THE GRUELING 24 HOURS OF ASPEN IS DOWNHILL RACING AT ITS LONGEST AND MOST INSANE
By Michael Finkel
College Football
IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD TOO DOT MURPHY HAS EARNED RESPECT COACHING RECEIVERS AT HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
By Rick Lipsey
HOW SWEET IT IS FLORIDA STATE EARNED A TRIP TO THE SUGAR BOWL AND A SHOT AT ITS SECOND NATIONAL TITLE IN FOUR YEARS BY KNOCKING OFF NO. 1 FLORIDA
By Tim Layden
Baseball
COOPERSTOWN OR BUST A DEDICATED FAN CLUB WON'T REST UNTIL NELLIE FOX IS IN THE HALL OF FAME
By Mark Mandernach
Reporter At Large
GO, BUFFS, GO! RACING IS A LAST REFUGE OF THE WATER BUFFALO IN NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED THAILAND
By Robert Horn
Pro Football
CAROLINA TEEMING THE FAST-RISING PANTHERS MOVED CLOSER TO THE PLAYOFFS BY SWAMPING THE BUCS
By Austin Murphy
College Basketball
LORD OF THE RIMS ANDRAE PATTERSON LED A REJUVENATED INDIANA TO VICTORY IN THE PRESEASON NIT
By Tim Crothers
Hockey
TWO MUCH PETER FORSBERG AND JOE SAKIC OF COLORADO ARE THE NHL'S BEST CENTER PAIRING SINCE GRETZKY AND MESSIER
By Austin Murphy
Pro Basketball
FLASH POINT FLUMMOXING FOES WITH HIS CROSSOVER DRIBBLE AND LIGHTNING QUICKNESS, ALLEN IVERSON, THE SIXERS' ROOKIE POINT GUARD, HAS THE NBA BUZZING
By Leigh Montville
Inside College Football
THREE-PEAT THREAT WITH ITS NINTH CONSECUTIVE WIN, OVER TOUGH COLORADO, ALL-BUT-FORGOTTEN NEBRASKA GOT BACK IN THE TITLE HUNT
By Alan Shipnuck
Boxing [bonus Piece]
SINGIN' THE BLUE IF BOXING HAS A SOUL, IT MAY RESIDE IN A PLACE THAT'S A THROWBACK TO THE DAYS OF SMOKY CLUBS AND FRIDAY-NIGHT FIGHTS: PHILADELPHIA'S BLUE HORIZON
By Bill Barich
Inside The NFL
SECOND-CLASS NO MORE THE AFC IS NOW PLAYING THE NFC'S GAME, AND IT'S PAYING OFF FRYAR'S TRIBUTE MOON'S DAYS NUMBERED?
By Peter King
ABOUT-FACE! HAVING ONCE ADVISED ARMY AND NAVY TO SURRENDER, THE AUTHOR SALUTES THEIR FOOTBALL REVIVAL
By Gerry Callahan
Departments
LETTERS
INTERLEAGUE BASEBALL...HORSE KILLER SENTENCED... THEOLOGY TEACHER IN THE NBA...MARVIN MILLER ON THE LABOR DEAL...FISHY RECORD DISALLOWED...HOCKEY BANS AN ANGEL
EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Kostya Kennedy