December 16, 1996 Table Of Contents

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NFL Extra

ONE RARE ROOK RECORD-SETTING FIRST-YEAR WIDEOUT TERRY GLENN HELPED THE PATRIOTS GRAB A SPOT IN THE PLAYOFFS

By David Fleming; John Walters

TO OUR READERS

By Bill Colson

A CALLOW QUARTERBACK AND TWO UNHERALDED RECEIVERS LED CAROLINA PAST SAN FRANCISCO

By Paul Zimmerman

Faces In The Crowd

FACES IN THE CROWD

Pro Football

BACK IN GEAR THE PACKERS TURNED IT UP A NOTCH TO ROUT THE BRONCOS AND MOVE CLOSER TO EARNING THE (FRIGID) HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THE PLAYOFFS

By Michael Silver

PANTHERS IN THE PINK UPSTART CAROLINA BEAT THE MOUTHY 49ERS TO GAIN THE UPPER HAND IN THE NFC WEST

By Austin Murphy

College Football

BOWLING FOR DOLLARS THANKS TO A DARING CALL, TEXAS STUNNED NEBRASKA, WON THE BIG 12 AND RESHUFFLED THE POSTSEASON MATCHUPS

By Tim Layden

STIFFED! BYU IMPROVED TO 13-1 BY BEATING WYOMING BUT STILL GOT SHUT OUT BY THE BOWL ALLIANCE

By Richard Hoffer

College Basketball

LOOK OUT BELOW KANSAS IS ATOP THE POLLS AND ROLLING OVER ANYTHING THAT GETS IN ITS WAY

By Alexander Wolff

Figure Skating

WILD THING IT'S SHOWTIME EVERY NIGHT FOR FIGURE SKATING, WHICH HAS BECOME UNTAMED IN ITS APPETITE FOR BIG TV RATINGS AND BIG MONEY

By E.M. Swift

Pro Basketball

CLANG, CLANG, CLANG GOES THE BALL THAT NOISE YOU HEAR IS BEING MADE BY ERRANT SHOTS HEAVED UP BY STAGNANT NBA OFFENSES

By Phil Taylor

Hockey

BRAVE ONE CHRIS SIMON, A LEFT WING FOR THE CAPITALS, HAS BEATEN BOOZE, OPPONENTS AND THE ODDS TO BECOME A SUCCESS IN THE NHL

By E.M. Swift

High School Sports [bonus Piece]

Someone to Lean On

How an 18-year-old with mental disabilities changed a high school football program in South Carolina. The story that in spired the movie Radio.

By Gary Smith

Inside The NFL

DOWN, BUT DANGEROUS DESPITE WOES, COWBOYS REMAIN A THREAT MANNING NOT READY FOR THE PROS STEELERS IN FREE-AGENT BIND AGAIN

By Peter King

THE COMPELLING CHOICE ARIZONA STATE'S JAKE PLUMMER EMBODIES ALL THAT THE HEISMAN TROPHY SHOULD STAND FOR

By Tim Layden

Departments

LETTERS

ROZELLE REMEMBERED...WHO'S THE BEST PUTTER?...EMMITT IN SCHOOL...KENTUCKY MAKES THE WRONG CHOICE...UGLY INCIDENT AT OLE MISS...OLYMPIC AID FOR RWANDAN RUNNER

By Paul Zimmerman; William F. Reed EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Kostya Kennedy