January 13, 1997 Table Of Contents

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Snowboarding

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD JAKE BURTON TOOK A CHILDHOOD TOY AND LAUNCHED AN INTERNATIONAL CRAZE

By Michael Finkel

NBA Extra

DRESSED FOR SUCCESS WITH A SIGNATURE LOOK AND A SINGULAR GAME, CHRIS GATLING HAS SPIFFED UP THE DALLAS BENCH

By Marty Burns

QUICKEST FIRST STEP?

By David Fleming

LONG IN THE TOOTH

By Tim Kurkjian

HOOP SCOOP

By Marty Burns

Faces In The Crowd

FACES IN THE CROWD

Television

SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS

By John Walters

NFL Playoffs

MAN OF STEEL MARK BRUNELL WAS SUPER IN ENGINEERING THE NFL'S BIGGEST PLAYOFF UPSET SINCE 1969 AS THE JAGUARS BEAT THE BRONCOS

By Rick Reilly

THE RETURN TICKET DESMOND HOWARD LED THE PACKERS OVER THE 49ERS AND BACK INTO THE NFC TITLE GAME

By Michael Silver

JUSTICE BOTH TEAMS GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED WHEN THE PANTHERS BOUNCED THE SCANDAL-PLAGUED COWBOYS

By Peter King

A SOUPER SUNDAY THE STEELERS WERE IN A FOG AGAINST THE PATRIOTS, WHO BEAT THEM AT THEIR OWN GAME

By Austin Murphy

Pro Basketball

HOT SHOTS THE MIAMI HEAT TURNED IT UP A NOTCH TO WIN 14 STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD AND FUEL A SURPRISING 24-8 START

By Phil Taylor

Hockey

SOARING! AFTER A SLOW TAKEOFF THE BIG, TALENTED PHILADELPHIA FLYERS HAVE SHOT TO THE TOP OF THE NHL

By Michael Farber

College Bowls

Grateful Gators

By Tim Layden

PRICKLY HEAT ARIZONAN JOE GERMAINE CRUSHED HOPES AT HOME BY LEADING OHIO STATE TO A WIN OVER ARIZONA STATE

By John Garrity

Pro Football [bonus Piece]

FROZEN IN TIME THE PACKERS ARE REBORN, BUT THEIR HALLOWED HOME REMAINS AS IT WAS WHEN VINCE LOMBARDI STALKED THE SIDELINES

By Johnette Howard

Inside College Basketball

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL, WELL-BALANCED XAVIER IS CARVING UP OPPONENTS HECTIC HOLIDAY FOR CAL'S GONZALEZ

By Kelli Anderson

Inside The NBA

WHY THE MAVS GAVE UP JASON KIDD NELLIE'S COLLECTION WOES THE LAKERS' TWO UNHERALDED ROOKIES SHINE

By Jackie MacMullan

'BOYS WILL BE 'BOYS THE UNSAVORY BEHAVIOR OF THE 1996 COWBOYS CONTINUES A PATTERN ROOTED IN THE 1960S

By Skip Bayless

Departments

LETTERS

SEXUAL PREDATOR IN JUNIOR HOCKEY...OH BELONGS IN THE HALL...FAREWELL TO DALE BROWN...COLLEGE PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT...INDURAIN RETIRES...ADVICE TO DONOVAN BAILEY: COOL IT

By Jack McCallum; James Loughran WRITER/REPORTER Kostya Kennedy EDITED BY Jack McCallum AND Richard O'Brien

LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK, JANUARY 3-5, 1997 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: A CLOSE-KNIT BUNCH SKIED AND SHOT AT THE BIATHLON NATIONALS

By Franz Lidz