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Golf Plus
O'MEARA DOUBLES HIS PLEASURE
By Robinson Holloway
NEWS AND NOTES
BACKSPIN ANOTHER TAKE ON THE HEADLINES
By Gary B. Smith
FOR BETTER OR...
By Kathryn Marshall
THAIS THAT BIND TIGER WOODS HAD TO JUGGLE A SLEW OF DEMANDS IN THE HOMELAND OF HIS MOTHER
By Jaime Diaz
Catching Up With...
RUNNER MARY DECKER SLANEY FEBRUARY 18, 1980
By Merrell Noden
NBA Extra
THIS SUN IS READY TO SET POINT GUARD KEVIN JOHNSON VOWS HE'LL QUIT AT AGE 31, EVEN THOUGH HE'S AS GOOD AS EVER
By Tim Kurkjian
BEST CLUTCH BOMBER?
By David Fleming
NOT BIG BUSINESS
By Marty Burns
HOOP SCOOP
By Marty Burns
Faces In The Crowd
FACES IN THE CROWD
Television
SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS
By John Walters
College Basketball
DEMON DEACON TIM DUNCAN IS HAVING ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS EVER FOR A COLLEGE CENTER. BUT CAN HE CARRY WAKE FOREST TO THE TITLE?
By Tim Crothers
Hockey
OLD RELIABLE IN 17 YEARS IN BOSTON THE INCOMPARABLE RAYMOND BOURQUE HAS NEVER WON A STANLEY CUP--BUT YOU'LL NEVER HEAR HIM COMPLAIN
By Leigh Montville
College Football
SIGNED, SEALED AND WAITING FOR TOP RECRUITS WHO PLAY BOTH BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL, IT'S ONE DECISION DOWN AND A BIGGER ONE TO GO
By Gerry Callahan
Baseball
A RAY OF HOPE CATCHER DAVE VALLE ISN'T A STAR, UNLESS YOU CONSIDER HIS GOOD WORKS OUTSIDE BASEBALL
By John Garrity
Pro Footbball
IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
Pro Football
THE FUTURE IS NOW
WITH THE CAROLINA PANTHERS AS THEIR MODEL, THE CLEVELAND KINGS LOAD UP WITH VETERANS WHO CAN MAKE THEM WINNERS IN A HURRY
By Peter King
YOUNG AT HEART
WITH 12 ROOKIES, SIX OF THEM STARTERS, ON THEIR ROSTER, THE LOS ANGELES Z'S HAVE A WARRIOR MENTALITY AND A DURABLE TALENT BASE
By Paul Zimmerman
High School Basketball [bonus Piece]
THE UNKINDEST CUT FOR BASKETBALLERS IN COATESVILLE, PA., AS FOR TEENAGE ATHLETES ALL ACROSS AMERICA, HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TRYOUTS ARE WRENCHING TESTS OF HEART AND EGO
By Mark Bowden
Inside The NBA
INSIDE THE NBA KEMP SAYS MONEY ISN'T HIS PROBLEM, SO WHAT IS? IVERSON RESPONDS TO HIS ELDERS RICE REIGNS IN CLEVELAND
By Jackie MacMullan
Inside College Basketball
AFTER A SLOW START, SOUTH CAROLINA HAS STREAKED TO THE TOP OF THE SEC CINCY REVISITED MR. MEAN IS BACK
By Kelli Anderson
THIS ISN'T SUCH A DUMB IDEA A NEW RULE WOULD ELEVATE SMART KIDS TO THE SAME STATUS AS STAR ATHLETES
By Leigh Montville
Departments
LETTERS
BIZARRE BRITISH BETS...ORIOLES OWNER MAKES BAD ALOMAR CALL...ANOTHER HEAVYWEIGHT FIASCO...TRACK STARS DIDN'T SHINE... JENNY MCCARTHY'S SISTERS...A THREE-POINT WIN
EDITED BY Jack McCallum AND Richard O'Brien; SCORECARD STAFF WRITER Kostya Kennedy
CLEVELAND, OHIO FEB. 8, 1997 LONG-RANGE PLANS: THE NBA'S THREE-POINT CONTEST IS A BIG-LEAGUE MIND GAME
By Phil Taylor
