March 10, 1997 Table Of Contents

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Focus

RETURN OF THE BLADE RUNNERS VICTORIAN ICE YACHTS, WHICH ONCE RULED THE HUDSON, ARE OUT OF HIBERNATION

By Michael Cannell

Golf Plus

CLASS ACT AT THE NISSAN OPEN, NICK FALDO FOUND VENERABLE RIVIERA TO BE RIGHT UP HIS ALLEY

By Jaime Diaz

HE'S BACK! OUT OF ACTION FOR 18 MONTHS, JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL MADE AN AUSPICIOUS RETURN AT DUBAI

By Gary Van Sickle

NEWS AND NOTES

BACKSPIN ANOTHER TAKE ON THE HEADLINES

By Gary B. Smith

HOME, SWEET HOME

By Duffy Waldorf

NBA Extra

UP, UP AND AWAY THE CLIPPERS, LAUGHINGSTOCKS NO LONGER, ARE GEARING UP FOR THE PLAYOFFS

By Tim Kurkjian

FRANCHISE PLAYER?

By Marty Burns

COMING UP SHORT

By Marty Burns

HOOP SCOOP

By Marty Burns

Television

SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS

By John Walters

Faces In The Crowd

FACES IN THE CROWD

Business

THIS COACH KNOWS CLOTHES DAVID BECKERMAN, CEO OF STARTER, SCORES IN SPORTS APPAREL AND HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS

By Franz Lidz

Reporter At Large

SEVEN MONTHS IN THE SAND SOUTH KOREA'S CHOI JONG YUL BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ACROSS THE SAHARA

By Robert Horn

Wrestling

GUESS WHO CAME TO DINNER GEORGIA STATE'S CLEVER PROMOTIONS SHOW HOW COLLEGE GRAPPLING CAN SURVIVE

By Paul Gutierrez

Pro Basketball

A Cut Above

More than ever it seems no team can catch the Bulls. Is that good for the NBA?

By Jack McCallum

Hockey

FALLEN LEAFS TO CANADA'S HORROR, TORONTO HAS THE NHL'S WORST TEAM, AND ITS ARENA WAS THE SITE OF A GROWING SEX SCANDAL

By Austin Murphy

Baseball

WHO'S ON THIRD? NOT SLUGGER MATT WILLIAMS, BUT ONE OF FIVE NEW STARTERS ON THE REVAMPED GIANTS

By Tim Crothers

College Basketball

JUST FITTING IN THAT'S WHAT VILLANOVA FRESHMAN TIM THOMAS HAS TRIED TO DO ALL HIS LIFE, BUT HE IS SIMPLY TOO TALENTED TO BLEND INTO A CROWD

By Tim Crothers

Boxing

SWEET 'N LOW SUGAR RAY LEONARD LOOKED ALL OF HIS 40 YEARS IN ANOTHER ILL-FATED COMEBACK

By Richard Hoffer

Soccer

DRAW PLAY THANKS TO GOALIE KASEY KELLER AND A BIT OF LUCK, THE U.S. AVOIDED A LOSS TO JAMAICA IN WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

By Johnette Howard

Pro Football

ABOUT FACE JEFF GEORGE, THE RAIDERS' $27 MILLION NEW QUARTERBACK, WANTS TO SHOW HE ISN'T SUCH A BAD GUY

By Michael Silver

College Basketball [bonus Piece]

HOME AT LAST AFTER A CHILDHOOD IN WHICH WARM FAMILY SCENES WERE ALL TOO RARE, ROY WILLIAMS HAS FOUND IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE COACHING TOP-RANKED KANSAS

By William Nack

Inside College Basketball

AFTER A SLOW START, NORTH CAROLINA IS FINISHING FAST THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON IN THE BIG DANCE ST. JOE'S LAUGHS LAST IN THE ATLANTIC 10

By Kelli Anderson; Seth Davis

Inside The NBA

CELTICS' WALKER EARNS CONSIDERATION AS TOP ROOKIE TWO NUGGETS WORTH SAVING UTAH'S A NICE PLACE TO VISIT, BUT....

By Jackie MacMullan

START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME AN ERSTWHILE ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMON MAN FINDS GOLF'S ELITE SPECTATOR PLAN IRRESISTIBLE

By John Garrity

Departments

LETTERS

BASEBALL'S OTHER BLACK PIONEERS...TENNIS'S WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS...THE SLAUGHTER OF WILD HORSES...A FINAL VISIT TO BOSTON GARDEN?...YALE'S SAVIOR IN THE HOCKEY NETS

By Leigh Montville SCORECARD STAFF WRITER Kostya Kennedy EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Hank Hersch