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THE LAST LAUGH PHIL BLACKMAR OVERCAME A LATE MISTAKE AT THE HOUSTON OPEN FOR HIS FIRST WIN SINCE 1988
By Gary Van Sickle
TO OUR READERS
By Bill Colson
TAKING THE FIFTH TAMMIE GREEN GOT HER CAREER BACK ON TRACK BY WINNING WHAT SOME SEE AS AN EXTRA LPGA MAJOR
By Kelli Anderson
NEWS AND NOTES
BOTTOM LINES
COMPILED BY Gary B. Smith
PLAYING FOR TIME
By Allen Doyle
RAIN OF TERROR WHEN THE WEATHER GETS FRIGHTFUL, WATCHING THE PROS COPE IS DELIGHTFUL
By Gary Van Sickle
Faces In The Crowd
FACES IN THE CROWD
Television
SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS
By John Walters
NBA Playoffs
BOOM OR BUST? AFTER ALMOST TRIPPING OVER SMALL, SWIFT PHOENIX, SEATTLE LIFTED OFF TO VICTORY. BUT SHAWN KEMP & CO. CRASHED IN GAME 1 AGAINST HOUSTON
By Phil Taylor
FEEL THE BURN THE HEAT WAVERED BEFORE MAKING THE MAGIC DISAPPEAR
By S.L. Price
CALL TO ARMS THE FIRED-UP JAZZ CAME AT THE LAKERS WITH UNCHARACTERISTIC ARDOR IN THE OPENER OF THEIR SEMIFINAL SERIES
By David Fleming
Horse Racing
LUCKY CHARM AFTER A STRIDE-FOR-STRIDE STRETCH DUEL AND A PHOTO FINISH, THE KENTUCKY DERBY WENT TO SILVER CHARM
By William Nack
NHL Playoffs
ON HIS WAY FAST, BRUISING AVALANCHE POWER FORWARD ADAM DEADMARSH IS READY TO BE A BIG-TIME NHL STAR
By Michael Farber
Baseball
A GIANT QUESTION ARE THE PITCHING-POWERED GIANTS FOR REAL, OR ARE THEY HEADED FOR A BIG SLIDE?
By Michael Bamberger
HITTING HIS PRIME KEN GRIFFEY JR.'S GAME HAS MATURED, HEIGHTENING EXPECTATIONS FOR A SEASON OF MARISIAN MAGNITUDE
By Tom Verducci
Golf
PEER GROUP ANNIKA SORENSTAM AND KARRIE WEBB ARE ALONE TOGETHER ATOP THE LPGA TOUR, BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH WAITING FOR THEM TO TEAR INTO EACH OTHER
By John Garrity
Pro Football
BLUE PLATE SPECIAL CONTRARY TO SNIDE ASSERTIONS IN A TEAMMATE'S NEW BOOK, NEW YORK JETS RECEIVER WAYNE CHREBET HAS A SIMPLE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: HARD WORK
By John Ed Bradley
Inside Baseball
HOUSTON'S NEW SKIPPER IS LEAVING HIS STARTERS ON THE MOUND LONGER A TIGER'S TALE TINO CLEANS UP
By Tim Crothers
Inside The NBA
A PENNY SAVED EVEN IN DEFEAT, THE MAGIC'S HARDAWAY COMES OUT A WINNER THE TIMBERWOLVES LOOK TO LOCK UP GARNETT
By Jackie MacMullan
College Basketball [bonus Piece]
KNIGHT ERRANT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF FEEBLE FINISHES AND NOW A PUBLIC SQUABBLE BETWEEN COACH AND PLAYER, EVEN INDIANA BASKETBALL FANS ARE ASKING, HAS BOB KNIGHT LOST IT?
By Gerry Callahan
A NOSE RING RUNS THROUGH IT WITH HIS LATEST TOME, DENNIS RODMAN CONTINUES THE VENERABLE TRADITION OF ATHLETE AS AUTHOR
By Rick Reilly
Departments
LETTERS
SPRING FOOTBALL SAFETY...U.S. UMP CALLS 'EM IN JAPAN...RICK BARRY ON THE STUMP...A HARROWING BOOK ON EVEREST...COLLEGE RUSHING RECORD LOST...CHINESE SWIMMERS BANNED
EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Hank Hersch SCORECARD STAFF WRITER Kostya Kennedy
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
By Ron Fimrite EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Hank Hersch
COLUMBUS, OHIO MAY 3, 1997 A DRAMATIC NCAA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL FINAL ENDS WITH A DYNASTY IN DISREPAIR
By Leigh Montville
