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Pro Football
SPEED IS THEIR SPECIALTY WHEN NFL PLAYERS WANT TO GET QUICKER, THEY CALL ON A NEW BREED OF COACHES
By RICHARD DEUTSCH
HEADACHE TIME THE PANTHERS ARE HURTING AS KERRY COLLINS STRUGGLES WITH HIS CONFIDENCE AND WITH CHARGES THAT HE'S A RACIST AND A DRINKER
By David Fleming
Focus
CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF FORGERY IN CHICAGO THE FBI BREAKS UP A RING TRAFFICKING IN FAKE SPORTS MEMORABILIA
By David Seideman
Faces In The Crowd
FACES IN THE CROWD
Television
SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS
By John Walters
Bobsled
THE ODD COUPLING WHEN JAMAICAN BOBSLEDDERS SOUGHT A SPONSOR, EVANSTON, WYO., SIGNED ON
By Grant Wahl
Business
SOMETHING TASTY TO FIGHT ABOUT TWO WISCONSIN FIRMS BATTLE FOR A SLICE OF THE LUCRATIVE CHEESE-HAT MARKET
By Mark Mandernach
Yesterday
THE PLAY THAT BEAT THE BUMS THE 1941 WORLD SERIES, BETWEEN THE BROOKLYN DODGERS AND THE NEW YORK YANKEES, TURNED ON A DROPPED THIRD STRIKE
By Ron Fimrite
College Football
SCARLET LETTER INSPIRED BY A SCATHING NOTE FROM AN OHIO STATE FAN, CURTIS ENIS CARRIED PENN STATE BACK TO THE TOP OF THE POLLS
By Tim Layden
Gator Getters
The LSU Tigers, taking a page from their 1958 playbook, pulled defending national champion Florida down to earth
By William F. Reed
Baseball
TRIBAL WARFARE THE BATTLE FOR THE PENNANT DIDN'T RUIN A LOVING FAMILY WEEKEND FOR THE ALOMARS, SANDY OF THE INDIANS AND ROBERTO OF THE ORIOLES
By Tom Verducci
HARDBALL THE SCRAPPY MARLINS BATTLED TO BEAT THE ODDS, UNTIMELY INJURIES AND THE STILL DAUNTING BRAVES
By Tim Crothers
College Basketball
DEAN EMERITUS A COACH FOR THE AGES, DEAN SMITH RETIRED, AS HE DID ALL ELSE, ON HIS OWN TERMS
By Alexander Wolff
Hockey
BATTLE CRY THE RED WINGS ARE FIERCELY DEFENDING THE STANLEY CUP DESPITE THEIR GRIEF OVER TWO FALLEN COMRADES
By E.M. Swift
Inside College Football
OKLAHOMA STATE'S BOB SIMMONS HAS THE ANSWERS--GEORGIA EXPOSED BY THE VOLUNTEERS--TEXAS A&M ON THE REBOUND
By Ivan Maisel; Marty Burns
RON DAYNE WISCONSIN'S TITANIC, TACITURN TAILBACK
By Ivan Maisel
Inside The NFL
AN INFLUX OF YOUNG TALENT HAS GIVEN THE GAME A SHOT IN THE ARM--SMITH PLAYS THROUGH PAIN--JETS KICKER IS A KEEPER
By Peter King
A QUARTERBACK'S FIRST START
By RICHARD DEUTSCH
DR. Z'S FORECAST
By Paul Zimmerman
Inside Motor Sports
MULTICAR TEAMS RULE NASCAR--BAD LUCK HASN'T FAZED TERRY LABONTE--SAFER IRL CARS A MUST FOR '98
By Ed Hinton
Horse Racing [bonus Piece]
ROUGH RIDERS DEEP IN CAJUN COUNTRY IS ONE OF THE LAST BUSH TRACKS IN AMERICA, WHERE THE RULES ARE FEW AND THE CHARACTERS MANY
By Bill Barich
NO FREE RIDE AN OLD LINEMATE REMINDED THE AUTHOR THAT THERE'S A 'SCHOLAR' IN FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP
By Bruce Anderson
Departments
LETTERS
TO OUR READERS
By Bill Colson
BUTCH JOHNSON TAKES TO THE TRIATHLON...OILERS: TROUBLE IN TENNESSEE...BUNTING ADDS COLOR TO BASEBALL...NASCAR FAN WINS BIG...ABL'S SOPHOMORE SEASON TIPS OFF
By Kostya Kennedy EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Hank Hersch
HARTFORD, CONN., OCTOBER 12, 1997 AS THE ABL'S SECOND SEASON BEGAN, FANS AND PLAYERS WERE INVESTED IN THE LEAGUE
By Michael Farber
