October 27, 1997 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

RECORD CATCH HALE IRWIN MATCHED A SENIOR STANDARD BUT STILL WANTS MORE

By Alan Shipnuck

DOUBLE TIME DAVID DUVAL USED A SECOND STRAIGHT WIN TO CATCH UP TO THE TOUR'S OTHER YOUNG STARS

By Jaime Diaz

SMALL WONDER THE DUNES CLUB, OUR PICK AS THE BEST NINE-HOLE COURSE IN THE COUNTRY, IS TWICE THE CHALLENGE OF MOST 18-HOLE LAYOUTS

By Hal Phillips

NEWS AND NOTES

BOTTOM LINES

COMPILED BY Gary B. Smith

CHANGE THE SUBJECT

By Kim Williams

Faces In The Crowd

FACES IN THE CROWD

Catching Up With...

LOS ANGELES RAMS QUARTERBACK ROMAN GABRIEL DECEMBER 7, 1970

By Paul Gutierrez

Television

SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS

By John Walters

Pro Football

WAKE-UP CALL IT TOOK THE UNBEATEN BRONCOS TO BRING OUT THE BEAST IN THE UNDERACHIEVING RAIDERS

By Michael Silver

THE HOT CORNER WHETHER COVERING A RECEIVER OR LEADING A GOOD LIFE, ARIZONA'S AENEAS WILLIAMS IS TOUGH TO BEAT

By Austin Murphy

College Football

TOP GUNS AS ATTACKING DEFENSES PUT QUARTERBACKS UNDER EVER GREATER FIRE, THREE HOTSHOTS FROM THE PAC-10 SHOW HOW TO HANDLE THE HEAT

By Tim Layden

Baseball

THE FAUX CLASSIC TRADITION BIT THE DUST WHEN THE WILD-CARD MARLINS AND THE REBUILT INDIANS CLASHED IN A FOOTBALL STADIUM IN MIAMI

By Tom Verducci

HIGH STANDARDS THE FICKLE, FRONT-RUNNING FANS OF SOUTH FLORIDA DEMAND THAT THEIR TEAMS WIN, AND WIN BIG, OR THEY SIMPLY WON'T SHOW UP FOR THE GAMES

By S.L. Price

Hockey

NATURAL DISASTER THE HURRICANES HAVE STORMED INTO NORTH CAROLINA, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BLOWN ANYONE AWAY

By Gerry Callahan

Pro Basketball

World Domination

Michael Jordan was l'idole of all Paris as the Bulls took the McDonald's Championship

By Steve Rushin

Inside The NFL

WITH NO LEADERS AND LITTLE DEFENSE, THE BENGALS ARE GOING NOWHERE--WHO WILL MAKE DALLAS'S PERSONNEL DECISIONS?

By Peter King

A SCOUT'S DAY ON CAMPUS

By David Fleming

DR. Z'S FORECAST

By Paul Zimmerman

Inside College Football

A THIRD-STRING QUARTERBACK SAVES FLORIDA RICE OVERRUNS NEW MEXICO WALK-ONS STEP UP PENN STATE STEPS DOWN

By Ivan Maisel

CHRIS WALLACE TOLEDO'S MIRACLE-MAN QUARTERBACK

By Marty Burns

Pro Basketball [bonus Piece]

Back Home Again in Indiana

Larry Bird, bored by retirement and all but ignored in Boston, has returned to impart his expertise and homey Hoosier virtues as coach of the Pacers

By Jackie MacMullan

WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR? NBC PEACOCK DON OHLMEYER'S BRUSHBACK OF THE WORLD SERIES DIDN'T HELP HIS RATINGS

By Steve Lopez

Departments

LETTERS

SCORECARD GRETZKY, THE GREATEST ASSIST MAKER...NFL SEEKS LONG-TERM LABOR AGREEMENT...BOTTLES OF BUBBLY AT THE SERIES ...MARATHONING'S MILLION-DOLLAR PRIZE...SHAQ TAKES A STAND

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