January 18, 1999 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

The Week January 5-11

Eye Opener David Duval, a special player, got what could be a special season off to a spectacular start

By Alan Shipnuck

Notebook

Edited by Cameron Morfit

It's A Long Story

By Scott McCarron

New Year's Revolutions Everything will change in '99, with some unexpected consequences

By Gary Van Sickle

Faces In The Crowd

Faces In The Crowd

Catching Up With...

Jim Plunkett, Raiders Quarterback September 7, 1981

By John O'Keefe

Si View

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By John Walters

Longtime Listener As a recent book tour proved, a sports-talk guest is all too often a silent partner

By Steve Rushin

NFL Playoffs

Vinny, Vidi, Vici Playing the best football of his career, a cool, confident Vinny Testaverde helped the Jets conquer the Jaguars and move within one win of (gulp!) the Super Bowl

By Peter King

Back In Stride The Broncos showed their old Super Bowl form--and some new wrinkles--in a runaway win over the Dolphins

By Michael Silver

Witness For The Defense The Vikings' offense gets the attention, but as Arizona discovered, Minnesota has improved dramatically on the other side of the ball

By David Fleming

Falcon Crest Following the lead of the Prophet, safety Eugene Robinson, Atlanta shut down San Francisco and advanced to its first NFC title game

By Austin Murphy

Moss Appeal Randy Moss has been better than advertised, on and off the field. Will he turn out to be the NFL's Michael Jordan?

By Jack McCallum

Baseball

Chillin' Out In the off-season there's no place warmer to these North Dakotans, Darin Erstad of the Angels and Rick Helling of the Rangers, than, you betcha, their beloved Fargo

By Michael Bamberger

Pro Basketball

To The Victor Belongs The Spoils THE RESOLUTION OF THE NBA LABOR DISPUTE POSES MANY QUESTIONS, BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WITH DAVID STERN LEADING THE CHARGE, THE OWNERS WON UNPRECEDENTED CONCESSIONS

By Phil Taylor; Jackie MacMullan

Boxing

Haunted Facing what seems sure to be his last chance at boxing redemption, Mike Tyson struggles to lay the storms and shame of his past to rest

By Richard Hoffer

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside The NHL

Inside The NHL

By Kostya Kennedy

In The Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Peter King

Dr. Z's Forecast

By Paul Zimmerman

Inside College Basketball

Inside College Basketball

By Tim Crothers; Grant Wahl; Seth Davis; L. Jon Wertheim

The Buzzer

By B.J. Schecter

No Time To Be An Airhead

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

Scorecard

By Alan Shipnuck; Gerry Callahan Edited by Kevin Cook and Mark Mravic