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| January 29 |
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View Valeria Mazza and Tyra Banks Cover |
Pro Basketball - Toy Story (The Bulls are making child's play of foes as they shoot for a record 70 wins.), Figure Skating - A Real Gem Dandy (Michelle Kwan and Rudy Galindo sparkled at the nationals.(, Hockey - The East is a Beast (The NHL, like the NFL, has one conference that keeps clobbering the other.), College Basketball - Trying Times (For Purdue's Gene Keady, usually a winner, it was a week of personal losses.), Swimsuits - Hot Spots (At Phinda, a private game reserve in the Natal Bush, you can get as close to the animals as you like.), (From the Cape Peninsula to the Kalahari Desert, out models warmed to their days in South Africa.), (Soweto's talented young athletes are striving to excel. But they remain hindered by the harsh legacy of apartheid.) Baseball - Do Not Disturb (Roberto Alomar, the Orioles' new second baseman, keeps a low profile off the field.), Super Bowl Preview - Seems Like Old Times (The Cowboys and Steelers of today are heirs to a championship tradition.), (The Dallas offense figures to tear through Pittsburgh.), (If the Steelers' D can harass Troy Aikman, Pittsburgh might upset Dallas.), (Greg Lloyd, the Steelers' top linebacker, levels his adversaries with direct hits.), (By doing things his way, Dallas coach Barry Switzer is silencing his critics.), (Super Bowl host city Phoenix is sizzling.) |
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| February 26 |
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"A Man Possessed. Kentucky Basketball Coach Rick Pitino" |
Contents - Motor Sports - Racing To The Top (With Indy in the pits, NASCAR shifted into overdrive at the Daytona 500) Skiing - All World (Picabo Street reigned in Spain with a downhill run that earned her an umprecedented title) College Basketball - Major League (Nobody plays women's hoops better than the SEC, which could have eight tournament teams); Full-Court Pressure (The Kentucky Wildcats relentless attack reflects the ferocious drive of their coach, Rick Pitino) Boxing - "So Wrong" (Tommy Morrison says despite his promiscuity he never imagined he could be HIV-positive) Pro Basketball - Cleaning Up (Juwan Howard, whom the Bullets resignedly drafted, is wiping out his NBA opponents) Baseball - A New Fresh Start (The rebuilding is nearly complete in San Diego, where the Padres look like coontenders) Departments - Letters; Faces In The Crowd; Scorecard; Inside The NBA; Inside College Basketball; Point After |
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| March 4 |
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Contents - Pro Basketball - Tricks Of The Trade (With elbows and erudition, the Bull's Dennis Rodman rules over NBA rebounders) Baseball - Now Hear This (A lot of major league teams are addressing difficult questions during spring training) College Basketball - Top Gun (That's how Ray Allen of UConn ranks in a conference that's full of high-flying shooters) Pro Football - Paup Fiction (The Bill's Bryce Paup had to cook up a buzz-cut, tough-guy demeaner to offset a family-man image) Horse Racing - Frivolous Youth (Built for Pleasure, at 143-1, made a mockery of Derby prospects in the Fountain of Youth) Boxing - Dark Days (After a beating in the ring, Gerald McClellan is blind, oblivious and buffeted by feuds) Departments - Letters; Faces In The Crowd; Scorecard; Inside The NBA; Inside College Basketball; Point After |
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| March 11 |
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"A Super Bowl Quarterback And The Greatest Hockey Player Of All Time Jump Teans In Controversial Megadeals" |
Hockey - King No More (By forcing L.A. to trade him, Wayne Gretzky escaped a losing team but tarnished his image) Pro Football - For Love Of Money (In leaving the Steelers for the woeful Jets, Neil O'Donnell went for gold instead of glory) Baseball - Second Time (Personal concerns drove Ryne Sandberg to quit. Now he's back with the Cubs) Golf - Question Of Balance (Greg Norman always had all the shots, but his win at Doral proved his head is now in the game too) Pro Basketball - A Real Downer (The Portland Trail Blazers are in danger of dropping out of the race for a playoff berth) Figure Skating - On A Roll (The road to the top has been anything but smooth fo U.S. figure skating champion Rudy Galindo) Medicine - Heart Of The Matter (In highly conditioned athletes, a big heart is a sign of health and power, or a deadly burden) Departments - Faces In The Crowd; Letters; Scorecard; Inside The NBA; Inside College Basketball; Point After |
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| March 25 |
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"Smashing! The Sweet 16 Is Packed With Powerhouses, Including Breakthrough Texas Tech" |
Boxing - One Down... (And two to go for Mike Tyson, who regained the first of his three lost heavyweight titles by beating Frank Bruno) College Basketball - Thrills And Spills (For winners and losers alike, the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament were the stuff dreams are made of); Vacated* (Howard Porter's life hasn't been the same since he was stripped of his Final Four Outstanding Player award) Controversy - Oh, Say Should We Sing? (A protest over the playing of the national anthem raises the question: Why is it a requisite part of U.S. sports events) Baseball - Making A Strong Pitch (Livan Hernandez, the Marlins' sensational 21-year-old Cuban defector, may be ready to play in the major leagues) Horse Racing - Beautiful Music (Unbridled's Song tuned up for Churchill Downs by hitting all the right notes during a key victory in the Florida Derby) Pro Basketball - High Hopes (Shawn Bradley, butt of jokes in Philadelphia, may get the last laugh now that he's standing tall for New Jersey) Departments - Faces In The Crowd; Letters; Scorecard; Inside The NBA; Inside The NFL; Point After |
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| April 1 |
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Manny Ramirez |
Contents - College Basketball - The Final Drive (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi State and Syracuse make up a formidable Final Four), Figure Skating - Red Hot (Flawless performances by Michelle Kwan and Todd Eldredge helped the U.S. rule the Worlds), Pro Football - Dropping The Ball (By getting caught in a hotel room during a drug bust, Cowboy Michael Irvin lost luster) Pro Basketball - On Spring Break (Cedric Ceballo's bizarre vacation threatened the good chemistry of the Magic Johnson Lakers) Baseball Preview 1996 - Good Hands People (These days players are fielding their positions better than ever), Playmaker (Omar Vizquel, the Indians shortstop, fields so well, sometimes he doesn't even need a glove), Wall Bangers (Outfielders can only go so far after a fly ball, but some stop at nothing to prevent a run from scoring), AL Scouting (The Orioles, the Indians and the Angels are our choices to win the division championships), Second Effort (A work ethic instilled by his father helped Astros All-Star Craig Biggio go from catcher to infielder), NL Scouting (The Braves and the Dodgers should repeat as division champs, with the Astros joining their company) Departments - Letters, Faces In The Crowd, Scorecard, Inside The NBA, Point After |
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| April 8 |
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"Blue Heaven. Antoine Walker and Kentucky soar to the NCAA title" |
Contents - NCAA Men's Final - Cats Claw (Rick Pitino guided Kentucky to a 76-67 victory over a stubborn underdog, Syracuse) NCAA Women's Final - Four On The Floor (Tennessee defeated SEC rival Georgia 83-65 to win its fourth national championship) Hockey - Up Against It (Defending Stanley Cup champ New Jersey is having a Devil of a time just making the playoffs) Golf - As Easy As T-P-C (Fred Couples won the Players Championship by cruising home with a final round of 64) Pro Basketball - Down But Not Out (As their losing streak hit 22, the Grizzlies got an F for futility but an A for effort) Tennis - In Full Swing (The Lipton's new face was Chanda Rubin's, but the big shots were all Steffi Graf's) Baseball - Sultan Of Swat (When not tagging balls, the Braves' leftfielder, Ryan Klesko, tags along on drug busts) Horse Racing - History Making (Despite his modest pedigree, Cigar has immortality in his sights after 14 straight wins) Departments - Faces In The Crowd; Letters; Scorecard; Inside Thr NBA; Point After |
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| April 15 |
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"The Lady Is A Champ - Boxing's New Sensation, Christy Martin" |
Contents - Pro Basketball - Bull Run (With Orlando in disarray, Chicago beat the Magic to keep on track for an unprecedented 70 wins) Soccer - Goal-Poor (Major League Soccer, which promised U.S. fans high-scoring, opened with a 1-0 game) Pro Football - Big Brother (If you're an NFL draft prospect, investigators have their eyes on you) Baseball - Leaving Las Vegas (After six games in the casino capital, the A's were glad to escape without losing their shirts) Hockey - Redemption (Can maligned Flyers goalie Ron Hextall put Philadelphia over the top for the Stanley Cup?) Boxing - Gritty Woman (Christy Martin is knocking down stereotypes even as she refuses to champion feminism) Golf - On Top Of The World (Greg Norman, best golfer on Earth, isn't happy unless he's racing through life at the speed of an F-14); Hit This Sign, Win A Lawsuit (The A's probably felt like calling this attorney after they had to open their "home" season in Las Vegas and lost four of six games) Departments - Faces In The Crowd; Letters; Scorecard; Inside The NBA; Inside Baseball; Point After |
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| April 29 |
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"Saint David - David Robinson And The Temptations Of NBA Stardom" |
Baseball - Bumble Sox (Off to its worst start ever, Boston has been embarrassing in most phases of the game) Pro Basketball - Beat-A-Bull (Probably not. But postseason rivals who follow these suggestions may have a chance); Nothing New (Laker Nick Van Exel's ref-smashing blowup was merely his latest); Trials Of David (David Robinson is attempting to stay pure in a world beset by the seven deadly sins) Pro Football - Pick-Six Lottery (Even Lawrence Phillip's slide in the NFL draft didn't liven up two days of bland selections) Hockey - Wings Are Kings (Here's why Detroit is sure to reign when the Stanley Cup playoffs come to an end) Olympics - Late But Great (After 27 years of piques and valleys, boxer Antonio Tarver is the U.S.'s top hope in Atlanta) Departments - Faces In The Crowd; Letters; Scorecard; Inside Baseball; Inside The NBA; Point After |
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| May 6 |
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Hockey - Full Tilt (In the NHL's fiercest first-round playoff series, the Blues upended the Maple Leafs), Pro Football - Patriot Games (New England fumbled in picking Christian Peter of Nebraska and tried to recover by cutting him), NBA Playoffs - Up in the Air (Both teams struggled as the Lakers tried to put an early end to the Rockets' hopes of three-peating); (A loss to the Kings had the Sonics wondering if they were doomed to relive past pratfalls), Baseball - New York...New York (New shortstops Derek Jeter and Rey Ordonez stir memories for Yankees and Mets fans); (He Thrives on Anger (Albert Belle is all the rage in Cleveland, because he can turn his fury into power at the plate); Pro Basketball - Schools's Out (Philadelphia schoolboy star Kobe Bryant is headed straight for the NBA draft), Tennis - Master Strokes (Because all his best works are done on clay, Thomas Muster's brush with greatness irks rivals), College Football - Now for the Hard Part (After a magical season Northwestern tries to maintain its integrity while it keeps on winning) Departments - Faces In The Crowd; Letters; Scorecard; Inside The NBA; Inside Baseball; Point After |
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| May 20 |
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"Red Menace - Cincinnati Owner Marge Schott" |
Contents - NHL Playoffs - Flirting With Defeat (The favored Red Wings again saw their Stanley Cup hopes being dashed, this time by the Blues); (Ken Wregget, Pittsburgh's homespun backup goalie, has been the surprise star of the postseason) NBA Playoffs - Getting A Big Lift (As Shaquille O'Neal elevated his game, Orlando took command against Atlanta); (All of a sudden Utah got tough and seized z 3-1 series lead against timid San Antonio) Cycling - Tour de Armstrong (America's Lance Armstrong sets his sights on Olympic gold after a stirring win in the Tour DuPont) College Basketball - Going, Going, Gone (The growing exodus of star underclassmen to the NBA is rippinh the heart out of the college game) Pro Football - Good Neighbor (Jim Harbough has finally found an NFL home, with the Indianapolis Colts) Baseball - Heaven Help Her (Marge Schott, long ago reduced to lontliness, is further isolated by her words and deeds) Departments - Letters; Faces In The Crowd; Scorecard; Inside Baseball; Inside The NBA; Point After |
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| May 27 |
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View Phil Jackson Cover |
Bitter Pill (Green Bay's Brett Favre talks about his addiction to painkillers), A New High (Dwight Gooden throws a no-hitter), Pick 'em (Seattle and Utah meet in the Western Finals), Fast Times in Hotlanta (Track and Field in their Olympic Stadium), Coming of Age (Ed Jovanovski helps Florida in their quest for the Stanley Cup), Night and Day (Pat Day wins his fifth Preakness), Part of the Crowd (Gary Sheffield is happy playing for Florida), Sitting Bull (Phil Jackson as coach of the Chicago Bulls) |
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| June 10 |
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"Mission Impossible - Your Assignment, Mr. Payton, Is To Stop The Bulls. Good Luck, Gary" |
NBA Playoffs - Seattle Slew (Better late than never, the Sonics finished off the Jazz in Game 7 to reach the Finals); (The underdog Sonics will find no other team turns up the heat on defense the way the Bulls do) Pro Basketball - $40 Million Man (No matter how lucrative a deal free-agent-to-be Michael Jordan signs, he won't get what he's worth) Baseball - Eye Opener (The Braves' John Smoltz is off to a blazing start and has his sights set on a Cy Young award) Golf - Back In The Saddle (Tom Watson recovered his putting stroke and put an end to a victory drought of nine years) NHL Playoffs - Rat Pack (The Panthers' unlikely run to the Cup finals has Miami giddy over hockey and rabid over rodents) Pro Football - About Time (Bucs coach Tony Dungy learned hard lessons about race, life and the NFL but never lost hope) Boxing - Pugilist And Prof (Oscar De La Hoya, honed by a new trainer, is ready for his biggest test yet: Julio Cesar Chavez) Olympics - She Stands Alone (U.S. Olympic sprinter Gwen Torrence is slow to make friends and give credit to her competition) Departments - Letters; Faces In The Crowd; Scorecard; Inside Baseball; Point After |
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| June 24 |
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"Last year Richie Parker was convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. Last week he received a college baskeball scholarship. A modern morality tale." |
Contents - NBA Finals - Vintage (Champagne flowed after Chicago beat Seattle in six games to win a fourth title in six years) Boxing - All In A Day's Work (Roy Jones Jr. did some moonlighting by playing pro hoops the same day he defended his title) Pro Football - Ready To Run (Bengal Ki-Jana Carter, his first year erased by an injury, is jumping back into the fray) Golf - Dear Mr. Hogan (Steve Jone's victory in the U.S. Open recalled the famous comeback win of the '51 champ) Olympics - Prime Times (Dennis Mitchell and Gwen Torrence raced onto the U.S. team by running blistering 100s) Olympics - Trials And Error (Decathlete Dan O'Brien, who blew his shot at the Games in '92, says he'll not do so again) NBA Draft Preview - Full Throttle (Pat Croce, hard-driving, team president, hopes the No. 1 pick will rev up his sluggish Sixers) College Basketball - Crime And...(High school star Richie Parker was convicted of sexual abuse. Now he has a scholarship) Departments - Letters; Faces In The Crowd; Scorecard; Inside Baseball; Point After |
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| July 1 |
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View Emmitt Smith Cover |
Olympics - Hot Stuff (Michael Johnson's blazing 200 was the highlight of U.S. track and field trials); Don't Look Now (Diver Scott Donie, driven off the platform by nerves and depression, won the springboard trials); Bar None (Charles Austin was the top high jumper at the U.S. track and field trials, soaring 7' 6 1/2" to land a spot on the Olympic team) Baseball - Triple Threats (No one has won the triple crown in 28 years. Will anybody ever win it again?); One Lucky Buck (Buck Showalter is managing just fine as he plans Arizona's 1998 major league debut) NBA Baskebtall - Poof! (Shaquille O'Neal is among a host of NBA free agents who could vanish from their teams) Boxing - Battle of the Bulge (Upset king Buster Douglas shed the fat and returned to the ring a winner) NFL Football - Emmitt Unplugged (Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys might look relaxed, but don't be fooled) Departments - Letters; Faces In The Crowd; Scorecard; Inside Baseball; Point After |
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| July 8 |
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View Alex Rodriguez Cover |
Baseball - Trading Places (In a striking reversal of roles, the bickering Orioles took on the coolheaded Yankees.), Fairest Of Them All (Mariner's shortstop Alex Rodriguez is the best young player in the game.) Tennis and Soccer - Toffs and Yobs (In one week Wimbledon swells and Wembley proles inhabited the same universe.) Pro Football - The Party's Over (Michael Irvin's drug case took a bare turn when a cop allegedly tried to have him killed.) Olympics - Flips and Flops (The U.S. Women's gymnastics team has depth, while the men's team plumbs the depths.) Food - Dog Days (Our man pigged out from coast to coast and rated the fare in all 28 major league ballparks.) Departments - Letters, Faces In The Crowd, Scorecard, Inside Baseball, Inside The NBA, Point After |
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| July 15 |
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"I am a ruthless warrior. I am a hit man. I will move in for the kill and use everything within my power to succeed for my clients" Agent Drew Rosenhaus" |
Tennis - Upside Down (After a fortnight of rain, Steffi Graf and Richard Krajicek won the coveted singles trophies at Wimbledon) Olympics - A Call To Arms (After the Dream Team beat back a gang of U.S. college kids, it beat up on Brazil) Baseball - Brave New World (Manager Tony La Russa, discovering the National League, has guided the Cardinals to first place) Pro Football - Five Questions...(...about the upcoming NFL season are answered as the league's teams kick off their training camps); So, Sue Me (His tactics rile NFL executives, but agent Drew Rosenhaus isn't about to apologize); Captain Hooked (Coach George Seifert is trying to relax, but he's under pressure to land the 49ers another title) Art - The Real Story (With a reflective eye - and an arched eyebrow - artist Loren Long paints a different picture og some great moments in sports) Departments - Faces In The Crowd; Letters; Scorecard; Inside Baseball; Point After |
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| July 22 |
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View Olympic Preview Issue Cover |
The Games - Made in the U.S.A. (These Olympics will be a tribute to capitalism as well as brotherhood) The Cities - Atlanta (The word fron seminarative son is that the Big Peach is hard to define), Savannah (In fact or fiction, Atlanta was never like this, and more's the pity) The U.S. - The Home Team (Factoids and figurres from our survey of the members of the U.S. Olympic team), Track And Field - Michael Johnson (The world's greatest sprinter is perhaps it's most deliberate man), Gymnastics - Dominique Moceanu (When you're 14 and gifted, life can wait, but tour sport won't), Basketball - The U.S. Women (Around the world in 14 months with the other dream team), Swimming - Tom Dolan (His real challenge isn't winning a gold - it's taking a breath), Amanda Beard (After algebra the Games should be a snap), Cycling - Rebecca Twigg (She has never pedaled with the pack), Wrestling - Bruce Baumgartner (He's out to be the first freestyler to win a medal in four Games - or more), Rowing - Ruth Davidon (Sculling is this doctor-to-be's singular passion this summer) The World -Swimming - Franzi van Almsick (All Germany loves her, and she hasn't even won a gold metal yet); Track And Field - Donovan Bailey (World's fastest man? In Canada, he can't outrun Ben Johnson's shadow); African Runners (From Algeria to Zambia, these amazing athletes live to run - and to win); Chinese Women (China's most valuable Olympic resource is it's female athletes); Boxing - Ariel Hernandez (Devotion to a friend's memory has kept Cuba's greatest fighter on track) Five Nations - Indian Field Hockey (The sport of the Sikhs and the Hindus now belongs to the world); Russian Wrestling (The sons of Ossetia fight the good fight); Australian Swimming (Second best is no longer good enough); Indonesian Badminton (Deep in Java, the dreams have wings); Romanian Gymnastics (The divas of Deva dwell in the sport's rarest air) Medal Picks - SI picks the medalists, all 836 of them Departments - Future Olympic Faces; Point After |
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| July 29 |
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"Breathtaking! - U.S. Gold Medalist Tom Dolan" |
Contents - Olympics - It's Greek To U.S. (The Atlanta Games began with an orgy of commercialism that was classically American); Swimming - Go, Blue! (Old Michigan rivals Tom Dolan and Eric Namesnik battled for 400 IM gold in Atlanta); Fencing - A Sport Unmasked (Noble pastime or dirty little secret? Fencing's image is nothing at all like its reality); Softball - Playing With Heart (Members of the mighty American team have dreams that are far brighter than gold); Track and Field - Fast Company (Frankie Fredericks of Namibia is the leading man in a star-studded cast in the 100 meters); Olympics - Outta There (In the games played from the Olympic arena, Atlanta's street people are losing out); Golf - The Anti-Shark (At the British Open, Tom Lehman did what Greg Norman couldn't: hold off Nick Faldo); Pro Basketball - Kazaam! (In big-bucks bidding, Shaquille O'Neal and other free agents conjured vast wealth); Cycling - End Of An Era (Bjarne Riis brought to a close the long reign of Miguel Indurain in the Tour de France); Baseball - Best Years (For players enjoying career seasons, are the performances flukes or do they bode well?); Collectibles - House Of Cards (Driven by greed, the sports-trading-card industry collapsed. Can it recover now?) Departments - Faces In The Crowd; Letters; Scorecard; Inside Baseball; Point After |
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| August 5 |
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Carl Lewis |
Contents - Stained Games (A bloody blast in Atlanta forever changed the games), Munich's Message (A 1972 Olympian realizes anew that the games must go on), Coming On Strong (Three stirring victories helped to return focus to the athletes), Leap To Glory (Carl Lewis added a thrilling final chapter to his Olympic story), Profile In Courage (With emotion and heroism, the American women won gold), Pot Of Gold (An Irish champion's medals were tarnished by controversy), Both Worlds (Cuba beat the U.S. in a prelude to a probable showdown for the gold), Fun In The Sun (A venerable U.S. champ was among those who won on the sand), Southern Exposures (Arresting images of bodies in motion surfaced during the first half of the 1996 games), Family Tree (Thanks to a bond with a small African nation, a Georgian finds his roots), Ediface Rex (The Georgia World Congress Center is the colossus of venues) Departments - Faces In The Crowd, Letters, Scorecard, Inside Baseball, Point After |
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| August 12 |
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Michael Johnson winning a race |
Contents - Track And Field - The Man (Says Michael Johnson of his record 200-meter run, "I'm shocked"); Thrills And Spills (Four Canadians and a French woman turned the focus to heroics); Men's Basketball - Slam Dunk (Rarely challenged, a joyless Dream Team cruised to the gold) Women's Basketball - Power Grab (The U.S. ended it's 60-0 gold medal run by beating old rival Brazil) Boxing - Ending On A High Note (David Reid's knockout of a finish was a saving grace for the U.S.) Diving - Fu's Golds (China's 17-year-old Fu Mingxia is on course to become the best ever) Soccere - One For Women (The U.S. victory was for the next generation of female athletes) WrestlingStatistics - Olympic Oddities (Seventeen days, 10,750 athletes brought a flurry of fascinating figures) Centennial Park - Flower Power (Blossoms raised to honor bombing victims, the people retook the Park) Reflections - Frozen In Time (Fifteen SI writers recall their most memorable moments in Atlanta) Departments - Letters; Faces In The Crowds; Scorecard; Inside The NFL; Inside Baseball; Point After |
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| August 19 |
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Hall of Famer Al Simmons |
Contents - Baseball - Dodger Blues (Los Angeles struggles as it defends its championship of the National League West), Lost In History (From 1929 to '31, the Philadelphia A's bested Babe Ruth's Yankees, but few have heard of them) Pro Football - A Real Bear (Outspoken Bryan Cox has made himself right at home as the new leader in Chicago), Running On Empty (The 49er's are no closer to filling the holes in their rushing game than they were at the end of last season) Golf - Victor At Valhalla (Mark Brooks beat local hero Kenny Perry in the PGA in Louisville) Boxing - Down And Dirty (Andrew Golota, a heavyweight, has been accused of more than riot-inciting low blows) Horse Racing - Up In Smoke (Worn down by a speed duel, mighty Cigar saw his hopes for a record winning streak vanish) College Football - Tough Love (Coach Butch Davis aims to save Miami no matter how many players he has to suspend) Departments - Letters, Faces In The Crowd, Scorecard, Inside Baseball, Point After |
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| September 16 |
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"Red Alert. Ahman Green and Nebraska set their sights on a third straight national title" |
Contents - Tennis - Guts And Glory (Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf proved indomitable at a chaotic U.S. Open) College Football - Flying Start (Nebraska took a quick first step toward its avowed goal, a third straight national crown) Pro Football - The Beat Goes On (The Chiefs pounded the slumpinb Raiders for the 13th time in their last 14 meetings) Boxing - Zero Tolerance (In their heavyweight title bout, Bruce Seldon bowed, and all too eagerly, to Mike Tyson) Soccer - A Real Kick (Major League Soccer - yes, soccer - has put fans in the stands and U.S. stars on the field) Baseball - Back In Style (Throat cancer victim Brett Butler gladdened hearts with his stirring return to the Dodgers); Riding High (Life is no roller coaster for new Braves star Chipper Jones, who's always in good spirits) Talk Radio - Calls Of The Wild (In the cutthroat world of sports talk radio, the voices that are heard are increasingly savage) Departments - Letters; Faces In The Crowd; Scorecard; Inside College Football; Inside The NFL; Point After |
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| October 14 |
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Roberto Alomar |
Contents - Baseball - Game Show (In the Division Series, compelling action on the field was upstaged by endless controversies), Public Enemy No. 1 (Apologies and postseason heroics have not restored the reputation of the Orioles' Roberto Alomar) Pro Football - One More Run (Buffalo staked another claim as a Super Bowl contender by holding off Indianapolis), Delay Of Game (The next generation of star quarterbacks, who should be up and coming by now, instead are down and out) College Football - Altered States (Ohio State vaulted to No. 2 in the land after manhandling highly regarded Penn State), Answered Prayer (Danny Wuerffel, Florida's clean-living, hard-driving quarterback, is everything a coach could ask for) Golf - Jackpot! (By winning in Las Vegas, Tiger Woods' proved beyond a doubt that his time has come), Pro Basketball - So Young, So Old (The Nets' Jayson Williams is a 28-year-old grandfather still haunted by the death of two sisters from AIDS) Departments - Letters, Faces In The Crowd, Scorecard, Inside College Football, Inside The NFL, Point After |
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| November 4 |
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Joe Girardi and John Wetteland |
Contents - World Series - Stroke Of Fate (As New York rallied to win four straight games from Atlanta, it's title seemed preordained), Pro Football - Second Coming (At 36, John Elway is back, leading revived Denver to the best record in the AFC), Horse Racing - Stubbed Out (Cigar bade farewell with a loss in the Breeder's Cup, leaving the sport bereft), Pro Basketball - Listen Up! (Newcomer Charles Barkley has already given - and gotten - an earful in Houston), College Football - Jake The Snake (A slithery son of former hippies is the tough and cool quarterback for 8-0 Arizona State), High School Football - An Easy Choice (Daniel Huffman gave up a kidney to save his grandmother - and then gave up football), Lifestyle - Madonna & Me (The Material Mom, His Airness and the author have this in common: personal trainers) Departments - Letters, Faces In The Crowd, Scorecard, Inside College Football, Inside The NFL, Point After |
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| November 18 |
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View Holyfield - Tyson Cover |
Contents - Boxing - Real Deal (In a monumental upset, Evander Holyfield handed Mike Tyson a genuine whopping.) Pro Football - Past Their Prime (The Cowboys outlasted the 49ers in a game pitting teams that aren't what they need to be.), About Face (The season took a new turn for the resurgent Chief's, thanks to a 27-20 upset victory over the Packers.) College Football - Double Threat (Michigan's Charles Woodson is a dazzling two-way player, and he's not alone in his versatility.), Dark Days At BC (Players who wagered against their own team brought new shame to Boston College.) Hockey - Book on Brendan (An NHL star who gies in for rough stuff and poetry? Brendan Shanahan of the Red Wings is a character.) College Basketball - Out To Dinner (UCLA fired coach Jim Harrick for lying about an expense-account meal that violated NCAA rules.) Tennis - Trials of Steffi Graf (With her father in jail and her own innocence being questioned, Steffi Graf is taking control of her life.) Departments - Faces in the Crowd, Letters, Scorecard, Inside College Football, Inside the NFL, Point After |
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| December 2 |
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"The Bearcats' Danny Fortson" |
Pro Football - Gold Rush (The 49ers geared up for a playoff run by beating the Skins) Baseball - Double Play (White Sox boss Jerry Reinsdorf broke the bank to sign Albert Belle) College Football - Psyched Again (Undefeated Ohio State lost to overmatched Michigan - as usual); No. 1 vs. No. 2 (The Florida - Florida State showdown will turn on five factors) Pro Basketball - Solar Eclipse (Lacking a leader, the Suns fell on dark times: 12 losses in a row College Basketball - 96-97 Preview - Alive And Kicking (Despite early departures, the college game is as good as ever); Breaking Through (Coach Bob Huggins has led Cincinnati from the pits to No. 1); Scouting Reports (A fan's guide to the new faces and the new forces along the road to the Final Four); You Be The Coach (The board game for hoop heads of all ages: the Final Four or flames); Bound For Glory (Chamique Holdsclaw may become the top Tennessee woman star ever); Guess Again...(...if you think you know Syracuse's Jim Boeheim) Departments - Letters; Faces In The Crowd; Scorecard; Inside College Football; Inside The NFL; Point After |
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| December 9 |
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College Football - How Sweet It Is (Florida State earned a trip to the Sugar Bowl and a shot at it's second national championship in four years.) Pro Football - Carolina Teeming (The rapidly ascending Panthers moved closer to a playoff berth by swamping the Bucs.) College Basketball - Lord of the Rims (Andrae Patterson led a rejuvenated Indiana to the championship of the preseason NIT.) Hockey - Two Much (Peter Forsberg and Joe Sakic are the best NHL center pairing since Gretzky and Messier.) Pro Basketball - Flash Point (The Sixer's Allen Iverson's crossover dribble and lightning-fast quickness have the NBA buzzing.) Boxing - Singin' The Blues (If boxing has a soul, it may well reside in this throwback of an arena: Philly's Blue Horizon.) Departments - Letters, Faces in the Crowd, Scorecard, Inside College Football, Inside the NFL, Point After |
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