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Contents: The SPORT College Football Top 20 (After 14 years of powerhouse teams and frustrating finishes, the number is finally up for Tom Osborne and his Nebraska Cornhuskers – and that number is one), Handicapping The Heisman (Holy Cross’ Gordie Lockbaum, the two-way throwback? Nice, but no way), High-Impact Freshman (New names worth watching from day one), The Second Division (Eight upstarts who could break through, and five has-beens who will break down), A Stranger In The Family (Bill Curry, with his Georgia Tech diploma, academics-first reputation and losing record, is about to begin his first season as head coach at Alabama. What in the Bear’s name is going on in Tuscaloosa?), The Triple (The line drive in the gap. The runner cutting the bases. The long throw. The head first slide. The triple is the most exciting play in baseball, but they’re not making them like they used to), Big Picture: Chasing 68 (Track and Field’s longest standing records – Bob Beamon’s in the long jump and Lee Evan’s in the 400 meters – are heading for a fall this month in Rome), Taiwan 11, USA 4 (What is it with those kids in Taiwan? Why are they always beating us in our Little League World Series? We sent our man to the Orient to find out), LT: Living On The Edge (In 1985, Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants made 100 tackles and 13 1/2 sacks and got hooked on cocaine. Here, for the first time, is his own account of his drug nightmare and his flight from conventional rehabilitation. From his forthcoming autobiography, LT: Living On The Edge) Departments – Our Turn (Why athletes shouldn’t be role models), Fanfare, Between The Lines (Hagler’s next move…Scuffball scuttlebutt), Sport Talk (Phoenix and Memphis in the NFL?…Dr. J’s thank you list…Trainer bites jockey), Beers With…Greg Norman (A cool one with the PGA’s brightest light as he takes time out from the Norman conquest of America), Sweat (How to throw a punch…and how to take one), The Ultimate Fan (Postmodern sports electronics…A baseball theme park), Sport Quiz, Finish Line (Last chance at a big league tryout)
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