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Contents: Ride ‘Em, Cowboy! (Unshakeable Jim Sharp continued to ride ’em and ride ’em some more at the National Finals Rodeo); A Step Up (The surging San Francisco 49ers vaulted past the New Orleans Saints and right into the NFL playoffs); A Shootout In Tucson (When the UNLV faced Arizona in a battle of the West’s best, the two coaches had their own scores to settle); And Here We Go Again (Remember when Rennie Stennet got rich? Well, the baseball meetings showed the crazy days are back); Turn Up The Heat, Please (By losing its first 16 games, the Miami Heat, one of the NBA’s two expansion teams, set a record for futility); Sportsman Of The Year (For setting an imposing record and pitching L.A. to World Series victory, Orel Hershiser is the 1988 Sportsmen); (In a year of uncommon excellence, any of these athletes might have been our Sportsman or Sportswoman, given a Hershiser-less field); Fiesta Bowl, The Battle For No. 1 (Quarterback Major Harris leads West Virginia); (Michael Stonebreaker paces the Irish defense); Goodbye, Hello (The common crow is an uncommonly lovable bird, says the author, who knows these feathered friends intimately) Departments – Letters; Scorecard; College Basketball; Hockey; For The Record; Point After
Cover: “Sportsman Of The Year – Oral Hershiser”
Condition: Very Good