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Contents: The SPORT 100 Salary Report (Ten years ago there no million-dollar contracts in sports. Five years ago, when we first published this survey, there were 23 millionaires. This year everyone in the SPORT 100 is a millionaire. Free agency in baseball may be down, the USFL may be out, unions may be gripping, but the party’s not over yet), The Color Of Money (What did John Madden make out of the booth? What does it cost to rent space on Ivan Lendl? How does it feel to take a $600,000 pay cut? Wouldn’t you like to know?), What’s Eating Jim Rice? (He’s the highest-paid player in baseball. He’s been to the World Series. His place in Cooperstown is all but assured. Yet there’s still a dark cloud over left field in Fenway), First Love (The Mets’ Keith Hernandez understands first base like no other player before him. He has taken an out-of-the-way fielding position and turned it into the center of the universe), Exit Dunking (Before the era of Michael Jordan. the 360 and the slam dunk, heavy-legged giants and sharpshooting waterbugs ruled the hardwood. Then along came Julius Erving), The Uncrowned Prince Of The Triple Crown (Young jockey Jose Santos is ready to unseat the great Angel Cordero from his saddle atop the racing world. But Cordero is not quite done yet. Their rivalry this racing season should provide the greatest thrill since Alydar met Affirmed) Departments – Our Turn (As balloting begins for the All-Star games, the fans say: We don’t want the vote), Fanfare, Between The Lines (Oilers vs roaches…Raider vs refs…HBO vs Showtime), Sport Talk (The cost of collusion…Why the world’s greatest athlete is a woman…Results of the Baseball Reader Poll), Beers With…Pat Riley (If you want to talk about some slick hoops, hair and haberdashery pull up a chair), Big Picture (The Indianapolis 500, where speed thrills), Sweat (Getting your throwing are in shape means staying on your toes), The Ultimate Fan (A traveler’s guide to the great minor league ballparks…the ultimate in fitness machines), Sport Quiz, Finish Line (Lost among the Harlem Globetrotters)
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