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Contents: The SPORT 100 Salary Report (Welcome to the world of the eight-figure contract, the 18-year-old millionaires, the $2 million hot-rodder. Our sixth annual look at what America’s sports heroes bring home in their paychecks, in order, from one to 100), Wholly Simoleons (Can the sports money boom survive the coming recession? How much is an Olympic Gold Medal really worth? Can a man make a living as a champion tractor puller? No. Not much. And you better believe it), Risky Business (Sandy Alderson, the fortysomething general manager who built the Oakland Athletics, wants to win it all. And he wants it now), The Smoke And The Fire (Bringing home troubled Dave “Smoke” Stewart was a winning move), Dreams And Chances (The Short Season is the boot camp of professional baseball. This is where the 21-year-old budding Giant Eric Gunderson will test his skills and hopes for a big-league career), Return Of The Red Devil (Now the truth can be told: Bob Horner’s year as the god of Japanese baseball was really a season in hell), The Signing Of Jackie Robinson: The Untold Story (New evidence reveals that Branch Rickey intended to sign several black ballplayers in 1945, not only Jackie Robinson, until New York City politics rewrote history), Secrets Of The ‘J’ (Shooting an NBA-caliber jumper is a simple act of physics, experts tell us. So why can so few NBA players consistently “toss the snow pea into the wok”), Fanfare (The crowd roars: Gable’s WrestleMania, Manning’s NBA future), Sport Talk (In search of black college coaches…handicapping the Kentucky Derby…MISL trading cards…NHL soap opera), Beers With…Michael Spinks (Mike Tyson’s next and best opponent is not like any other boxer in the ring. And he’s not like anyone else out of it), Sweat (How to move in the third dimension: side to side), The Ultimate Fan (Guide to the big-league tryout…Canada’s sport science expo…demystifying the racquet racket), Sport Quiz (The $1,000 Competition), Finish Line (Sugar Ray Leonard, trainer)
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