Departments

12 Letters
15 Catching Up With...
150 The Life of Reilly

Scorecard

17 Milking Martin
P.J.'s welts
Stunners in women's hoops
German doping trial
Malone threatens to shoot
Faces in the Crowd
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Inside...

46 The NBA
52 The NHL
57 The NFL

College Basketball
28 Racket in the Brackets
The assorted upsets and buzzer-beaters of the opening two rounds augured perhaps the most exciting NCAA tournament of them all
by Alexander Wolff

Hockey
36 Captain Class
Whether on the ice or at home, Ron Francis, the Pittsburgh Penguins' underappreciated center, does things the right way
by Gerry Callahan

Pro Basketball
38 Still the One
Down 2-0 in the best-of-five ABL title series, the Quest rallied behind Valerie Still, its 36-year-old center, to win its second straight championship
by David Fleming

Tennis
40 The Most Hated Man in Tennis
Marcelo R�os, who shot to No. 3 with his victory at Indian Wells, has long been No. 1 in boorishness
by Franz Lidz