ROCKY FLIGHT INTO FIRST Though jolted by salary disputes and charges of racism, the Vikings have soared to the top of the NFC Central By Jill Lieber
CRASS AND CLASS Behind the glitz of UNLV basketball is a real school in a real city By Curry Kirkpatrick
SPECIAL DELIVERY Rumeal Robinson arrived at Michigan from a home stamped with caring By Leigh Montville
THE SWEET 16 Forget the Top 20. What really matters is being one of the final 16 teams on the road to the Final Four By Hank Hersch
A CARDINAL VIRTUE Point guard Jennifer Azzi has put Stanford right in the driver's seat By Douglas S. Looney
THE LOST GENERATION From 1971 to 1984, no major college scoring champ made the grade in the NBA By Alexander Wolff
DADDY'S FAVORITE CADDIE Michelle Moody has helped her father, Orville, become a big winner on the Senior tour By J.E. Vader
STREAKING BACK AT 1,560 MPH Recall when slot cars were a kids' fad? Nowadays they are very high-tech and very adult By Lisa Twyman Bessone
A RUN FOR THE ROSES Michigan looks to be en route to Pasadena again after a game Illinois could have won By Douglas S. Looney