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...little-d demolished the Green Bay Packers 38-27 in the N.F.C. championship game, owner Jerry Jones walked into the room to the acclaim he so richly deserved, or paid for, depending on your point of view. "You did it, Big Daddy!" said a cowboy-booted courtier. Actually, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and the other boys did it, but with the team about to win a third Super Bowl in four years, it's hard not to credit Jones, especially with that huge Nike symbol hanging from the cables above the field...
That is a shame because they really are beautiful to watch: Aikman, who may be an even better big-game quarterback than Joe Montana; Smith, whose 150 yds. (on a Herculean 35 carries) against the Packers gave him a record-tying sixth postseason game with 100 yds. or more rushing; Irvin, who laughed at Green Bay's single coverage with seven receptions for 100 yds. and two touchdowns. And say what you will about Sanders, he's a blast when he gets his hands on the ball via interception, reception, reverse, return, whatever...
...Sanders stifled the Dallas receivers, intercepted a crucial pass near the San Francisco goal line, and bugged his coach, George Seifert, so much that he was allowed to return a kickoff for the first time all season. He also demonstrated two of his many sides to Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman. Asked what he said to Aikman after helping the quarterback get off the ground after a sack, Sanders replied, "I told him to keep his head up and not get discouraged. Then I told him to throw me one." And in the postgame press conference Sanders displayed his gift...
CORRESPONDENTS: Joelle Attinger (Chief), Richard Hornik (Deputy, Foreign), Janice C. Simpson (Deputy, Domestic) Chief Political Correspondent: Michael Kramer Washington Contributing Editor: Hugh Sidey Senior Correspondents: David Aikman, Jonathan Beaty, Sandra Burton, Douglas Frantz, J. Madeleine Nash, Richard N. Ostling National Correspondents: Margot Hornblower, Jon D. Hull, Jack E. White Diplomatic Correspondent: J.F.O. McAllister Washington: Dan Goodgame, Ann Blackman, James Carney, John F. Dickerson, Michael Duffy, Jay Peterzell, Suneel Ratan, Elaine Shannon, Ann M. Simmons, Dick Thompson, Mark Thompson, Karen Tumulty, Douglas Waller, Adam Zagorin, Melissa August New York: John Moody, Edward Barnes, Massimo Calabresi, Adam Cohen, Sharon Epperson, Jenifer Mattos...
CORRESPONDENTS: Joelle Attinger (Chief), Richard Hornik (Deputy, Foreign), Janice C. Simpson (Deputy, Domestic) Chief Political Correspondent: Michael Kramer Washington Contributing Editor: Hugh Sidey Senior Correspondents: David Aikman, Jonathan Beaty, Sandra Burton, J. Madeleine Nash, Richard N. Ostling National Correspondents: Margot Hornblower, Jon D. Hull, Jack E. White Diplomatic Correspondent: J.F.O. McAllister Washington: Dan Goodgame, Ann Blackman, James Carney, John F. Dickerson, Michael Duffy, Jay Peterzell, Suneel Ratan, Elaine Shannon, Ann M. Simmons, Dick Thompson, Mark Thompson, Karen Tumulty, Douglas Waller, Adam Zagorin, Melissa August New York: John Moody, Edward Barnes, Massimo Calabresi, Adam Cohen, Sharon Epperson, Jenifer Mattos Boston...