Sports Illustrated February 20, 1995

20 Back from the Depths 
Maryland is a basketball power again, ending a long decline 
by Jack McCallum 
26 Queen for a Day 
Nicole Bobek surprisingly reigned at the figure skating nationals 
by Johnette Howard 
32 Dead Serious 
Tour funnyman Peter Jacobsen is playing the best golf of his life 
by Jaime Diaz 
40 A Whole New Tack 
Shelley Beattie and Dawn Riley lead the all female America3 crew 
by Kelly Whiteside 
48 February Frenzy 
The four days of NBA All-Star madness even included a game 
by Leigh Montville 
58 Seems like Old Times 
A new generation of stellargoaltenders has emerged in the NHL 
by E.M. Swift 
70 Basking in Bermuda, Captivated by Costa Rica 
The swimsuit set follows the sun to a divergent pair of resorts 
by Jule Campbell 
90 The Only Way to Go 
Our intrepid scooterborne reporter took Bermuda by storm 
by Kelly Whiteside 
130 Like Fish out of Water 
Costa Rica was, fbr one bedeviled party of fishermen, a paradise lost 
by E.M. Swift 
152 Stormin' Mormons 
Coach Roger Reid and sons make BYU basketball a family affair 
by Austin Murphy 
156 Terrible Two 
Tennis's Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva are a match 
by Sally Jenkins 
164 Donnelly's Arm 
Irish boxing champ Dan Donnelly died in 1820, but his limb endures 
by Allen Abel 
174 The General Whose Army Never Wins 
While losing to the Globetrotters, Red Klotz won over the world 
by Tim Crothers 
Departments 
8 Letters 
11 Faces in the Crowd 
13 Scorecard 
146 Sports People 
186 Inside the NHL 
191 Inside High School Basketball 
194 Inside the NFL 
196 Point After 
 
EDITORIAL NOTE 
WHEN FASHION reporter Joan Braun Truscio was a teenager competing in swim meets
at the Flushing YMCA in Queens, N.Y., in the 1970s and '80s, the fashion fad making
waves in pools across the nation was the Belgrad, a funky, fluorescently hued
one-piece swimsuit with a strip of meshed fabric along the spine. "I hate
to admit it, but I never even owned a Belgrad," says the 29-year-old Truscio,
who signed on as assistant to swimsuit issue senior editor Jule Campbell last
April. "For years I stuck with the standard Speedo. In those days I knew
absolutely nothing about fashion. Now it's my job." 
For five years Truscio was my executive assistant, but when the opportunity to
help coordinate seaside wardrobes for the likes of Vendela, Cheryl Tiegs, Judit
Masco, Stacey Williams and Ashley Richardson came along, she decided to immerse
herself in the world of designer swimwear. 
Her work on this year's 42-page swimsuit pictorial (page 70) began last April,
when she helped Campbell research locations by studying travel guides and atlases.
In June they scouted venues in Costa Rica for two weeks. Following Campbell's
solo expedition to Bermuda a month later, the two surveyed the latest in swimwear
at a show in Miami and pored over other collections in designer showrooms in New
York. By August, Truscio and Campbell were swimming in the nearly 1,000 suits
they had chosen for possible inclusion in this issue. "It must have taken
Joan two weeks to unpack them," Campbell remembers. "On the swimsuit
beat, that's probably the hardest part of the job." 
In mid-September, Campbell, Truscio and 300 suits were off to Bermuda for the
first shoot. With so many supermodels towering over her, the 5' 3" Truscio
couldn't help feeling that she was in over her head. "Ashley, who's six-one,
showed up for dinner the first night and had taken it upon herself to wear three-inch
heels," Truscio recalls with amusement. "I told her I didn't want to
see her wearing those shoes for the rest of the trip." 
Truscio's new job isn't all sunglasses and tanning lotion. She estimates she spent
a total of 12 weeks on the road, away from her husband, Ed, SI's associate art
director. After 29 days in Bermuda—where Truscio, Campbell, the models,
photographers and assistants survived a near hurricane that knocked out most of
the island's power for 24 hours—everyone packed up for Costa Rica. There
it rained for two weeks straight. "We were pretty worried it would be a washout,"
says Truscio. "In fact, Stacey was leaving for home when the sun finally
came out. I had to call the airport and have her come back." 
Long trips and brushes with catastrophe aside, Truscio is happy in her new position.
The job is challenging and takes her to exotic places. Just as important, it has
helped her conquer her fear of flying. "When we were in Costa Rica, we took
off in a single-engine plane from a cow field—complete with cow," she
says. "When I survived that, I knew I'd beaten it."

Title: Sports Illustrated February 20, 1995

Series: Sports Illustrated

Item Number: SPORTSILL199502

Joshua Murray - March 24, 2014

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Great piece of ephemera.