August 27, 1984 | Volume 61, Issue 10

SPORTS COMEBACK OF THE YEAR: THE OLYMPIC GAMES

•Tony LaRussa, youthful White Sox manager, on baseball wisdom imparted to him by veteran major league pilot Chuck Tanner: "When I first became a manager, I asked Chuck for advice. He told me,...

Pete Rose's return as manager-player wowed the media, revved up the Reds and refreshed Pete's run at Ty Cobb

The division-leading Padres had been a peaceable bunch until they made a call on the Braves. Then a nasty brushback war broke out

Lee Trevino, 44, won the PGA with a record-shattering performance

Carr de Naskra flew through a breathtaking final furlong to win the Travers Stakes, Saratoga's Midsummer Derby

John Henry, the richest horse in the world, is still racing—and superbly—at the ripe age of nine

With this issue SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is 30 years old. Once only a gleam in the eye of Time Inc.'s co-founder Henry Luce, SI is now an institution, the first—and only—national weekly newsmagazine...

When John Madden got his first job in pro football—coaching the linebackers for the Oakland Raiders—he was ready. He prepared "a long list of drills for all my linebackers." But only one. Duane...

The only sock in the White Sox these days comes from Harold Baines

Before the 1980 season, Sparky Anderson compared Kirk Gibson to Mickey Mantle. "I was so cocky and stupid at the time, I thought I could do it," Gibson says now. "I was the next Mickey Mantle?...

To the owners who want to avoid refunding money to the networks by installing temporary lights in Wrigley Field if the Cubs win the National League East:

The U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp of ex-Pittsburgh great Roberto Clemente in Puerto Rico last week. Previous sports honorees were Jim Thorpe, Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson.

Player-managers once abounded in the majors, but Cincinnati's Pete Rose is only the fifth in the last 25 years. Below, his most recent predecessors with their managerial records and individual...

MIKE BODDICKER: The Oriole right-hander allowed only five hits and one earned run and struck out eight in two complete game wins. He raised his record to 15-8 and lowered his ERA to 2.77.

Kansas City defensive end Art Still dieted so much he was a pushover

In contrast to Art Still, the Washington Redskins' Alvin Garrett was carrying too much weight, but now he's back to being a Smurf. The 5'7" wide receiver ballooned into the Round Mound of...

In his 10-year NFL career, Pittsburgh Steeler linebacker Jack Lambert has had remarkable success—four Super Bowl rings, nine Pro Bowls—but it hasn't spoiled him. In the Steelers' preseason opener...

There's a new Kenny Stabler.

Howie Garfinkel may be a klutz with a basketball, but he's the consummate pitchman in the summer camp biz. His Five-Star operation serves up top talent for hungry coaches

What's a "legit tweener" if it's not Boy George? Do you, or any of your friends, have "low major muscle"? Or "? feet"? Does your "j border on pure"? What does "HM if reverts to soph" mean? Is...

2, 3—Richard Mackson4—Jacqueline Duvoisin14—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman16-19—Ronald C. Modra20, 21—Ronald C. Modra (2), Tony Tomsic (top right)22-25—Jacqueline Duvoisin26, 27—Richard Mackson...

BOXING—CHANG JUNG KOO of Korea retained his WBC light flyweight title by stopping Japan's Katsuo Tokashiki on a ninth-round TKO in Pohang, South Korea.

LENNY BERNSTEINROCKVILLE, MD.Bernstein, a three-time national prep wrestling champ entering North Carolina, won the 65-kilo freestyle gold medal at the world junior wrestling championships in...

OLYMPIC OPINIONSir:Frank Deford has once again displayed a rare and poignant sensitivity. His views (One Man's Opinion: Cheer, Cheer, Cheer for the Home Team, Aug. 13) echo my own and those of so...

"We were told not to come home if we didn't win this time," said Bunny Read, the senior Aussie thrower, before the return match of the year, the Boomerang Challenge Cup II. "And if we don't. I...