May 27, 1985 | Volume 62, Issue 21

Sports books, like everything else, are expensive these days: $18.95 is a lot to pay for the pontifications of a 19-year-old athlete. He may be making $650,000 a year, but you're not. So it's a...

Every athlete lives for that one moment in the sun, a time of fulfillment and glory. For Floyd G. Giebell, that moment came on Sept. 27, 1940.

A DECISION ON URINALYSISAngel Cordero Jr. and Bill Shoemaker are two of the winningest jockeys in history, but last week they came up losers. In the first federal court test of a rule requiring...

•Bob Knight, Indiana University basketball coach, on reports that he's considering going into the furniture business: "I've already told prospective customers that after I open the store, when...

Carl Lewis resumed his assault on the world long-jump record at the UCLA/Pepsi Invitational and came ever so close

E for error keeps popping up on scoreboards as the uncertain Phillies struggle to find themselves—and the ball

Los Angeles took a 3-1 lead over Denver and seemed headed toward its fourth consecutive NBA championship series

Philadelphia fought off a sweep but trailed Boston 3-1 in the East

One man's opinion: The Flyers will triumph in the Stanley Cup because they have what it takes to muzzle the Oilers' No. 1 gun

All right, Swift, you have some good points there, but you're forgetting something very important. If the Edmonton Oilers proved one thing in their third consecutive march to the Stanley Cup...

Tom Brunansky, hitting .348 for the Twins, is performing like an MVP

When he fractured his leg after crashing into a fence in Anaheim 12 years ago, Bobby Valentine, who might have been a star, became a survivor. He immediately began preparing himself for a managing...

DARRELL EVANS: The Tigers' first baseman, in danger of losing his regular status, raised his average from .171 to .247 by hitting .414 with four HRs and 11 RBIs. His week included a pair of...

A record run by Tank's Prospect gave the Preakness a big boost

After 18 years as a globe-trotting SPORTS ILLUSTRATED writer, William Oscar Johnson has come in from the cold. Trading his trench coat and portable typewriter for a desk, a swivel chair and a row...

VINCENT ROBINSONBRIDGEPORT, ALA.Vincent, a 6'5" senior forward for Bridgeport High, averaged 32 points and 18 rebounds a game in leading the Tigers to a 26-3 season. Vincent, named Alabama's...

PRO BASKETBALL—Philadelphia avoided elimination from its NBA Eastern Conference final series with Boston by defeating the Celtics 115-104 in Game 4 at the Spectrum. In the Western Conference...

CHEMICAL REACTIONSSir:It's good that SI published some hard facts and numbers about anabolic steroids (Special Report: The Steroid Explosion, May 13). I'm a drug-free powerlifter who trains in a...