September 07, 1987 | Volume 67, Issue 10

THE FADING GREEN

•Raul Allegre, New York Giants placekicker, on his new mustache: "It's a lot like a football game. There are 11 hairs on this side, and 11 hairs on that side."

Ben Johnson blazed to a record 9.83 100 meters in the World Championships

Tennessee's late field goal stunned favored Iowa 23-22 in the Kickoff Classic

In his two years as an SI letters correspondent, David Fischer has not only answered some 2,000 pieces of mail from our readers, but he has also had energy aplenty for a demanding sideline.

KING OF THE CROUCHWhen Bob Boone crouches behind the plate for the 1,919th time in his 16-year career this month, he will break Al Lopez's major league record for games caught. Lopez, a 19-year...

It says so right there on one of those bumper stickers next to one of those personalized license plates, LIFE'S A BEACH. In Southern California, where every day is sun day, this passes for wisdom....

SPECIAL OLYMPIANSE.M. Swift's story on the Special Olympics (They Came Up Roses, Aug. 17) certainly captured the feeling of the event and, more important, the cause. I attended the opening...

Billy Mayfair added the Amateur to his bulging trophy case

RYAN THERIAULTLAS VEGASRyan, a seventh-grader at the Las Vegas Day School, established an 11-12 age group record of 2,988 in the pentathlon at the TAC championships. He also set a record of 3,419...

BASEBALL—HUA LIAN, TAIWAN, routed Irvine, Calif., 21-1 to win the Little League World Series, in Williamsport. Pa. (page 11).

For a junk-sport junkie, Arenaball is not nearly enough