THE TIX FIX
•Mackey Sasser, New York Mets catcher, on how he knew his wife was in labor: "I called the doctor, and he told me that the contraptions were an hour apart."
April 11, 1988 | Curry Kirkpatrick
April 11, 1988
The first pitch of the '88 baseball season became the first out as Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox got the Detroit Tigers' Gary Pettis to pop up in Fenway Park.
April 11, 1988 | Alexander Wolff
Each of these five pretenders to the Wooden throne achieved records at Westwood that would have been impressive at almost any school but UCLA. Will Brown, under whom the Bruins made their last...
Thanks to rookie Sean Burke's inspired goaltending, the New Jersey Devils squeaked into the playoffs
April 11, 1988 | E.M. Swift
April 11, 1988 | Donald J. Barr
Joe Marshall traveled for six years as a writer for SI, but not until he became director of photography five months ago did he find out what it really means to hit the road. Marshall's new job has...
April 11, 1988 | Hank Hersch
Louisiana Tech subdued Auburn 56-54 at the NCAA women's final in Tacoma
April 11, 1988 | Frank Deford
April 11, 1988 | Jaime Diaz
April 11, 1988 | Edited by Gay Flood
THE FOREST SERVICEI don't think I've ever read a more discouraging article than The Forest Service Follies (March 14), by John Skow. Considering the $600 million that Skow says the government...
Three years ago Scott Verplank was a lock to go straight to the top of professional golf. At 21 he won the 1985 Western Open, which made him the first amateur to triumph in a Tour event since Gene...
Quarterback Kelly Stouffer, the Cardinals' first draft pick in 1987, is still holding out
April 11, 1988 | Demmie Stathoplos
Kingpost is ugly, but his Jim Beam win was a beaut
A crew from the Sault scored an upset at the NCAAs
After a 19-month drought, Amy Alcott won her second Dinah Shore
April 11, 1988 | Dave Wohl
The Bronx Bull puffs theatrically on a Don Diego cigar, then delivers the punch line.
April 11, 1988 | Gary Kamiya
Who would believe croquet could be this BIG in the desert?
The MISL suits England's 5'2" Paul Dougherty to a T
April 11, 1988
RODNEY JOHNSPHOENIXJohns, a Grand Canyon College senior guard, scored 80 points, including successive last-second, game-winning baskets, as the Antelopes beat Waynesburg in the semis 108-106 and...
April 11, 1988 | Compiled by Duncan Brantley
COLLEGE BASKETBALL—KANSAS defeated Oklahoma 83-79 to win the NCAA men's championship, in Kansas City (page 18).
On the PGA Tour, one must know the spinach from the moss
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