April 18, 1988 | James R. Petersen
The tachometer on my blue-and-white Kawasaki Ninja 600R is nearing the 11,000-rpm redline. I am on the back straight of Road America, hurtling at about 120 mph toward a nasty bit of business...
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•Jim Frey, Chicago Cubs general manager, rejecting tradition as an argument against installing lights at Wrigley Field: "If we went by tradition, we'd still be playing without gloves."
April 18, 1988 | Rick Reilly
April 18, 1988 | Austin Murphy
April 18, 1988 | Edited by Gay Flood
GREAT MENTwo stories in three weeks by Frank De-ford, on Nolan Richardson (Got To Do Some Coachin', March 7) and on Larry Bird (A Player for the Ages, March 21), and Gary Smith's piece on Mike...
April 18, 1988 | Demmie Stathoplos
The filly Winning Colors won big at Santa Anita to become a Kentucky Derby favorite
April 18, 1988 | Peter Gammons
April 18, 1988 | Peter Gammons
They were the only fans in the wooden grandstand beyond the right centerfield fence, 10 teenagers strung across the top row like kookaburras on the wire. They began chanting "Din-Go, Diiiiin-Go,"...
April 18, 1988 | By Jack McCallum
For a guy who was living his boyhood dream and who could break up his teammates with impressions of Eddie Murphy, Laker shooting guard Byron Scott never seemed very happy, at least not when he was...
Newcomers led the U.S. over Peru in Davis Cup play
April 18, 1988 | Peter Gammons
New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman has had a tough spring. He was criticized by manager Davey Johnson for "losing his killer instinct," he suffered a pinched nerve in his neck and a pulled...
WHY WASTE HITS IN FLORIDA?Montreal Expos centerfielder Mitch Webster batted .146 in spring training and then opened the season with nine hits in his first 13 at bats. Texas Rangers first baseman...
Heard the one about the accountant who's asked the color of a certain horse? "Brown on this side," he answers.
Dave Wharton's U.S. mark at the NCAAs is worth savoring
Evander Holyfield, king of the cruiserweights, bravely plans to take on Mike Tyson
April 18, 1988 | Sam Moses
April 18, 1988 | Gerald F. Dionne
Odd things happen when both baseball teams try to lose
April 18, 1988 | Compiled by Duncan Brantley
PRO BASKETBALL—The Eastern Conference playoff logjam involving Washington, Philadelphia, New York and now Indiana remained tightly packed. The Knicks capped a win-or-die week Sunday by beating the...
April 18, 1988
MARTHA RICHARDSHUDSON, WIS.Martha, a 5'11" Hudson High senior guard, was named Wisconsin's female basketball player of the year. She averaged 26.6 points a game for the 22-3 Raiders, becoming only...
South Korea is bent on making its Olympics serene
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