July 24, 1989 | Volume 71, Issue 4

A HIGH SCHOOL FIX?

•Jim Dent, senior pro golfer known for his long but not always accurate drives: "I can airmail the ball, but sometimes I don't get the right address on it."

The sweet spot (deepest purple) is technically a single point, and studies show that a ball struck by a big league—quality wood bat in that spot will go farther than one struck by an aluminum bat...

Evander Holyfield sent a message to Mike Tyson with his KO of Adilson Rodrigues

In June, artist Paola Piglia spent three days in Kalamazoo, Mich., doing research for her illustrations of Bil Gilbert's story about the environmental rescue of the Kalamazoo River (page 76)....

In the World Basketball League, the maximum height is 6'4⅞", but the players are thinking big

BACK-BREAKERBrewers outfielder Glenn Braggs swings so hard that he has broken three bats across his back on his follow-through this season. Former Oriole slugger Jim Gentile used to do the same...

Pitching in the all-star game on July 11 in Anaheim may have been the highlight of the five-year major league career of Montreal reliever Tim Burke, but it wasn't the most rewarding moment of his...

JOHNSON'S RECORDI could not disagree more with Merrell Noden's POINT AFTER (June 26) regarding Ben Johnson's 1987 world record of 9.83 in the 100 meters. I do not feel that Johnson should be...

Betsy King reigned supreme at the U.S. Women's Open

Houston, all $2.9 million of him, disappointed his backers in a sprint at Belmont

Mindful of the drawing power of a good slogan, the people behind the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., call their recently renovated shrine to the racehorse...

Two tables put end to end made the game a summer smash

NBC has recruited Bill Walsh to beef up its football team

ARENA FOOTBALL—After the five-team league's second week of play, defending champion Detroit remained undefeated with a 39-7 rout of Maryland. Mike Trigg paced the Drive with four touchdowns. In...

LIZ BARKERTRUMBULL, CONN.Liz, a senior-to-be at St. Joseph High, won the boys' singles title at the Class M state tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Hector Scarano of E.O. Smith High...

Here and abroad grass roots environmentalism is growing