September 18, 1989 | Volume 71, Issue 12

Long before she became a reporter at SI, it was clear that Stefanie Scheer had the right instincts for journalism. Ever since her formative years in Brookline, Mass., she has kept files—some of...

High school games don't belong on national TV

THE ERASING OF JOHNSON

•Tom Paciorek, Chicago White Sox broadcaster, when asked for his definition of boredom: "Having to listen to someone talk about himself when I want to talk about me."

Steffi Graf made swift work of almost all of her victims at the U.S. Open

Thanks to two crafty old pros on defense and a plucky young quarterback, the Chicago Bears stuck it to the Cincinnati Bengals in their NFL opener

RYAN'S K'SIn perusing the list of Nolan Ryan's strikeout victims (K, Aug. 28), I noticed that Steve Carlton had eight of those K's. How many times did these two future Hall of Famers face each...

Penn State, on the heels of its worst season in 50 years, was upset by Virginia

It was the middle of the night, and John Kibler was flat on his back in the emergency room of a mid-town Manhattan hospital when the thought occurred to him that he might soon be ejected from this...

RETURN OF THE RETREADS

SUDDEN IMPACT

Eagles at Redskins: Philadelphia begins a four-week stretch against the last five Super Bowl winners—Washington, San Francisco (which won twice), Chicago and the Giants. In fact, after the...

OFFENSE: Auburn wideout Alexander Wright, a senior who is also a sprinter on the Tigers' track team, caught five passes, four of them for touchdowns (of 78, 60, 41 and 73 yards), in the Tigers'...

U.S. hurdlers David Patrick and Sandra Farmer-Patrick starred in soggy Barcelona

THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE

PRO FOOTBALL—In the NFL's season openers, the 49ers defeated the Colts 30-24 as Jerry Rice caught his 50th career touchdown pass, a 58-yarder from Joe Montana. Indianapolis's Eric Dickerson also...

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