December 11, 1989 | Volume 71, Issue 24

Last March in the middle of Dick Trickle's first NASCAR Winston Cup race this year, the Goodwrench 500, in Rockingham, N.C., his car screeched into the pits during a caution period. Two mechanics...

SEASON OF SEASONS

WEIRD TIMES

Giants at Broncos. This is their first meeting since Super Bowl XXI, and it's a special matchup for Denver coach Dan Reeves. In 1979 Giants general manager George Young narrowed the candidates for...

KRISTEN CARPENTERSANTA CRUZ, CALIF.Kristen, 6, a midfielder for the Rudleigh Earthquakes, an under-eight Santa Cruz Youth Soccer league team, scored four goals to lead her unbeaten team to its...

PRO BASKETBALL—Knick center Patrick Ewing scored 135 points in victories over the Hornets (119-108), Warriors (129-111) and Suns (122-112) and a loss to the SuperSonics (127-122) before he and his...

Jerry Claiborne bows out after a shining UK career

With an iron in her hand—a Sunbeam, not a five-iron—Anne Sander contemplated, first, the pile of clothes and, second, the drizzle outside her Seattle home. "I told you, I'm basically a housewife,"...

I have a passion for old quality stuff—tools, boat fittings and fishing equipment—and I keep a lot of it stuck away. This is not like a museum collection; everything works, and it waits around...

•Jason Chaffetz, BYU placekicker, describing his position: "It's like being a ballet dancer—tight pants, a little contact and a whole lot of kicking."

In sportswriting circles a fine writer is said to be able to really "type." But when Richard Hoffer, our newest senior writer, landed his first job with a newspaper—the Massillon, Ohio, Evening...

Nadia Comaneci, Olympic heroine, reached the U.S. after escaping from Romania

NEON DEIONCongratulations! I would have thought it impossible to capture in a single photo the essence of all that is wrong in sports, but you succeeded with your cover shot of the Falcons' Deion...

Christian Okoye of the Chiefs may be the NFL's gentlest player. He is certainly its most dangerous runner

Big tough and hugely gifted, 16-year-old Eric Lindros is already being touted as the NHL's next superstar

MEN:Gary Payton, a senior point guard at Oregon State, scored 46 points, dished out 22 assists and had 9 rebounds and 10 steals as the Beavers opened Pac-10 competition by defeating Arizona State...

Santa Clara tied Virginia in the gelid NCAAs