July 09, 1990 | Volume 73, Issue 2

Two encounters with a big bass left a bitter taste

PICKING AND CHOOSING

•Andre Agassi, tennis player, assessing his career so far: "I've only scratched the iceberg."

In one weekend, baseball saw three no-hitters—including a no-winner

Gardner stern, 85, settled into his seat along the first base line at Comiskey Park before the start of Sunday's game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. "One of my most vivid...

Lee Trevino held off Jack Nicklaus to win the Senior Open

How the divisions of four superconferences might stack up

ATLANTA FALCON BILL FRALIC IS MAKING IT HIS BUSINESS TO RID THE NFL OF STEROIDS

Beginning on page 40, you'll find the second installment of our three-part series on the golf boom. This week's stories were written by three SI senior writers who were hooked (as it were) by the...

Major league baseball's All-Star Game will be played on July 10 at Chicago's Wrigley Field. Most of the big-name players will be there, and rightly so. There are, however, other players who have...

ANOTHER NO-HITTERThe Blue Jays' Tom Lawless doesn't have a hit this season. In fact, in three of the last five years he has been the last nonpitcher in the major leagues to get a hit. But,...

It's the bottom of the sixth inning on a recent Tuesday in municipal Stadium, home of the Miracle, an independent Class A team based in Pompano Beach, Fla. Jericho, a golden retriever, is ambling...

Daunting financial and societal obstacles face minority aspirants

Only the strongest survived the Best Ranger contest

Quick-shot artists scored at the Pop-A-Shot championships

BOWLING—DANNY WISEMAN defeated Ron Palombi 221-210 to win a PBA event and $24,000 in Riverside, Calif.

RYAN SPEARSOLATHE, KANS.Ryan, 9, a forward for the Jaguars of the Olathe Soccer Club, scored at least one goal in each of the Jaguars' games in leading them to a 7-0 record in the Johnson County...

Bud Collins belongs in the booth at Wimbledon

UMP GRUMPINGAs a longtime baseball fan who has attended 40 to 50 games a year for 25 years, I feel that nothing could be more on target than Steve Wulf's POINT AFTER (June 4) about major league...

Collector bats are a hot item in Cooperstown