August 13, 1990 | Volume 73, Issue 7

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH GEORGE AND FAY

The U.S.'s wave of the future made a splash at the Long Course Nationals

The sagging Celts were spurned by Brian Shaw and by Dino Radja

Ted Turner's festival was bedeviled by a general lack of interest nationwide. Now its future is in doubt

Vinny Pazienza waltzed over Greg Haugen

Harmonious's win in the Hambletonian was sweet revenge for his owner

Al Unser Jr. won the fastest 500 in history

Michael Tobin subscribes to the theory that good prose, like good poetry, deserves to be read aloud. And, we are proud to say, the prose he reads is our own. Tobin, 28, is a radio broadcaster...

THE GREAT GAME OF GOLFCongratulations to Rick Reilly for capturing the essence of the real game of golf. The subtleties he so artfully described in The Nifty 50 (July 2) are why the game is...

The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted two greats—pitcher Jim Palmer and second baseman Joe Morgan—on Aug. 6 in Cooperstown, N.Y. They will be joined eventually by a number of active players who can...

ONE FOR THE TEAMWhen the Reds opened the 1990 season with a string of victories, all the players vowed to shave their heads if they won 10 straight. They were saved when the streak ended at nine....

One evening when Jose (Chico) Lind was 10, he crept into a neighbor's chicken coop in his hometown of Dorado, Puerto Rico, and tried to sneak off with a hen. "But the bird, she started clucking...

Red Barber is now a mainstay of National Public Radio

BOWLING—BOB HANDLEY defeated Sieve Hoskins 210-200 to win a PBA tournament and $21,000 in Austin, Texas.

JESSIE SPERBERGRAND JUNCTION, COLO.Sperber, 73, a retired secretary, used a three-wood to score a hole in one on the par-3, 104-yard 4th hole at Bookcliff Country Club in Grand Junction. It was...

The story of a kid who actually loathed collecting them