August 20, 1990 | Volume 73, Issue 8

WOMEN NOT WELCOME

•Bubba Paris, San Francisco 49er offensive tackle, proudly noting that he had slimmed down in the off-season from 377 pounds to 340: "Now I look like a normal fat human being."

Like her boss, Nick Faldo, caddie Fanny Sunesson is at the top of her game

In pastoral upstate New York, Ricky Rudd bided his time before reeling in a sweet road-course victory

THE MINORSIt was a pleasure to read the stories in your issue on minor league baseball (Minor Miracle, July 23). As a former minor league general manager (Quad-City Angels, 1985-87), I was...

WAIVER POLITICS

SHOWING A LOT OF HEARTOn April 13, A's pitcher Dave Leiper had open-heart surgery to correct an electrical irregularity that caused his heart to beat wildly at times. On Aug. 3 he pitched for the...

Members of the training staff of the Los Angeles Dodgers have been fiddling with a contraption they call the "velocity potentio-meter." It calculates a pitcher's leverage, measuring the distance...

The cable network's diamond draws have been a downer

No joke, this Patty Hurst is the Women's Amateur champ

Don Mattingly had just left the on-deck circle, swinging the bat over his head, when the night began crackling, and the last stragglers from the rest rooms hurried toward their seats along the...

Unfortunately, the game has become two sports

ARENA FOOTBALL-The DETROIT DRIVE won its third straight league championship, beating the Dallas Texans 51-27, in Detroit. Drive quarterback Art Schlichter, who completed 14 of 23 passes for 176...

JENNIFER MARTINWESTON, CONN.Jennifer, a recent graduate of Central Catholic High, threw a three-hitter and drove in two runs in the Cavaliers' 4-2 victory over Derby High for the state softball...

The U.S. can learn a lot from foreign basketball powers