September 24, 1990 | Volume 73, Issue 13

PRO BASKETBALL—The YOUNGSTOWN (Ohio) PRIDE defeated the Calgary 88's 109-99 in the fifth game of their best-of-five playoff series to win its second consecutive World Basketball League...

RYAN LUSKHILTON HEAD, S.C.Ryan, 10, was the 10-and-under age-group high-point champion at the Savannah City League swim championships. He won five individual events setting meet records in each...

Ex-coaches Switzer and Landry still vie to be No. 1

HOOKED

•Ron Meyer, Indianapolis Colt coach known for his malapropisms, shrugging off his bold decision to start rookie Jeff George at quarterback this season: "It isn't like I came down from Mount Sinai...

The first-place Reds, Pirates and Red Sox all look painful lickings as three division races tightened up

The World Mountain Bike Championships were hell on wheels

In the film Amadeus, the Emperor of Austria shows his musical ignorance when he comments with disgust that Mozart's work has "too many notes." When SI chief of correspondents Robin Douglas first...

In drubbing Pitt, a new-look Oklahoma played like the Sooners of old

PLAYING FOR NOTRE DAMEAs a former lineman who played through injuries, pain and frustration and also experienced glory during my four years at Notre Dame, I am struck by Steve Huffman's self-pity...

"Mea culpa" is plainly not the thrust of these memoirs by the controversial coach

Atlanta Braves Rookie Dave justice first saw Cecil Fielder in winter ball in 1987, when the two became teammates in Venezuela. "I went home after that season," recalls Justice, "and said, 'He's...

BYE, GEORGE

OFFENSECraig Erickson, Miami's senior quarterback, completed 32 of 47 passes for 467 yards, threw for four touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Hurricanes to a 52-24 victory over California.

THE AX FALLS

FIRE UP THE COALS

Chargers at Browns. Beginning with this game, San Diego will play in the Eastern time zone three times in 22 days. Coach Dan Henning puts the Chargers on Eastern time for workouts and meetings...

Buc Quarterback Vinny Testaverde entered 1990 as one of the NFL's most perplexing performers. He was a Heisman Trophy winner and the first player chosen in the '87 draft, but the most discussed...

Dispersal collared Criminal Type at Belmont