December 16, 1991 | Volume 75, Issue 26

MENAnthony Peeler, a 6'4" senior guard at Missouri, averaged 31 points, seven rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals in the Tigers' 86-61 victory over Florida A&M and their 87-76 upset of...

Somebody Dial 911

How to Cover Jerry Rice

Until recently, Vincent Brown was the "other guy" from Mississippi Valley State, and that was fine with him. If it had taken the presence of Jerry Rice at the tiny school in Itta Bena, Miss., for...

Here are some of the best—and heftiest—holiday coffee-table books around

The sun never sets on British silliness, as the vogue for elephant polo proves anew

SwoopedTo an unexpected victory in the first World Cup downhill event of the season, U.S. Ski Team racer A.J. Kitt. Negotiating the Oreiller-Killy course at Val d'Isère, France, in 1:55.69, Kitt...

Angie BinaMARION, KANS.

Illicit drug use by East German swimmers cheated their opponents—and, in a sense, all of us

At least some of the refuse generated by fans who attend sports events is being recycled

Babe Ruse

[Thumb Up]To Jama Bile, a Fork Union, Va., high school student, for finishing second in a regional cross-country meet after he lost his right shoe at the start. After the race, the younger brother...

Bob Weiss, Atlanta Hawk coach, on rookie guard Stacey Augmon: "Stacey was a bit disturbed by the salary cap when he came here. They don't have one at UNLV."

Photographer John Zimmerman followed such great skiers as Stein Eriksen and Toni Spiss for our Dec. 4, 1961, cover and a pictorial story. SI also covered the great indoors: the World's One-Pocket...

Long one of the NBA's biggest underachievers, 7-foot Kevin Willis of Atlanta has awakened to become the league's top rebounder

Tom Seaver. Mike Ditka. Wilt Chamberlain. Rob Fleder.

No. 1 Duke trounced seventh-ranked St. John's in the ACC—Big East finale

The ACC-Big East Challenge isn't the only such high-profile event to recently fall apart. Last Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis, Kentucky held on for a 76-74 victory over Indiana in a sawed-off...

Quarterback Warren Moon has done a good job of spreading the ball among his wide receivers in the Houston Oilers' 14 games this season. On average, Moon has attempted at least six passes a game to...

Annie Boucher, a 50-year-old New Yorker, is the top women's player at Alfred University

Ranchers are resorting to animals you would never think of to counter a thriving predator

Project Pride, a volunteer group in Newark, N.J., supports athletic programs for the depressed city's youth

With not one, not two, but three national championships in 1991, the sport of in-line skating has arrived

QuarterbacksIt is not the quarterbacks who are the problem in the NFL (A Wing and a Prayer, Nov. 04), it is the unimaginative coaches who are holding down scoring and the number of big plays....

Money for Muscle