April 06, 1992 | Volume 76, Issue 13

Below are key players in the division who are eligible for free agency after this season. Ripken, Boggs, Carter: Those are juicy names for next winter's postseason sweepstakes.

Defending champion Duke has the seasoned stars, Michigan the precocious freshmen, and the two teams are heading for a showdown. Sorry, Blue Devils, but youth will be served

Former Indiana basketball star Landon Turner refuses to let paralysis keep him on the sideline

For the author, spring training meant watching her mother dispense aspirin to the Cleveland Indians

Preempted The managerial aspirations of Bob Costas, who guided the Oakland Athletics to a 7-5 exhibition loss to Seattle on his 40th birthday. The NBC broadcaster, who once served as the Toledo...

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For this fan, the 1992 Grapefruit League season has been a particularly sour one

Christian Laettner's perfect shooting propelled Duke to its fifth consecutive Final Four

Indiana thrashed UCLA, thanks to the marksmanship of a revitalized Eric Anderson

Swarming Cincinnati takes its cue from the pet piranhas of forward Herb Jones

Sparked by Jalen Rose, Michigan's young team has blossomed in a hurry

With his family hanging on every shot, Davis Love III conquered all in the TPC

In her hour previous seasons on the LPGA tour, Dottie Mochrie found her deep-seated intensity more a curse than a blessing. Though she had two tournament wins and a bank account that was swelling...

Kristi Yamaguchi notwithstanding, the figure skating worlds were nothing to write home about

The game needs remodeling, so the author has drawn up a nine-point plan

Last season, while shooting photos from the roof of Toronto's SkyDome, 31 stories above the playing field, photographer Chuck Solomon decided to check in with SI assistant picture editor Laurel...

In seven seasons, Rangers manager Bobby Valentine hasn't even won his division. But he still has his job—and that's a triumph

The game takes on a new look when viewed from a perch 300 feet above the field in Toronto's SkyDome

Olympic gymnast Phoebe Mills is on her way to becoming an Olympic diver

In Illinois, one man's dream of a field grows bigger every day

The newest generation of computerized video simulators is bringing golf to the great indoors

Not Plain in SpainWe have just received the swimsuit issue (March 9) and must thank you for giving your readers the same beautiful models as well as spectacular new ones year after year. We think...

In a position-by-position count of Hall of Famers, third base comes up short.

With a name like his, in a town like New York, why isn't Mets slugger Howard Johnson a commercial smash hit?

Below are key players in the division who are eligible for free agency after this season. If money is a motivator, look for some big-stat seasons out of this group. Keep closest watch on Dawson,...

Below are key players in the division who are eligible for free agency after this season. In the game of play-today-for-next-year's-pay, keep an eye on L.A.—especially Daniels and Davis.

Callous Disregard

Tony Perez, Cincinnati Reds coach, on wire-service reports that pitcher John Smiley was unhappy about his trade from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Minnesota Twins: "John Smiley is going to change...

[Thumb Up]To Notre Dame, for its auction this week that raised $30,000 for a scholarship in the names of Meghan Beeler and Colleen Hipp, two Irish swimmers who died in a bus crash on Jan. 24.

Graham and Linda Cross of Walsall, England, are so devoted to the Manchester United football team that in 1976 they named their newborn son after its players. Last month 15-year-old Graham Alex...

O.K., so we're not perfect. Cleveland Indians Cory Snyder (left) and Joe Carter appeared on the cover of our April 6, 1987, baseball preview, in which we picked the Indians to finish first in the...

Below are key players in the division who are eligible for free agency after this season. In the closely contested American League West, Oakland may benefit from an incentive boost.