May 04, 1992 | Volume 76, Issue 17

Earth to Bush

[Thumb Up]To Darryl Stingley, New England Patriots player personnel director, for earning his degree in physical education from Purdue. Stingley, a former Patriots wide receiver who has been...

Berman. Kiper. Edelstein. Weren't those three of the 10 plagues the Lord visited upon the ancient Egyptians? Yeah, I watched all 5½ hours of ESPN's NFL draft coverage, also known as the Last...

It was predestined that at the recent Easter Bowl Junior Tennis Championships in Miami, Michelle O (below left), a 16-year-old from Winter Garden, Fla., would lose to Meilen Tu, 14, of Northridge,...

Gene Gieselmann, St. Louis Cardinals trainer, after arthroscopic surgery was performed on righthander Bryn Smith's elbow: "It was hind of like his 100,000-pitch checkup."

Before Deion, before Bo, there was Skeets. Renaldo (Sheets) Nehemiah, then the world-record holder in the 110-meter hurdles, made the April 26, 1982, cover after he signed as a wide receiver with...

Pittsburgh lost several key players during the off-season, but the two-time division champion hasn't missed a step

A mentor-protégé coaching rivalry heated up Seattle's series with Golden State

Working its familiar playoff magic, Minnesota pushed favored Detroit to the brink of elimination

Spring drills reaffirmed that once ground-bound Georgia could soar with well-armed Eric Zeier

The Packers, who once again have new leadership, laid the cornerstone for a fresh foundation by drafting Florida State's Terrell Buckley

A Blast from the Past

Mark Twain once said that there are three types of false-hoods: lies, damned lies and statistics. Statistically speaking, we're 99% certain that Twain never met Steve Hirdt, who is executive...

America³ and New Zealand took leads in an America's Cup series enlivened by controversy and a Dennis Conner comeback

Randy Johnson, the Seattle Mariners' 6'10" southpaw, is one of baseball's most explosive—and eccentric—moundsmen

These wheelchairs are designed to put disabled athletes on trails once reserved for off-road vehicles

The Scariest Man in Baseball

A Crash LandingYou can't help but think of Crash Davis, the journeyman catcher played by Kevin Costner in the movie Bull Durham, when you consider Doug Davis, a 29-year-old catcher who the Rangers...

Burners and Burnouts

FOR MANY PLAYERS, BASEBALL IS A SPORT OF METEORIC RISES AND FALLS—LIKE THE MAJOR LEAGUE FLAMEOUTS OF JOE COWLEY AND THREE OTHER SHOOTING STARS

Nick Theslof left his Ohio home for a chance to play topflight soccer in Holland

This agent to the stars insists that in the money game, he plays by the rules

Self-taught jockey Gwen Jocson, last year's top winning apprentice, attended the school of hard knocks

Dizzy Dean and Billy Martin are well served in these new baseball biographies

BustedThe world record for the 4 x 200-meter relay, by the Santa Monica Track Club quartet of Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard and Carl Lewis, at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Competing...

Simeon VierraKAHUKU, HAWAIISimeon, a senior heavyweight wrestler at Kahuku High, won a state title for the second straight year to wrap up a 41-0 season. He now has gone unbeaten in 95 matches and...

The NFL has been tapping underclassmen, and the results have been mostly for the good

Revamping BaseballI commend Steve Wulf for his excellent plan to revive baseball (A Blueprint for Baseball, April 6). I have been a fan since I was a kid, and I, too, see baseball running itself...