June 08, 1992 | Volume 76, Issue 22

Picture yourself in a 48-foot powerboat on Portland's Willamette River, with velvet green hills in the background and azure skies, and you'll have an idea of the idyllic afternoon that Portland...

Butch Reynolds was banned from the Jenner Classic as politics clouded the competition

Deputy picture editor Phil Jache is a kayaking enthusiast who knows how to keep his head above water. In the office Jache can occasionally be found daydreaming of being in a kayak and slicing...

Though overshadowed by the men, the U.S. women have a golden vision

The Vaudeville NineSteve Rushin's article Rundown on the Pirates (May 4) was a breath of fresh air for this Bucs fan. Rushin did a brilliant job showing that the Pirates aren't just Barry Bonds...

Is a Pennant in the Cards?

Radio DazeThree times this year Oriole instructor Rick Dempsey has been mistaken for Baltimore manager John Oates by members of the media, and Dempsey has gone ahead and given interviews as if he...

Reggie Jackson, in his guise as a television commentator, was observing the American League's leading hitter take his cuts in the batting cage before a game last Friday between the A's and the...

Georgia's Vicki Goetze shot a final-round 65 to defeat a swarm of Swedes at the NCAA women's championships

Presidential Timber

[Thumb Up]To the Pittsburgh Pirates, for their wonderfully evocative turnback-the-clock game with the "New York" Giants on Sunday. Both teams wore period uniforms from 1939 that will be auctioned...

Junior Ortiz, Cleveland Indians catcher, after going 0 for 3 while playing with his left contact lens in his right eye and his right lens in his left eye: "When the pitcher threw a fastball low...

SackedWashington Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien, in his first PGA Tour attempt, at the Kemper Open in Potomac, Md. An alleged one handicap who earned pro status as a golfer by winning $75,000 in...

Amy WindmillerSACRAMENTOWindmiller, a sophomore softball pitcher at Sacramento City College, had a 27-1 record, including 10 no-hitters and five perfect games, for the 54-3 Panthers. She did not...

The farewells of John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors at the French Open were nothing but boorish