November 09, 1992 | Volume 77, Issue 20

Sarunas Marciulionis of Lithuania brings the same fire to striving for prosperity for his homeland as he does to playing for the Warriors

SLOWDOWN IN MOTOWN

RISING FROM THE SWAMP

CENTER OF ATTENTION

OFFENSEEddie Thompson, a Western Kentucky junior, gained 309 yards to break the Division I rushing record for quarterbacks in a 41-39 victory over Southern Illinois.

High-profile athletes now license their faces, so why don't they rent out other body parts?

Reporter Damian Slattery is one of SI's weekend warriors. Every Sunday, when we're going to press and at our busiest, he comes into our New York City offices for one day of duty and assiduously...

Jayne FennerSARASOTA, FLA.Fenner, 21, was named female Boardsailor of the Year by the U.S. Windsurfing Association. At the nationals she won the women's title by 54 points over Kirsten Snellenburg...

Back to Reality

Chi Chi Rodriguez, Senior PGA Tour golfer, watching one of John Daly's herculean drives disappear during an exhibition in Florida: "When I was a kid, I didn't go that far on vacation."

A new coach and a new look have Pittsburgh in an old spot-atop the AFC Central

A.P. Indy won the $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic and put himself in the running for Horse of the Year honors

British heavyweight Lennox Lewis won his countrymen's hearts, and a title shot, with a KO of Razor Ruddock

A poll of golf's top money winners says that Fred Couples should win Player of the Year honors

Giving Something BackAs a single mother of a budding athlete, I agree with E.M. Swift's idea that pro teams should aid the struggling athletic programs of inner-city schools (POINT AFTER, Oct....

After eight fiery years with the Sixers, Charles Barkley is raging in Phoenix and trying to toughen the talented Suns

The NBA's leather-lunged coaches bellow in a language all their own, full of terms you won't find in Webster's

Horace Grant (left) has two championship rings. Brother Harvey has a $17 million contract. No wonder their mom is smiling

In representing Michael Jordan and other deities, David Falk has become the scourge of the NBA

As the clock ticks down to an NBA season that opens with more questions than answers, here are enough of both to satisfy inquiring minds