February 15, 1993 | Volume 78, Issue 6

Why, when we knew Arthur Ashe's health was precarious, did the news of his death from pneumonia last Saturday hit us like a ball peen hammer between the eyes? Why did the announcement of this...

Riddick Bowe, in the first defense of his heavyweight crown, knocked out aging Michael Dokes in Round 1 for a sorry start to his reign

Be it Phil Jackson or Michael Jordan, Chicago is finding another title won't be as easy as 1-2-3

Peter LutzFAIRFIELD, CONN.

Larry Bird, legend

Ask new NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman his priorities for the early months of his five-year contract, which began Feb. 1, and he ticks them off like a professor detailing a curriculum. He must 1)...

I've got a contract for 200 hats," Michelle McGann says, and for a moment you think you're Elsa Klensch interviewing a Paris fashion designer for CNN. McGann is young enough and tall enough to be...

Butch Reynolds, the world-record holder at 400 meters, has assumed many roles in the course of his more than two-year battle with his sport's governing body, the International Amateur Athletic...

Iowans were determined not to let schoolboy Tavian Banks, their best prospect in 15 years, leave the state

Florida State got the pick of the litter, including a kicker once bound for Notre Dame

SHOOTING MOST FOUL

MENIdaho's Orlando Lightfoot, a 6'7" junior forward, had 21 points and 15 rebounds in a 97-76 win over Idaho State and 44 points (a school record) and 17 boards in a 107-96 double-OT defeat of...

SI's ALL-STARS

Larry Bird lit up Boston for the last time.

PercentagesI was interested in your SCORECARD item (Jan. 18) about the disparity between the number of blacks playing pro football, baseball and basketball and the number employed in coaching and...

Priorities

•Scott Skiles (right), Orlando Magic guard, dismissing the fans' booing of him: "Basketball is like church. Many attend but few understand."