March 01, 1993 | Volume 78, Issue 8

Since the beginning of the year. George Steinbrenner, principal owner of the New York Yankees, has been parading around his house in Tampa in a black terry-cloth robe with " 'The Boss Is Back'..."...

Julio César Chávez, now 85-0, avenged insults to his country by pounding Greg Haugen into submission

By defeating Cincinnati, Arizona proved that not all Western teams are wimps

Ralph TaskerHOBBS, N. MEX.Tasker, 73, coached Hobbs High to an 87-77 overtime victory against Alamagordo High to become the alltime winningest high school basketball coach, with 1,027 victories....

The Penguins' unsweetened Swede, Ulf Samuelsson, never ever makes nice on the ice

Rasheed Wallace Rashard Griffith

Last year when jockey Mary Russ opened the Christmas card from her husband, Rick Tortora, she found the gift she had long desired. "He had put a note in there that told me if I wanted to ride...

You wake up any parent with a 2 a.m. phone call from Calgary, Alberta, and there's going to be confusion. So 25-year-old Wendel Suckow should have expected his sleepy folks in Marquette, Mich., to...

Finally, a golf star without angst. At last, a touring pro who doesn't worry that making the big putt will cause his phone to ring. Hallelujah, a winner who doesn't feel persecuted when a reporter...

BEWARE OF BIG DOG

MENLa Salle's Kareem Townes, a 6'3" sophomore guard, scored 67 points, sank nine three-pointers, grabbed nine rebounds and had seven assists to lead the Explorers past Detroit Mercy and...

Anniversary of a TragedyJust as Leigh Montville had to write One Year Later...(Jan. 25) in broken segments, I could read only a few paragraphs of his story at a time. I remember the details of the...

Playoff expansion and interleague play are changes that the game can do without

For Pete's Sake

Atlanta Brave bullpen coach Ned Yost (left) took some ribbing from his players last season after they found out he dressed by the numbers, using a computerized list to match his ties with his...

•Mai Florence, in the Los Angeles Times, after Oregon basketball coach Jerry Green appeared on crutches at a game against UCLA: "Does that make him a lame Duck coach?"

•Peter Schwartz of Sports Phone to New York Islander left wing Steve Thomas after his shot hit the helmet of Boston Bruin goalie John Blue: "What were you trying to do, shoot until you got Blue in...

•Heavyweight champ Riddick Bowe, on the highlight of his current international tour: "I'm gonna be hangin' with the Pope."