March 29, 1993 | Volume 78, Issue 12

Inclement weather marred the Lipton Championships, but not as much as players' whiny behavior

Long-shot Bull Inthe Heather won the Florida Derby orchids and earned a run at the roses

Squinting into the Florida sun, Teemu Selanne put the pedal to the metal. Within seconds Selanne, the NHL's top first-year player, who has already smashed the rookie goal-scoring record, was...

Like Frost and Thoreau and generations of resilient New Englanders, world cross-country champion Lynn Jennings draws inspiration from the land. She and her husband, Dave Hill, reside on the...

GIVE THE MAN TIME. After all, Nigel Mansell is only a rookie.

The Boss Is BackGeorge Steinbrenner as Napoleon on your March 1 cover? A better casting would have been General Douglas MacArthur. Now, that was a comeback.DANIEL S. MAXIMEBloomingdale, Ill.

Four years ago Troy and Terry Steiner celebrated the end of their first wrestling season at the University of Iowa by going on a bit of a bender. The identical twins from Bismarck, N.Dak., decided...

Jennie ThompsonHOUSTON

Were the suburban youths who raped a retarded girl "star athletes" or just typical kids?

Village People

•Steve Aschburner, in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, on a certain coach's power to intimidate refs: "If IRS auditors wore whistles around their necks, Bobby Knight [above] would pay exactly $3.41...

•Trevor Hoffman, Florida Marlin pitcher, on reporting to spring training with the first-year club: "It was like my first day of kindergarten, only my mom didn't drop me off this time."