April 19, 1993 | Volume 78, Issue 15

High-Volume MouthMy thanks to Leigh Montville for the hilarious article Cherry Bombs (March 29). The flamboyant Don Cherry is refreshing to grind 'em up, chew 'em up hockey fans like myself. May...

Mario Lemieux and the Penguins have staked new claims to greatness

The grandson of an NFL Hall of Famer is tearing 'em up on rugby pitches around the world

Chris Webber is doing just fine, thank you, after his infamous NCAA gaffe

Michael Andretti made the switch from Indy cars to Formula One racing this year with two consuming motives: to fulfill his dream of competing on the glamorous Grand Prix tour, on which his father,...

Erick WalderMOBILE, ALA.Walder, a junior at Arkansas, repeated as champion in both the long jump and the triple jump at the NCAA Men's Indoor Track Championships in Indianapolis. He leaped 27'4"...

Rene Arocha walked through a door marked exit two years ago, and last Friday night he made a memorable major league entrance. Arocha, a righthander for the St. Louis Cardinals, pitched eight...

Little girls with big games and even bigger entourages are all over the pro tennis circuit these days. What's unusual is someone like 17-year-old Chanda Rubin, who is climbing the rankings largely...

Brown sophomore Xeno Müller, the top oarsman on the nation's top collegiate crew, is fond of telling folks how well his name suits him. The prefix xeno, taken from Greek, means foreign—which is...

Prairie Bayou is headed for the Kentucky Derby after winning the Blue Grass

SMOKING GUNS

Boom Boom Baerga. On April 8, when switch-hitting Indian second baseman Carlos Baerga (below) hit a home run from each side of the plate in one inning, he became the first major league player—but...

In his last 13 starts, dating back to an August talk he had with alltime strikeout king Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson (right) has a 6-2 record for a Mariner team that, as of Sunday, had gone 18-28...

Bill Shoemaker, a casualty of his own drunk driving, has lost respect by launching lawsuits to shift the blame for his tragic folly

George Acker's commitment to his players has brought Kalamazoo College title after title after...

California's Anna Dalva is spending pots of money to make a name for herself in Open Vee powerboat racing

NHL president Gil Stein's rigged Hall of Fame election casts the NHL in a sorry light—again

Ruinous Giveaways

•Sam Smith in the Chicago Tribune, on one of the benefits of playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves: "Wherever you go, the weather is better."

•Al Clark, umpire, after New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe, a seven-time drug offender, angrily challenged a ball-and-strike call: "I don't want to make it personal, but I wonder if he's ever...