May 24, 1993 | Volume 78, Issue 20

The Giants' Barry Bonds is the best player in the game today—just ask him

Sam Perkins's quiet ways are helping settle Seattle in its showdown with Houston

Despite a near calamity, Prairie Bayou swept to victory at the Preakness

Montana's MoveIf Joe Montana is singing Kansas City, Here I Come (Joe Goes, April 26), then San Francisco 49er owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. must be singing What Kind of Fool Am I? DeBartolo should be...

At first blush Lance Armstrong scorns like a young man who belonged on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. A cyclist who has drawn early notices as "the next Greg LeMond," he carries himself...

A few weeks ago, one of the UCLA's better athletes—tailback Kevin Williams, a fifth-round choice of the Denver Broncos in the recent NFL draft—dug into the batter's box at the Bruins' softball...

Scott Bacigalupo appears at Cap & Gown, his Princeton eating club, rumpled and unshaven, not quite what you would expect from the Frank Merriwell of Tiger lacrosse, but O.K. for an economics...

Roy Jones Jr. has no doubt about who is, pound-for-pound, the world's best prizefighter. "Roy Jones Jr.," he says emphatically. This Saturday in Washington, D.C., Jones will let his fists do the...

MAKING IT LOOK E-Z

Tiff TootleREIDSVILLE, GA.Tootle, a senior shortstop on the South Carolina Softball team, singled during a 3-0 win over Texas-Arlington for her 328th career hit, making her the NCAA's alltime hit...

For years Darryl Strawberry and Eric Davis, teenage buddies from Los Angeles, pursued baseball careers in the Mets' and Reds' organizations, respectively, while dreaming of one day going back home...

Cheers for Sam Malone, the ex-Bosox reliever who served 'em up both on and off the field

If the NCAA doesn't get the message after the downfall of Dick Schultz, when will it?

Iowa Days

A tearful A.J. Foyt (below) stepped out of his car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week and, with a tip of the hat, announced his retirement to 200,000 of his closest friends. Foyt, 58,...

•Jim Bowden, Cincinnati Red general manager, after sticking his foot through the picture tube of the family TV while watching his team lose to the Florida Marlins: "My kids didn't see it, so I...

•Greg Swindell, Houston Astro pitcher, who played last season for Cincinnati owner Marge Schott: "She'd bring the dog into the dugout before games and say to it, 'Say hello to the pitcher.' I...

•Darius Kasparaitis, Lithuanian-born New York Islander defense-man, griping after the Isles' playoff upset of the Pittsburgh Penguins about Penguin forward Rich Tocchet: "He called me a Commie. I...