August 02, 1993 | Volume 79, Issue 5

Pitiful Throw

Sports lingo, like language in general, continually evolves, but why are the new expressions often so cumbersome? Blame it on growing specialization and a desire to make things sound more...

•Tim Brown, in the Los Angeles Daily News, noting that oft-disciplined Cleveland Indian leftfielder Albert Belle is a year away from earning a degree in accounting from Cleveland State: "Then...

•David Feherty, Irish golfer, after being paired with John Daly (above) in the first round of the British Open: "He hits his divots farther than I hit my drives."

The momentum of Mo Vaughn and the streaking Red Sox has Boston dreaming impossible dreams

Some of the more famous fires in American history have raged within the city limits of Atlanta. There was the devastating one set by General William Tecumseh Sherman and his Union troops in 1864,...

A crew from Ukraine scrimps and scrapes in the U.S. to prepare for a Homeric race around the world

"If you entertain the unworthy suspicion that journalists invent their own stories, you will be pleased to know that this is literally true in the case of the Tour de France." So a Welsh...

How good is Marion Jones? Here's an answer as straight and simple as the 100 itself: She is the greatest sprint talent ever. "Nothing before and nothing probably for a long time to come can match...

The tears rolled down Walter Payton's cheeks like the tributaries of a river, flowing across the wide flood plain that his face has become since he retired from the Chicago Bears five years ago as...

WHAT A SALARY DRIVE

On July 20, when Yankee catcher Mike Stanley (above) hit his third grand slam in 21 days, he became the first American League catcher to hit three bases-loaded home runs in one season. Wes Westrum...

Ripken's StreakYour article about Cal Ripken Jr. and his streak (Solitary Man, June 28) greatly disturbed me. The story underscores what is wrong with our country today: Nobody wants to work....

George Steinbrenner's threat to move his team out of Yankee Stadium is a crime

John KulsaSEATTLEKulsa, 24, a swingback, led the Seattle Seahammers to a breathless 6-5 defeat of three-time defending champ Club Puck at the underwater hockey national championships, in...