September 20, 1993 | Volume 79, Issue 12

Stunning Runs

Brent Fanning, the driver of the Pontiac Trans Am shown above, has been suspended because of a stunt he pulled at the U.S. Nationals drag races in Indianapolis. Fanning is sponsored by a dairy,...

•Charles Flaherty, speaker of the Massachusetts House, on a proposed covered stadium for the New England Patriots: "Why do we need a domed stadium? So we can watch somebody kick a football 70 feet...

Notre Dame, attacked in a recent book, gave Michigan both chapter and verse

The U.S. Open was just so many crybabies and no-names until Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf dispatched the pretenders

The Orioles soared into the picture in the American League East

Last year, a few months before he was named deputy picture editor for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Steve Fine decided to introduce himself to SI reporter Beth Schmidt at the Winter Olympics in Albertville....

The skies, as they usually are this time of year, were clear and sunny except, of course, for patchy fog along the coast. The wind, predictably, was blowing briskly from the northwest. The bridges...

The Atlanta Braves' David Justice had 106 RBIs through Sunday, Fred McGriff has been a true Padre-send, and Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Steve Avery are all contenders for the Cy Young Award. But...

The time of the game was 2:11, But it really took Darryl Kile two years and live months to finish what he started.

Somewhat like Mrs. O'Learys cow of Chicago fire legend, Mark Whiten had no idea what a fuss he had kicked up last week. The St. Louis Cardinal outfielder's conflagration was ignited by his bat,...

Always driving solo, Ivan Stewart has won 57 races, including 12 Baja 500s

Finally, basketball camp is not just for lucky kids

New Jersey's Jim Kelsey supplies many U.S. sports venues with a basic element—dirt

Fusing roller-blading and hoops was an easy skate for ex-NBA center Tom LaGarde

R.I.P., SWC

OFFENSETulsa wide receiver Chris Penn, a senior from Lenapah, Okla., caught 11 passes for 211 yards and three TDs in the Golden Hurricane's 38-24 victory over Houston.

PAINFUL REUNION

NikeI would like to thank Donald Katz for the article about Nike (Triumph of the Swoosh, Aug. 16). It was one of the best written and most complete stories I have read in a long time. Unlike many,...

Buoyed by the success of his Clean Up Australia, Ian Kiernan is set to start scouring the globe

'Rudy,' about a steelworker who fulfills his dream of playing for Notre Dame, packs sugar but no spice

Crooked players. Crooked coaches. Crooked boosters. Faked math tests. Faked urine tests. Linemen with backed-up brains. A suicidal quarterback who reads SI while lying faceup on a median strip in...

Dr. George Sheehan, sage of the running boom, is writing his own finish to his final race

Troy DumaisVENTURA, CALIF.Troy, 13, for the second straight year swept all three events (the one-and three-meter springboards and the platform) in the 13-and-under category at the National Junior...