November 08, 1993 | Volume 79, Issue 19

At first glance, he seems miscast as a tutor. He is often gruff, with a low rumble of a voice that comes across like distant thunder and makes much of what he says sound like "hrrumph." The police...

Fifteen years after closing out one of the most-storied careers in college basketball, the Blaze is lighting up the NBA.

If you could choose one person with whom to be shipwrecked on a deserted island, you would be wise to forgo the models, the actors, the sex symbols and to select, instead, Sacramento King general...

Two For II

The Lonesome EndWilliam Nack's story about Bill Carpenter (The Lonesome End, Oct. 4) was an inspiration and a revelation. We are parents of a young infantry officer, and it helped us understand...

On Sept. 3, 1995, the black-, white-and blue-clad Carolina Panthers will come out of a tunnel for their first NFL game. What kind of team will Panther general manager Mike McCormack whip up? "If I...

BIG MOUTHS

OFFENSEQuarterback Rob Johnson, a senior at Southern Cal, completed 32 of 39 passes for 369 yards and two TDs and threw no interceptions in the Trojans' 42-14 upset of Cal.

For all the fond memories, a seven-time All-Star is glad his NBA playing days are over

Staff writer Phil Taylor is trying not to take it personally, but he finds it an odd coincidence that just when he took over the NBA beat, Michael Jordan retired and Charles Barkley hinted that he...

NFL Dads: The Sequels

It didn't seem like much of a gamble. Pick up an easy $1.5 million by fighting lightly regarded Michael Bentt in Tulsa, record yet another knockout before the home-state fans and move on to an...

Last month Cal Ingraham, college hockey's goal-scoring champion, was preparing for what he hoped would be a grand finale to his career at Maine when he was told that a computer error made by the...

In response to a request by Andre Agassi, the names of two private streets near the tennis star's four-lot enclave in Las Vegas will be changed to Andre Drive and Agassi Court.

•Tom Zenner, sportscaster for KPTM-TV in Omaha, on Cleveland Brown quarterback Bernie Kosar's lack of mobility: "I've had loose change move around in the pocket better than Bernie."

Celebrating a rare victory over Michigan, Wisconsin students stormed the field, creating chaos and causing scores of injuries

Undefeated Nebraska has started to run away from the rest of the Big Eight

Slumping San Diego got just the boost it needed with a victory over the surging Raiders

LeGrand SakamakiHILO, HAWAIILeGrand, 16, a two-time U.S. junior weightlifting champ, won a gold medal at the Junior International Tournament for the second year in a row. Competing in the...