March 07, 1994 | Volume 80, Issue 9

Susan HarkinsEAST HAVEN, CONN.Harkins, 33, a chemistry teacher and powerlifter, set a women's world record in the 114-to 123-pound sub-master division when she deadlifted 277½ pounds. Harkins, the...

Madonna's Latest boy toy is reported to be Miami Heat guard Brian Shaw, hardly her first sports squeeze. Dating the Material Girl would seem to be a fatiguing proposition, even for an athlete, but...

Taxpayers in British Columbia will pay 37-year-old Allan Roe Coulter—who is serving a nine-year sentence for armed robbery—$18,750 in damages because he fractured his hip while playing racquetball...

Rick GentileThe senior vice president of CBS Sports, on hosts Greg Gumbel's Olympic performance: "He filled the Greg Gumbel role very well."

Peter Forsberg's magnificent move in a climactic shoot-out nudged Sweden past Canada

The kids went to the grown-up party. They had a lot of energy, so sometimes they ran around and acted crazy. And they kept getting sent to their rooms for two minutes for misbehaving. The...

Cathy Turner of the U.S. won a gold but not many friends with her aggressive style

Overly warm runners left the U.S. bobsled team out in the cold

Some people decorate their workspaces with photographs, others with bric-a-brac, still others with plants. Gabe Miller likes to fill his office with as many bags of used clothing as possible....

With five medals, Nordic specialist Manuela Di Centa of Italy outshone all others at the Games

Unassuming Bonnie Blair sped to victory in the 1,000 meters to become the U.S.'s most gilded woman Olympian ever

The Taunts are vicious and vulgar, laced with profanity and sexual innuendo. And when some of her opponents and their fans tire of berating Ila Borders, they take on her coach, who, they say, is...

Here are two things worth noting about Jervaughn Scales, the 6'6", 223-pound senior power forward from Southern University, who leads men's NCAA Division I basketball in rebounding (14.7 a game)...

Lots of guys go to the racetrack and get taken to the cleaners. But nobody has ever done it quite like Carlos León did. On Feb. 21 the 30-year-old North Miami clothes presser ducked work...

"I realize that it is still early in '94, but...Dan Jansen for Sportsman of the Year!"JAMES R. EWING. LOS ANGELES

The women of Mitchell College owe their record to a grateful grad

A visit to a tiny library at Haverford College can help demystify the sport

Behold These Tigers

MenPurdue's 6'8" junior forward, Glenn Robinson, the nation's leading scorer, had 70 points and 15 rebounds as the Boilermakers beat Ohio State 95-85 and Penn State 71-66.

Next week is Championship Week on ESPN, meaning we can look forward to 1) an orgy of exciting conference-tournament finals, and 2) an unendurable dose of Dick Vitale. Dicky Vee is not without his...

Shortsighted

For 41 years Boston fans have listened to Fred Cusick's play-by-play

Geriatric geldings savor their twilight years at Grace Belcuore's ranch

The Lillehammer Games, says the disbelieving author, were simply too good to be true