May 16, 1994 | Volume 80, Issue 19

Terrence LaskerKANSAS CITY, MO.Terrence, 16, won the bronze medal in the under-17 sabre competition at the world fencing championships. Earlier, Terrence, who is ranked No. 1 nationally in the...

The 3M National Advertising Co., concerned about the visibility of several of its billboards in center-city Atlanta, lopped the tops off 22 sugar maples, elms and Savannah hollies planted two...

Jim DeShaies

Florida State won the 1993 national football championship, but because of unsavory agents; rule-breaking players and its own lack of vigilance, it ended up a loser

By mastering a sloppy track at the Kentucky Derby, Go for Gin was the toast of the town

The inexperienced and unheralded Nuggets snuffed the mighty Sonics and helped turn the NBA playoffs into a free-for-all

Perhaps only Reader's Digest has been associated with a greater array of magazines than has SI publisher David Long. In fact, as he recites his curriculum vitae, the 47-year-old Long sounds as if...

With the surprising success of their team, San Jose Shark fans have been bitten by hockey fever

Remade in the image of workaholic manager Buck Showalter, the Yankees displayed their new grit by sweeping the Red Sox

With dazzling trick rides, the Cowboy Girls keep alive a grand rodeo tradition

Buck Metz's prize chicken feathers make anglers cluck with delight

The Brothers Traber are alike in their bowling talent, but not much else

Encounters between cougars and humans, sometimes fatal, are rising

Julio César Chávez got his title back thanks to Frankie Randall's noggin

To his loudest fans—the ones currently paying him tribute by wearing flesh-colored skullcaps—John Daly will always remain the antigolfer who hit it the farthest, drank the most liquor, signed the...

At 14, Andrea Jaeger won her first professional tennis tournament. At 18, she reached the final of Wimbledon. At 19, a bum right shoulder all but ended her career. And now, at 28, she serves...

When Ramón Hernández first arrived on the Perm State campus four years ago, he spoke little English, had no friends and was terrified by the differences between Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania. "I...

If anybody can make this game fashionable in the U.S., it is Roberto Baggio, Italy's stylish superstar

This SI Classic from April 1986 examines the life of Jim Murray, America's top sports columnist, who, despite a series of tragedies, always keeps 'em laughing

Amish used-horse dealers drive some hard bargains at Eastern tracks

"At a time when passing the buck is all too common, I am happy to see Mickey Mantle take responsibility for his actions."STANLEY KNIGHT, RUSSELLVILLE, KY.

After a zany cross-country hash run, things usually come to a head—of foam

Alas, this spring the Red Wings' house specialty became Shark bait

The Inside Track

Your Ride Is Waiting. Reserve infielder Rafael Belliard of the Braves, who had one home run in 1,802 career at bats through Sunday (including none in his last 1,397), missed a homer by a few feet...

Florida State is only the latest big winner in college football to become a big loser