August 08, 1994 | Volume 81, Issue 6

Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers joined an elite group of perfect-game hurlers

Coughlans, the hopping place on Friday nights in the western New York hamlet of Fredonia, is wall-to-wall people on this particular evening, and one of the reasons is that the boys are back in...

"Hey, Buddy, the war is over. Football is only a game."ERIC STEIN, TEANECK, N.J.

For most of SI's 40-year history, our pages have been enlivened by one of America's wittiest artists. These 1981 Roth's-eye views of spring training, and the illustrations that follow, show Roth...

At age 24, U.S. Open champ Ernie Els of South Africa is hailed as golf's future best in show

Hackers come from all over Japan to worship at the shrine of the golf goddess

An innovative wheelchair lets disabled athletes hit mountain hiking trails

Tricia Saunders is the first—and only—U.S. woman to win a world wrestling title

None other than the Babe deemed Yale Field a grand place to play ball

Meredith QuickLAKEWOOD, COLO.

Once played only in Southeast Asia, takraw has gained a foothold in the U.S.

Expo Economics

Most Valuable Penmanship. The best handwriting in the American League belongs to Oriole coach Jerry Narron, who, using a cartridge pen, fills out Baltimore's lineup card in calligraphy (below)....

As the Goodwill Games proved anew, not every U.S. basketball squad is a dream team

Lee Smith, the $1.5 million-a-year reliever for the Baltimore Orioles, admitted he has been stockpiling autographed bats in his locker so he "can sell them during a strike."

John KrukPhiladelphia Phillie first baseman, after learning that his abdominal pain resulted from a strained stomach muscle: "At least now I know I have a muscle in my stomach."