May 01, 1995 | Volume 82, Issue 17

Michael's return tells us that, if only for a while, we can go home again.JIM KLEIN, COLUMBUS, OHIO

The only close race might be for a wild-card playoff slot because the Braves, pitching-rich, are a cinch to win this division title

With a year to spare before they will swing the budget ax, the Reds are poised to prevail over the depleted Astros

The Dodgers should narrowly win the division, but they may not even need a .500-plus record to do it

Sandhi Ortiz-Del Valle is determined to become the NBA's first female referee

Even though it was an unprecedented feat, winning three straight Cy Young Awards did not fully signify how dominant a pitcher Greg Maddux was during the 1992, '93 and '94 seasons. Over that span...

Admire him or not, Howard Cosell was a transcendent figure in sports journalism

Thanks to Dr. Norbert Sander, a New York City landmark is alive and well

A chiropractic vet, Sue Ann Lesser uses techniques pretested on humans

It has been 25 years since Reynolds Guyer tossed out the first Nerf ball

More reporters showed up in Tbilisi for the Georgian national soccer team's European Championship qualifier with Germany last month than covered that former Soviet republic's 1991 civil war.

Richard HarrisWebb Institute of Naval Architecture basketball coach, whose team hasn't won a game for seven years: "I'm looking for a 6'7" guy with great SATs and a messiah complex."

Through Oct. 22 the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Mass., is featuring Strokes of Genius, a sculpture exhibit masquerading as an 18-hole miniature golf course. Or is it an 18-hole...

Whatever you thought of the recently concluded 232-day baseball strike, chances are you're glad it's over—but probably not as glad as SI's photo staff.

Axel Schulz didn't have a prayer against George Foreman—not in Las Vegas, anyway

There's plenty of blame to parcel out among the actors in last Saturday's ghoulish draft-day sideshow, the saga of Warren Sapp, the 6'1½", 285-pound lineman from the University of Miami who was...

Stretching from home plate to the outfield wall, two simple white stripes separate foul from fair—and serve as sight lines for a unique perspective on the game

Brian RettererSPARKS, NEV.Retterer, a senior at Stanford, set U.S. records in the 100- and the 200-yard backstrokes (45.43 and 1:40.06, respectively) at the NCAA swimming championships. He led the...

The heavily armed Yankees have made all the right moves so far in what figures to be baseball's best division

In a group of haves and have-nots, the Indians seem to have it all—or at least enough to outdistance the White Sox

In a division of also-rans, the Mariners again look as if they could run past the rest of the field to win their first title

Not only is Kenny Lofton's speed breathtaking when he hauls in a drive to the gap or stretches a double into a triple, but he has also risen to stardom with stunning rapidity. He's one of only...

Jim Gallagher Jr. came from seven strokes back to win the Kmart Greater Greensboro Open

A Ray of Hope

Two entertaining novels, 'The Legend of Bagger Vance' and 'Fast Greens,' bring new life to old themes