May 15, 1995 | Volume 82, Issue 19

Luke LaValle IIINEW YORK CITY

I still remember how fast my heart beat when one foul shot could win or lose a lot of money for me.K. STEIN, MERION, PA.

Virtually everyone in the NBA acknowledges that Jerry West, the executive vice president of the Los Angeles Lakers, is the best front-office brain in the league. He put together the Showtime...

While the aftershocks from baseball's work stoppage continue to leave that game turned upside out, inside down and worthy of pen-and-ink comment by editorial cartoonist John Caldwell, we're...

For $75 a sports memorabilia company in New Jersey has sold what it bills as yarmulkes signed by Sandy Koufax.

Mike BrownMinnesota Timberwolf forward, on yet another lousy season with the NBA's second-worst team: "Dante's Inferno had nothing on Mike Brown's hell."

With two three-point thunderbolts, the Pacers' Reggie Miller shocked the Knicks

The gritty Rockets played like champs as they eliminated the perennially disappointing Jazz

Lance Armstrong, America's premier cyclist, triumphed in America's premier bike race

Senior editor Bobby Clay has a surname that people frequently associate with boxing, one of four sports he has been editing at SI. During the 1980s, when he was a sportswriter and occasionally...

Thunder Gulch was just an also-ran until he ran away with the Kentucky Derby

Pitcher Hideo Nomo turned his back on Japan and now faces batters for the Dodgers

Oscar De La Hoya was triumphant against Rafael Ruelas, but not before another tragedy stalked the ring

In California, biologists are learning some surprising things about sharks

At Mansfield U the baseball team raises money by taking care of kids

A Royal Start

A Head for the GameNew Padre manager Bruce Bochy is a terrific baseball man, but his greatest distinction is that he probably has the biggest head in the major leagues. His hat is a size 8. Bochy,...

In shamelessly recruiting a sex offender, coaches were too quick to forgive and forget

The Price of Success

U.S. Amateur champion Tiger Woods is the No. 1 name in college golf this season, but Stewart Cink has the No. 1 game. Cink, a 21-year-old senior at Georgia Tech and the top-ranked player in the...