June 12, 1995 | Volume 82, Issue 23

Dod WalesCINCINNATIDod, 18, won eight gold medals at the YMCA national swimming and diving championships, leading his team, M.E. Lyons YMCA, to its fourth consecutive title. He finished first in...

And the Band Plays On

After a 12-year layoff Charlie the Tuna is making a comeback, as a surfer, a soccer player and, most improbably, an in-line skater in a new series of ads designed to portray "what a StarKist tuna...

God ShammgodProvidence College's incoming freshman point guard, on what he expects his role with the Friars to be: "My job is to create. I'm a creator."

High-flying Orlando, led by Shaquille O'Neal, will try to bring Houston and its Dream back to earth

The Devils' Claude Lemieux is the trash-talking, body-banging, goal-scoring demon of the postseason

The Prefontaine meet gave a brief second wind to a sport that seems to be dying in the U.S.

Knocking Their Sox Off. John Valentin of the Red Sox last Friday had one of the best hitting days ever by a shortstop. In a 6-5 win over the Mariners at Fenway Park, he went 5 for 5, including...

STEVE DOUGLAS, OXFORD, OHIO

Hired arm Tanya—not Tonya—Harding pitched UCLA to a tainted NCAA softball title

Too much is being asked of top young gymnasts and figure skaters

David Chapman, just 19, is the new king of the pro court

Even grown-ups are having a field day at a Cincinnati Wiffle-ball park

Stadium sailing is like a miniature America's Cup but a lot more fun

Oklahoma State beat Stanford in the first playoff for the NCAA championship

Fewer exempt players on the PGA Tour will mean more opportunity for new blood