June 19, 1995 | Volume 82, Issue 24

Dave MaguireBROOMALL, PA.

The media should stop knocking ailing Mickey Mantle and praise him as the star he was

Mama always said there are two great imperatives in life: East your carrots and make your free throws. Faliure to do the latter, as this season's NBA playoffs have made clear, usually assures...

Carnival Cruise Lines is offering a four-day trip from Los Angeles to Mexico called the O.J. Cruise, during which passengers can watch the trial on TV while schmoozing with journalists, legal...

Johnny JohnsonIllinois quarterback, on how he intends to perform next season: "I'm going to give 110 percent on every play. You can't give any more than that."

We knew he could write. What we didn't know about staff writer Michael Silver when we hired him—but found out when three dozen or so SI staffers overran an Orlando karaoke bar during a company...

Thunder Gulch added a Belmont victory to his Derby win, but the crown went to D. Wayne Lukas

The simple fact is, the Kiwis were better this time.DAVE SHEPHERD, ROCKY RIVER, OHIO

Mounds of Doubt

Caught in a Pinch. With four pinch hits in the inning, the Rangers tied a major league record during a six-run outburst in the eighth against the Royals last Thursday. Rusty Greer, Mike...

Omaha, the home of the College World Series, is a meat-and-potatoes kind of town. An abandoned stockyard, covered with weeds, still stands a few blocks from downtown. There seems to be a steak...

Jose Rojas(Don Abundio)

Every pro golfer agrees, it helps to be swinging a hot club if you want to win the U.S. Open. Ernie Els, last year's winner, finished second at Westchester before his victory at Oakmont, and three...

The New Commish

It was to have been a beautiful relationship, the marriage of student and athlete in the person of Tiger Woods. He arrived at Stanford last September, a newly crowned U.S. Amateur champion...

The tour resumed after an eight-week break, and Byron Nelson picked up right where he left oft winning big