August 21, 1995 | Volume 83, Issue 8

Jon Moyer's custom-made KC Slammer is becoming a major league hit

Hiker-philosopher Warren Doyle Jr. is an institution on the Appalachian Trail

Chicago is home to the first golf course in the heart of a U.S. city

A Good Risk?

The University of Wisconsin's $220,000 refurbishment of Camp Randall Stadium includes two holding cells for spectators who break the law.

Goran IvanisevicThe screwy seventh-ranked tennis player from Croatia, on why he would never see a sports psychologist: "You lie on a couch, they take your money and you walk out more bananas than...

Steve Elkington overcame allergies and made hay on the greens to win the PGA Championship

Now that Don Delliquanti has returned to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED after a disaster-laden 14-year hiatus, it's hard to decide who's luckier—Delliquanti for having survived his trials or the magazine for...

Michael Johnson conquered the worlds with three blazing gold medal runs

After a dismal off-season, the troubled AFC champion San Diego Chargers can't seem to find their feet

Player have caught the fever, but this new kind of pennant race is perplexing

Actually there are three: Who is Mike Tyson these days? Does he have anything left? Will this fight prove anything?

Attention, Peter McNeeley: Underdog heavyweights—good ones and tomato cans alike—have paid the price

Vinnie Vecchione, a bald, dumpy ex-mobster who happens to be a genius, has his feet up on the desk and a soggy, unlit cigar in his hand. He is smiling like a man who just talked a cop out of a...

I hope that someday after Thanksgiving dinner we can gather around the TV and watch the Mayflower 500 from Daytona.ROBERT T. MILAM JR., ORLANDO

Neither rain nor lack of funds kept MIT's car from winning Sunrayce 95

"Mickey Mantle was a country boy, and country people tend to dislike pushy strangers."

Ed BrooksGEORGETOWN, TEXAS

After an 11th-hour miracle and a captain's migraine, the U.S. Ryder Cup team is ready for Rochester

Pressure is the X factor in the Ryder Cup. The players' abilities to keep their cool in the heat of competition will determine the outcome of the Sept. 22-24 matches at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y....

The range. Tour pros call it the Rockpile because it's where they pound rocks. A more accurate sobriquet would be a word that encompasses psychiatrist's office, social club, swing-fix center,...

Easygoing Fred Couples has visions of regaining his old form but not his old fame

The 10th hole at Riviera is a perfect example of how a tiny par-4 can force a player to make a big decision

Blame It on L.A.

YOU GET THE PICTURE?

Wide-eyed Kelli Kuehne exorcised a family demon by winning the U.S. Women's Amateur

"To cease being the minor major, the PGA should go back to match play."