April 29, 1996 | Volume 84, Issue 17

The greatest U.S. jockey of the 19th century was a black man, Isaac Murphy

Your April Fools' joke must have been leaving Don Mattingly off the best alltime first basemen list.ARMANDO E. BATASTINI, PROVIDENCE

The NBA won't be the same when the son of a meddlesome maverick buys the Dallas team

The most earthshaking event of the young baseball season happened on April 2, when Cecil Fielder took off on Minnesota Twins pitcher Dan Naulty and rumbled his way to second base for the first...

Can you make out Allen Edwards in this large picture that appeared on the front page of the Lexington Herald-Leader on April 2, the day after Kentucky won the NCAA championship? Edwards, standing...

The Barber at the Lewis and Clark County Jail in Helena, Mont., an ardent fly-fisherwoman, plans to use clippings from the hair and beard of inmate Theodore Kaczynski to tie artificial lures she...

Joe TorreNew York Yankees manager and father of an infant daughter, on whether nighttime feedings disturb his sleep: "I'm 55 years old. I get up three times a night to go to the bathroom. The baby...

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Off to their worst start in history, the butterfingered Boston Red Sox have been embarrassingly bad afield—and in almost every other phase of the game

Probably not. But postseason rivals will have a better chance of a historic upset if they study Chicago's handful of defeats

In the summer of 1993, several weeks after delivering the keynote address at a Sports Careers seminar, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED director of communications Art Berke received an unusual gift: a...

Images appeared on the giant video screens at two corners of Memorial Stadium. In the seats below, the fans fell silent. This is where people sit each autumn, giving voice to their passion for...

The definitive illustrated guide to trout is the work of a Yale undergraduate

The wraps are off U.S. Cycling's secret weapon: sleek, swift Superbike II

Indian River has 40 national men's and women's junior college titles in 22 years

Junko Tabei defied Japanese views of women to become an expert climber

Billy Stevens wants to turn an obscure Asian game into a household word

Can astrology or military tactics improve your game? Two new books claim so

Nate DusingVILLA HILLS, KY.Nate, a junior swimmer at Covington Catholic High, was named outstanding male swimmer at the Kentucky high school championships. He won the 200 freestyle in a...

Detroit is almost sure to reign when the Stanley Cup playoffs come to an end. Here's why

After 27 years of piques and valleys, Antonio Tarver heads for Atlanta as the top U.S. hope

Everybody's hitting homers these days, but who's setting the table?, O's blows and O's woes, Trouble in K.C.

It's open season on coaches, Hidden gems of the free-agent market, The Mailman delivers again

Hale Irwin, the former football star and three-time U.S. Open champion, won his first Senior major

Weiskopf: Courses for Senior majors picked to lure Nicklaus, $10 millon putter, Tough week for caddies

Ed Sneed can finally stand down, his place among those branded by dubious achievement having been taken by Greg Norman. But Sneed, whose five-shot collapse on the final day in the 1979 Masters had...

A funny thing happened to Greg Norman after his disaster at the Masters