October 20, 1997 | Ron Fimrite
October 20, 1997 | Mark Mandernach
Two Wisconsin firms battle for a slice of the lucrative cheese-hat market
An old linemate reminded the author that there's a 'scholar' in football scholarship
October 20, 1997 | Bill Colson
As a boy growing up in Laurel, Miss., Ed Hinton would lie in bed on Saturday nights and hear a horrific noise emanating from somewhere beyond the backyard trees. Hinton now refers to the...
October 20, 1997
Shawn LangdonMIRA LOMA, CALIF.
Saturday 10/11
We sure do envy Tony Danza—and not just because he probably has Alyssa Milano's phone number. On his new, eponymously titled sitcom (NBC, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.), the erstwhile cabbie (Taxi) and...
October 20, 1997 | Edited by Richard O'Brien and Hank Hersch
44Styles of Green Bay Packers caps for sale in the team's merchandise catalog.
When Butch Johnson, 43, a receiver with the Dallas Cowboys and the Denver Broncos from 1976 to '85, competes in Saturday's Ironman Triathlon World Championship (2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile...
Check this luggage. East Hampton, N.Y., artist Peter Buchman packs a world of sporting detail into the polychromed wood-and-clay dioramas in his "suitcase series." The beautified bags go for as...
What better way to entice fans to buy 1999 Browns tickets than this 40-by-160-foot mural in downtown Cleveland, which depicts Browns greats Lou (the Toe) Groza, Otto Graham, Paul Warfield and Jim...
Mississippi State noseguard Eric Dot son missed last Saturday's game against Northeast Louisiana because of injuries he sustained in a fight with a teammate over who was first in line to have his...
David Feherty
October 20, 1997 | Tim Layden
The LSU Tigers, taking a page from their 1958 playbook, pulled defending national champion Florida down to earth
October 20, 1997 | David Fleming
October 20, 1997 | Tom Verducci
October 20, 1997 | Richard Deutsch
When NFL players want to get quicker, they call on a new breed of coaches
October 20, 1997 | Tim Crothers
The scrappy Marlins battled to beat the odds, untimely injuries and the still daunting Braves
October 20, 1997 | Alexander Wolff
Former Tar Heels, true blue to Smith, share their favorite recollections
October 20, 1997 | E.M. Swift
The Red Wings are fiercely defending the Stanley Cup despite their grief over two fallen comrades
October 20, 1997 | David Seideman
In Chicago the FBI breaks up a ring trafficking in fake sports memorabilia
October 20, 1997 | Ivan Maisel
1. ORTEGE JENKINSThe Arizona redshirt freshman quarterback, in his second career start, threw for four touchdowns as the Wildcats upset Stanford 28-22.
WISCONSIN'S TITANIC, TACITURN TAILBACK
October 20, 1997 | Ivan Maisel
•FLORIDA (5-1) AT AUBURN (6-0)The scent of Gator blood is in the air at Jordan-Hare Stadium. So are the cries of "War Dam-eyune Eagle!" in honor of quarterback Dameyune Craig. LSU got payback...
October 20, 1997 | Peter King
THE BUZZ
October 20, 1997 | Richard Deutsch
A Quarterback's First Start
I'd been reading all that stuff about how Dan Marino was going to be cut or traded or benched, so on Sunday I showed up at the Meadowlands to watch the Dolphins-Jets game and see for myself what...
Strength in NumbersMulticar teams rule NASCAR, Bad luck hasn't fazed Terry Labonte, Safer IRL cars a must for '98
Why does Jeff Gordon (right), with 10 victories and 4,321 points so far this season, lead second-place Mark Martin, who has four wins, by just 110 points in the Winston Cup standings? Blame...
When Jamaican bobsledders sought a sponsor, Evanston, Wyo., signed on
October 20, 1997 | Bill Barich