January 12, 1998 | Volume 88, Issue 1

Hot new NASCAR, football and hockey games should warm the winter nights

The Negro Leagues Museum has a new home

Our intrepid reporter wouldn't want to put words in anybody's mouth, but...

The sports-mascot racket is not always full of yucks for the guy in the suit

Congratulations on approaching a difficult area with tact and objectivity. The debate continues.EDWARD T. CREAGAN, ROCHESTER, MINN.

Saturday 1/10

Last week's Rose Bowl supplied us with the year's first fact-based TV movie—as if anyone would believe this tear-jerking, true-life fairy tale—Griese and Son. Our casting call: Mark Harmon,...

AUG. 1, 1983

Monday was the 10th anniversary of Pete Maravich's death. We remember the Pistol numerically.

Kirstin Holum, a senior at Pius XI High in Milwaukee who holds the U.S. speed skating record in the 3,000 meters, says she will retire after the Winter Olympics and has applied to several art...

Twenty-five years after his celebrated catch in the Pittsburgh Steelers' victory over the Oakland Raiders in the first playoff game held at Three Rivers Stadium, Franco Harris is hawking a...

Marques JohnsonSeattle SuperSonics broadcaster, calling the action during a recent game against the Sacramento Kings: "Corliss [Williamson] is going to go the amphibious route, changing from the...

Is college football better off with whimsical polls and co-champs like Michigan and Nebraska than with the vagaries of a playoff system?

Kristin ArcherPYLESVILLE, MD.Archer, a senior goalie at Salisbury State, led the Sea Gulls to a 17-3 record and the quarterfinals of the Division III field hockey championships. Archer, who was a...

Nebraska coach Tom Osborne closed his career with unusual fervor but typical results: a resounding win

Old pals will square off when the 49ers and the Packers battle for the NFC championship

Defensive coordinator

Bronco John Elway is just one win from his fourth super Bowl, but fast-improving Steeler Kordell Stewart stands in the way

Oxford naturalist Redmond O'Hanlon writes travelogues of unknown and odd places

The Broncos came out hot against the Steelers in their Dec. 7 meeting, jumping to a 21-7 lead only to get blown away by Kordell Stewart, who accounted for five touchdowns and 352 total yards, and...

Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom talks softly but carries a big stick, as the NHL's top defenseman

Dominik Hasek's dazzling return to form may even save his coach's job, Stop the slashing, Sleepless in Ottawa

C Kirk MullerPanthers'97-98 salary: $1.7 millionFive-time 30-goal scorer had only two through Sunday; suspended for two games last month for stick-swinging.

When the Oilers traded defenseman Bryan Marchment and centers Steve Kelly and Jason Bonsignore to Tampa for underachieving 23-year-old Roman Hamrlik last week, they got a defenseman with a big...

Ask any coach whether he'd rather be highly ranked in the polls or highly seeded in the NCAA tournament, and he'll take the high seeding quicker than an LIU fast break. So we've convened a panel...

Duke at Florida State Saturday, Jan. 10

BALL STATE'S FRIENDLIER FORWARD

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Without question, the Bulls' recent resurgence owes a lot to the board work of Dennis Rodman, whose 15.6 rebounds per game led the league at week's end. But one Western Conference executive...

SHAQ'S BACKLakers center Shaquille O'Neal returned to the lineup last Friday after missing 20 games with a strained abdominal muscle and broken right wrist. The key to L.A.'s championship hopes...

Jazz point guard John Stockton returns to the Summit for the first time since his buzzer-beating three-pointer eliminated the Rockets in last year's Western Conference finals. Sir Charles &...

Never bet against a cat or Jason Kidd when either is in midair. The feline will always land on its feet, and the Suns' point guard, who has a penchant for going aloft off the dribble, will nearly...