January 25, 1999 | Volume 90, Issue 3

My mom always had a little crush on Dan Reeves. She liked his looks, loved his accent and admired how he always wore a coat and tie on the sideline during Denver Broncos games. "Doesn't he look so...

Although a Giants follower, I've also been a Pats fan and now proudly wear my Jets sweatshirt. Why? Because of Bill Parcells.—Patty Koncelik, Batavia, Ill.

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Jerry Azumah, Worcester, Mass.FootballAzumah, a senior tailback at New Hampshire, won the Walter Payton Award as the top player in his division after setting I-AA career records for all-purpose...

March 13, 1978

DON'T MISSFriday 1/29Australian Open Women's Final•ESPN 9:30 PMYes, you've seen former No. Is Steffi Graf in a bikini in this magazine and Martina Hingis (right) in a skintight dress on the cover...

1.6CNN's rating for Michael Jordan's Jan. 13 retirement press conference. The next day, the start of President Clinton's impeachment trial got a 1.3 in the same time slot.

On Friday ESPN will launch a yearlong series called SportsCentury. In half-hour shows on Fridays at 10:30 p.m., the network will reveal—and profile—its choices for the 50 greatest athletes of the...

The coverage of Michael Jordan's retirement was reverent enough to suit a Supreme Being

Powered by money, the NFL's coaching carousel keeps picking up speed

•That for the sake of Dan Reeves's cardiologist, the Super Bowl doesn't go into OT.

0NHL coaches fired through Jan. 18, the latest a nonlockout season has gone without an axing since 1993-94.

Head ButtTy Wilcox of Oklahoma State (in red) kept his head in the thick of the action while being pinned by Steve Blackford during a Jan. 10 dual meet at Arizona State. Despite Wilcox's loss, the...

As of Monday top-ranked UConn (15-0) and No. 8 Auburn (17-0) were the only undefeated teams in major college basketball. The Huskies and the Tigers might want to think about tanking a game soon....

After writing an editorial for his high school newspaper calling football players "the spouse abusers, drunks and hamburger flippers of tomorrow," a Scottsdale, Ariz., teenager was beaten up by a...

LARRY BIRDPacers coach, when asked whether Michael Jordan was the best basketball player of all time: "He was one of two."

Stephanie White-McCarty leads Purdue on a quest to win an NCAA title

After decades of mediocrity (or worse), the Princeton Tigers are in the Top 10

Momentous hype, wall-to-wall media coverage, endless punditry. We're not talking about presidential impeachment but Super Bowl week. Whether it's obtaining tickets, getting ideas for your game-day...

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Two good defenses cancel each other out, but Terrell Davis will put Denver over the top

BULLS VS. HAWKSEven the young Jordan was able to get into the head of rivals, like Doc Rivers.

Goaltenders from the Continent not long ago faced insurmountable barriers in attempting to make the NHL. Now they're walling off nets all around the league

With this devastating punch, Mike Tyson crumpled Francois Botha and proved he still has the hammer after a 19-month absence from the ring

THE NBA

Positioning KobeThe Lakers' precocious Kobe Bryant is itching to start—but where?

The message from Chicago behind the Bulls' trade (reported Monday) of forward Scottie Pippen to the Rockets: We're rebuilding. That's why Chicago balked at rewarding Pippen for his years of...

Wisconsin may be old-fashioned, but winning never goes out of style

The past week was like a game of musical chairs as nine of our 16 seeded teams lost at least once, setting off a scramble that left some where they started, others in new spots and still others...

Wyoming's first-year coach, Steve McClain, an assistant at TCU from 1994 to '98, brought Billy Tubbs's up-tempo style with him to Laramie. Through Sunday the Cowboys (11-4) were averaging 82.4...

The book says this Division III star might have a future in the NBA

Getting a LiftKing Luc Robitaille's play has been revived by a new workout regimen

C RON FRANCISHurricanes1998-99 salary: $5 millionAfter averaging 1.15 points per game in the first 17 seasons of his NHL career, the 35-year-old Francis had just eight goals and II assists in 43...

After a horrible start (0-6-2) the Sharks are in the playoff race, and a lot of the credit for that should go to second-year center Marco Sturm. He has improved offensively—with 11 goals through...

Speaking OutSweden Sour

What do these players have in common?

Philip Francis, Scottsdale, Ariz.Philip, 10, won the 10-11 age group of the Doral Publix Junior Classic in Miami by shooting a two-over-par 54-56-110 on a par-54 executive course to edge Spain's...

The Babe Factor

Mike and the Small BallBasketball's loss is golf's gain. Michael Jordan hits the Tour this week at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. In two weeks he'll partner Tiger Woods in the AT&T Pebble...

Tom Lehman's shoulderMichael JordanAmy Alcott, Beth DanielK ClubFutures tour

With his gifts for humor and golf, Shigeki Maruyama has won the hearts of Japan. Now he's taking his act overseas in search of a bigger world to conquer

Hoping to begin the new season by coming to grips with an old problem, the LPGA proposed a more reasonable standard for gaining entry into its Hall of Fame