April 12, 1999 | Volume 90, Issue 15

Tall, Agile players like Minnesota's Kevin Garnett (right), Denver's Antonio McDyess and Sacramento's Chris Webber have so blurred the line between small forwards and power forwards that we...

Though it's a high-percentage shot, the bank is closed for most players

So we were lying on our backs on the grass in the park next to our hamburger wrappers, my 14-year-old son and I, watching the clouds loiter overhead, when he asked me, "Dad, why are we here?"

February 19, 1979

You finally do a feature on UConn basketball, and you focus on the fact that the men's and the women's coaches don't go bowling together?—Paul Knopick, Laguna Hills, Conn.

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How to explain why the Connecticut-Duke thriller on CBS got the lowest prime-time Nielsen rating (17.2) ever for an NCAA tournament final? Was it that regions other than the Atlantic Seaboard had...

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•That we never get stuck behind Jim Harrick in the drive-thru lane at McDonald's.

State of Men's TennisWhere Are the Stars?

71Age of Fran Pinhey, a grandmother and an assistant coach for the Coast Guard Academy baseball team.

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Unlike many top chess players, Maurice Ashley wasn't a prodigy. The Brooklynite didn't pick up a pawn until he was 14, but once he started playing, he was hooked. "It was like falling in love," he...

The Tallahassee Democrats Web site features a clock that counts down the time in days, hours, minutes and seconds until Aug. 28, the date of the Florida State football opener.

MICHAEL FINLEYMavericks forward: "We're 9-18, but we could easily be 19-9."

On March 31 the NBA hit Portland's Isaiah Rider with a one-game suspension for entering the stands during a 93-90 loss to Golden State. The same day he and the Blazers were sued by a fan who says...

Cassidy Maxwell, Satellite Beach, Fla.SwimmingCassidy, a senior at Satellite High, was named Florida's girl swimmer of the year after setting a U.S. high school record in the 100-yard freestyle...

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By accepting (albeit reluctantly) a reduced role in the Spurs' offense, David Robinson has helped lift San Antonio back into the title hunt

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HOCKEY

The Maine ManLed by goalie Alfie Michaud, the Black Bears bagged the NCAA title

For the most part NHL vice president Colin Campbell has done an outstanding job in his first year as the league's dean of discipline, but he went overboard when he suspended Canadiens forward...

G OLAF KOLZIGCapitals1998-99 salary: $2.5 million+Kolzig's play has fallen off from his breakthrough season in '97-98, and his poor .896 save percentage at week's end was a big reason Washington...

ExhibitionistsBig payoffs for those who strutted their stuff in spring training

Didn't the Mariners get ripped for dealing Randy Johnson to the Astros at last season's trading deadline? Look now: Righthander Freddy Garcia (4-1, 2.66 ERA in spring training) is Seattle's No. 3...

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Sexless WonderGeneral Challenge, a gelding, won a key Derby prep at Santa Anita

Getting the PointWill Terrell Brandon and the post-Marbury Timberwolves tie the knot?

During his team's 100-98 victory over the Nets on March 30, Magic power forward Horace Grant heaved—and missed badly—a desperation half-court shot, only to discover there were still six seconds...

Uconn coach Jim Calhoun, riding high from his first NCAA championship, has zero interest in any other college job but admits to a fascination with the NBA. "[Former Lakers coach] Del Harris has...

Steve Scott's Road BackForgotten, Not Gone

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Now that Augusta National is longer and has rough, will Tiger Woods's record (18 under par) ever be broken?

Watching Mom win a tournament was neat, even if she didn't do the dance we taught her

Ryuji Imada, TampaImada, a sophomore at Georgia and a native of Hiroshima, Japan, shot a one-under-par 71 in the final round (213 total) to win medalist honors and lead the second-ranked Bulldogs...

Some Seniors would be happy to see their greatest player, Hale Irwin, go

The Numbers Are Numbing

David Duval got his fourth win of the season in Atlanta, but this week's Masters is the title he really wants