September 13, 1999 | Volume 91, Issue 10

The Race Is OnAs Dale Jarrett slumps, his rivals close in on the Winston Cup lead

John Force, king of funny car drivers, closes in on another title

Heir WavesJohn Elway's successor is an intriguing choice

When the clock reads 2:00, the Niners' attack really ticks

The former Iowa Barnstormer has the Rams' fate in his hands

Brian Griese versus his dad's old team in the first Monday-night game of the season, the Broncos lining up in Mile High against Miami to defend their Super Bowl tide and make Mike Shanahan look...

Lindsay Davenport has the most clueless mom in pro tennis. Ann Davenport doesn't coach her daughter, manage her daughter or represent her daughter. She doesn't order her daughter's clothes, lunch...

I enjoyed your issue featuring the century's greatest sports photos (Our Favorite Photos, July 26), but you didn't show the one picture I will never forget. Where was the 1987 photo of Pancho...

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3.0Rating for the World Track and Field Championships on Aug. 29 on NBC, a solid showing against Miami-Ohio State on ABC (5.0) and Tiger Woods's win in the NEC Invitational on CBS (4.8).

The 1998-99 NHL season ended on June 19. A mere 84 days later the 1999-2000 season—or at least the preseason—begins, with games telecast locally. (Some also are available on the dish.) This...

Are you an athlete in a heap o' trouble? The solution: an all-out media counteroffensive

Why it's O.K. to make first-year players sing for their supper

•That John McEnroe had a superego to go with his super ego.

10Karats of gold in a diamond-studded wedding ring that divorced angler Ron Monsen turned into a fishing lure.

The Triple A Tacoma Rainiers' Umbrella Night was rained out.

CARLOS CASTILLOWhite Sox pitcher, on booing Chicago fans: "They're jealous. When we go to Burger King or McDonald's, we don't yell at them if our burgers aren't cooked right."

Walk up the Wild Side

Cindy Kroffat, Duncan, B.C.BowlingKroffat, 21, beat Arlea Bowman of Sterling, Va., 171-158 to win the 21-and-under women's international bowling championship. The victory earned her $3,000 in...

It would be easy, while reading about the likes of Norman Watson and Michael Hughes, to forget that the overwhelming majority of coaches on America's youth sports fields are there for all the...

Get inside the NFL: Peter King gives you his exclusive on-line take on Sunday's action every Monday morning and Dr. Z ranks all 31 teams at cnnsi.com/football.

After 28 straight losses, Swarthmore finally won a ball game, but that wasn't what made the day special

Overcoming a season filled with adversity, not to mention a stunning buzzer beater, Cynthia Cooper powered the Houston Comets to a third straight WNBA title

FuzzbusterVenus Williams—and, in an optical illusion, her beads—let fly during a second-round doubles match, in which she and sister Serena beat Amanda Coetzer and Ines Gorrochategui 6-7, 6-4, 6-4...

With 81 victories through Sunday, the Diamondbacks were closing in on the 1962 Los Angeles Angels' record for wins (86) by a second-year franchise. Moreover, as the numbers below reveal, several...

TENNISMcEnroe as captain AmericaViele plays Trump cardNumbers game at the U.S. Open

Captain MacJohn McEnroe is now boss of the underachieving U.S. Davis Cup team

$17,250Total money earned if a player loses in the first round of singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the U.S. Open.

•Georgia Tech (1-0) at Florida State (1-0)Like most conferences, the ACC can be flexible in setting dates for its league games. If ABC wants North Carolina and Virginia to play on Sept. 4 (as it...

I last saw Matt Hartl nearly a year ago. It wasn't the first time we'd spoken. Hartl had been a redshirt freshman fullback on Northwestern's 1995 Rose Bowl team, and I had interviewed him and many...

Michigan State's Amp Campbell is no ordinary Spartan, in more ways than one

The Mets' Edgardo Alfonzo was second among big league second basemen with 24 home runs through Sunday. Yet among current starting middle infield duos, Alfonzo and Mets shortstop Rey Ordoñez (0...

Sept. 4, 1999Reds 22, Phillies 3The night began with Cincinnati tied with L.A. for seventh in the National League in home runs. Four hours later, after bashing a league-record nine homers off six...

In his campaign to become the Athletics' full-time closer, righthander Jason Isringhausen, acquired along with Greg McMichael from the Mets for Billy Taylor on July 31, has almost abandoned his...

In addition to big league rookies Freddy Garcia (left), John Halama and Gil Meche, the Mariners have 20-year-old, 6'10" fireballer Ryan Anderson (9-13, 4.50 at Double A New Haven through Sunday)...