Jerry Kirshenbaum

•Tim McCarver, CBS baseball announcer, sweltering in Philadelphia's 102° heat, recalling a bracing moment in last year's National League playoffs: "Where's Deion when you need him?"

•Jim Mullen in Entertainment Weekly, on the relationship between Barbra Streisand and Andre Agassi: "A May-December romance is one thing. B.C.-A.D. is another."

The San Diego Padres' 1993 media guide is a collector's item. The cover (right) bears photos of Gary Sheffield, who was traded to the Florida Marlins on June 24, and Fred McGriff, who was unloaded to the Atlanta...

Alex Rodriguez (right), the top choice in baseball's 1993 draft, is locked in a contract dispute with the Seattle Mariners. As this look at the No. 1's in baseball and the NBA over the past decade suggests, Rodriguez...

•Pete Sampras, Wimbledon champion, when asked why he walks around the court with his head down: "I'm looking for money."