Joan Rivers

THE NBA season doesn't tip off till Oct. 30, but two of its brightest young stars were all over TV last weekend. LeBron James followed Michael Jordan and Peyton Manning in hosting Saturday Night Live. One highlight...

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]

Coming to the Big Easy, 72-year-old Dion Rich had sneaked, weaseled, conned, bluffed, tricked and bamboozled his way into 32 straight Super Bowls, the record for a man refusing to touch his wallet.

KANDA THE GREATDALLASKanda, 1, a 20-pound lowland gorilla, ran up a 35-34-1 record against the point spread in picking 1983 NFL games. His predictions, aped by bettors across the country, ended this month when he...