September 05, 1983 | Volume 59, Issue 11

Nebraska displayed awesome offensive might as it opened the season by routing champion Penn State

Imagine how bad the Mets would be minus bullpen ace Jesse Orosco

Three pitchers who went a long way toward getting the Brewers into last year's World Series have come up almost empty this season. Don Sutton, who won four for them late in '82, hasn't won since...

Braves owner Ted Turner enjoys the perquisites of owning both a major league baseball team and a TV station. Wednesday's Braves-Cards game from St. Louis wasn't scheduled to be on Turner's WTBS in...

In response to an SI poll, big league players named the following the best two-strike hitters:

JEFF LEONARD: The San Francisco outfielder batted .500 with 11 hits in 22 at bats. He had three home runs and a triple and drove in 10 runs as the Giants won five of six games from the Phils and Mets.

With this issue SI becomes the first all-color national weekly magazine—that is, the first to permit the use of four-color illustration on every page. Our use of color increased markedly back in...

The U.S. was golden in Caracas, but it wasn't blowing opponents away

In need of a ground game, San Francisco sees pay dirt in Wendell Tyler

Nick Price came to golf's World Series to help his game—and won

The only contact most recreational athletes have with international competition is cheering or booing events on their TV screens. But now every public park softball team and pickup basketball...

2, 3—Mickey Pfleger (left), Ronald C. Modra (top right), Carl Skalak4—Lane Stewart9—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman12—Mike Barrs18, 19—Manny Millan (left), Jerry Cooke20—Manny Millan21—George...

BASEBALL—The U.S. team from Marietta, Ga. beat the Dominican Republic 3-1 to win the Little League World Series, at Williamsport, Pa.

TERRY BENNETTWINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Terry, 22, a U.S. Army Specialist 4, swept the women's-style accuracy and overall titles in parachuting at the Council of International Sports Championships in...

THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSir:What a fine, fine job of writing by Kenny Moore. His colorful accounts of the first track and field World Championships (Splendor and Agony in Helsinki, Aug. 15 and...

CULPABILITY IN CARACAS

•Todd Blackledge, former Penn State quarterback, after calling his parents to tell them about his lucrative contract with the Kansas City Chiefs: "I told them it was the last collect call I'd ever...