Los Angeles, struggling a month ago, zoomed to the NL West lead thanks to Pedro Guerrero's bat and an aggressive brand of play

San Diego led St. Louis 6-1 last Thursday night and starter Eric Show had given the Padres six good innings, so when the first two Cardinal batters reached base in the top of the seventh, manager...

As the National Sports Festival got under way, many athletes were aiming for the '88 Games

Three world records fell in Oslo, but it was Steve Cram's mile mark of 3:46.31 that stopped the show

Sack specialist Bubba Baker gets a kick from the juicier tabloids, and he would rather joke than fight, but he's one of the best

It was an early spring day in 1975, the temperature was in the 30s and flurries were falling in Hanover, N.H. Dartmouth freshman Jim Reynolds, pitching the season opener against Brown, felt a...

The best water skiers in the land are Sammy and Camille Duvall, a brother and sister who slalomed to the top behind the horsepower of their dad

For some reason, Chris Bando of Cleveland isn't hitting this year

For the last few years, the White Sox in general—and Carlton Fisk in particular—have had a reputation for taking their sweet time to play baseball, a rap that angered manager Tony LaRussa whenever...

Al Bumbry of the Padres has always been considered one of the game's good people. Now there's even more reason to think of him that way.

ODDIBE McDOWELL: The rookie centerfielder for the Rangers went 13 for 27 with five home runs, 10 runs and three game-winning RBIs. On Tuesday he went 5 for 5 and hit for the cycle.

When the author first met them, they were all young athletes of great promise. On a second visit, he finds that their promise has been fulfilled

Sometimes I think if one more muscle-bound jock says to me, "Gee, you sure know a lot about baseball for a girl" I will hit him over the head with an Omar Moreno Louisville Slugger. I happen to...

God made radar guns to get two kinds of people: drivers with heavy feet and old ballplayers with big egos. Unfortunately, this revelation hit me a split second late, just after I decided to test...

BOWLING—GUPPY TROUP defeated Mark Baker 184-156 to win $16,000 and the Austin Open.

RYAN HILLLAINGSBURG, MICH.Ryan, 18, an ambidextrous pitcher for Laingsburg High, won a double-header against Webberville High, pitching right-handed in the first game and lefty in the next. He...

LONG LEASE ON LIFESir:I just finished reading perhaps the best article I have ever read in your publication, Paul Zimmerman's The Long Way Up (July 22). I believe that Howie Long will become one...

RESCUE OPERATION

•Pam Shriver, objecting to some nasty things that Vitas Gerulaitis has been saying about women's tennis: "He shouldn't pick on girls just because he hasn't had much luck with guys."