April 27, 1987 | Volume 66, Issue 17

AD NAUSEAM

•Rocky Bridges, manager of the minor league Vancouver Canadians, on hitting .237 in his two seasons with the Dodgers: "The more I played with them, the more I found that no one could take a...

The biggest drug bust ever in pro sports implicated 11 present or former members of the Phoenix Suns

Big bucks got Boston a great marathon field and two runaway winners

The Wood Memorial made Gulch a Derby contender, but a big win in Arkansas made Demons Begone the favorite

In his year and a half with SI, writer-reporter Richard Demak has quickly become the magazine's preeminent medical and science authority. Dr. Demo, as he's known around the halls, has written...

Perennial diving champion Greg Louganis lost—three times no less—at the indoors

We all have our own special baseball memories, a personal highlight film of events both significant and trivial that flash through our minds with just a little prompting. On my reel Joe DiMaggio...

The speed at running back and wide receiver is breathtaking. And for only the second time in 12 years, a quarterback will be the first player taken (Tampa Bay, in fact, already has Vinny...

A stress fracture begins when the shocks and strains of playing game after game create a tiny, often undetected crack in the outer layer of bone (left). If the pounding continues and the crevice...

PETER PRINCIPLES

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIESRobert E. (Bob) Hope is an Atlanta public relations executive who joined the Braves board of directors during the winter. Hope, whose résumé includes a stint as the club's...

According to an informal poll of major league managers, coaches and executives, here are 20 active players (six of them minorities) who have the "necessities" to be good managers:

MEAN MACHINEThanks for Leigh Montville's fascinating article on the Zamboni (You're an Old Smoothie, March 30). I've been a Zamboni fan for years. In fact, I used to live in Waterbury, Conn., and...

Human centipedes are infesting long-distance races

PRO BASKETBALL—In the last week of the regular season, Denver clinched the final Western Conference playoff berth with a 142-114 win over Portland. The Nuggets will pair off against the...

JEFF PRESCOTTOLEAN, N.Y.Jeff, a 112-pound Olean High senior, won his third straight state wrestling title by defeating Eric Kaufman of East Hampton in the final. Undefeated this season, Jeff ended...

A Masters-eye view of 32 years of covering sports