A LIGHT SENTENCE

•Juan Agosto, Houston Astro relief pitcher, on returning to Chicago, where he used to pitch for the White Sox: "I never heard my last name here. Every time the announcer would say 'Juan...,' the...

Steffi Graf Slammed her way into tennis history by winning the U.S. Open for her fourth major championship of the year

San Diego's swift catamaran turned the America's Cup into a major mismatch

After years of being manhandled by Nebraska, newly brawny UCLA triumphed 41-28

Boston held a slim lead in the American League East as New York swept Detroit

After Mike Tyson's arboreal fender bender, a story was planted alleging the heavyweight champ is mentally disturbed

Writer-reporter Bruce Anderson has been on the run, literally. In June, as part of a hands-across-the-sea arrangement between The Korea Times and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Anderson took up residence in...

After digging themselves into a hole, the 49ers struck for a last-minute win against a very dubious Giants defense

The number of NFL players suspected of drug abuse is growing at an alarming rate

I live my life in the fast lane, and I always have. I drink too much. I party too much. I drive too fast, and I'm hell on quarterbacks.—LAWRENCE TAYLORLT: Living on the Edge

FREE-AGENT BONANZA

THE NEVER-ENDING SEASONWhen Indians coach and storyteller extraordinaire Charlie Manuel played in Japan from 1976 to '81, the teams were relentless about making up rainouts. "If the games weren't...

THEY ALSO SERVE

OFFENSE: In his first start for Utah, sophomore quarterback Scott Mitchell completed 26 of 44 passes for a school-record 511 yards as the Utes defeated Idaho State 41-16. Carl Harry caught all...

For the father of a prodigy, chess is hardly child's play

An antidish campaign has sportscasters up in arms

PRO FOOTBALL—The Jets ended a five-game regular-season losing streak by taking advantage of the black-and-blue Browns. Ken O'Brien passed for 256 yards, Roger Vick rushed for two touchdowns and...

MIKE MANLEYN. LITTLE ROCK, ARK.Manley, 25, set a world record when he landed a 38-pound, 9-ounce male German brown trout at McClellan's Trout Dock, on the North Fork River. He used a number 16...

Hey, corporate America, Olympic athletes need work

PREFERRED SPORTWhat a relief! I was a closet baseball hater and was afraid to admit it; that is, until I read Rick Reilly's POINT AFTER (Aug. 29). Now I can 'fess up and not feel guilty. I've...