THE BIG SHOW

A scout's-eye view of the leading players in the battles for the league pennants—and berths in the World Series

By beating Pitt, West Virginia proved it's for real

SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT

OFFENSE: Wyoming quarterback Randy Welniak completed 28 of 43 passes for 359 yards and three TDs and ran 11 times for 108 yards and another score for a school-record 467 yards of total offense, as...

Two cadets on Army's team fought cancer and won

SHELLEY BERINGHELECULVER CITY, CALIF.Shelley, 12, a pitcher-shortstop for the Angels, was the only girl to play in the North Venice Little League Major League division the last two years. In that...

PRO FOOTBALL—The Bengals, the Bills and the Rams all coasted to victories to become the NFL's only 4-0 teams. Cincinnati's 24-17 win over the Browns kept the Bengals in sole possession of first...

The network avoids chauvinism in its Olympic coverage

CHUSOK

•Jay Barrs, U.S. archer, on his former eating habits: "I used to go with the three basic food groups—McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King."

That's no mere figurehead in the bow of this Romanian shell. It's cox Ladislau Lovrenski, who steered his four bigger buddies home first in this heat at the Olympics in Seoul.

In late May, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson traveled to the Caribbean island of St. Kitts to be treated by his doctor, Jamie Astaphan. Ten days before, he had aggravated a pulled left hamstring, an...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee fulfilled expectations in winning the heptathlon

Florence Griffith Joyner did just that in blazing to victory in the 100 meters

FRESHMAN ELIGIBILITYConcerning the POINT AFTER (Sept. 5) on ending freshman eligibility, the real problems are the things that the Reverend Timothy S. Healy of Georgetown accepts as given: the...

Andre Phillips thwarted Edwin Moses's try for more hurdles gold

The Games were replete with historic feats, including one by a U.S. shot-putter who lost

Koreans attacked a referee and, in their eyes, shamed an entire nation

America's top male swimmer tells how he won seven medals—five gold—in a hectic week

Kristin Otto of East Germany got gold after gold after....

Janet Evans, thrice a winner, was an all-too-rare jubilant champion

After hitting his head on the springboard, Greg Louganis won the gold—again

A look at other action in Seoul

Record setter Naim Suleymanoglu was weighed down by worries for his family

The Americans weren't having many laughs, but they marched smartly into the medal round

Despite some soaring performances by the Soviets, poor judging stole the show

East Germany's Thomas Lange turned an eagerly awaited sculling showdown into a sideshow

The U.S. team's strategy looked good on paper. Then came Argentina

Sometimes being Dante Muse's younger brother is more than Tony Muse can stand. Dante, 21, of Des Moines, is the best speed roller skater in the U.S. Tony, who's 16 months younger, is the second...

Young János Martinek chewed up the competition

A pair of pub-crawling Brits in their 40's finished one-two

Employing a unique, very aggressive style, the team from West Germany swept the women's medals

A Frenchwoman helped Holland's Monique Knol win the road race

For pure charisma, Mark Todd and his gritty little horse couldn't be beat

Oklahoma's quarterbacks couldn't match USC's Rodney Peete, who led the Trojans to a 23-7 victory

Is it any wonder that fans in Atlanta have soured on the Braves and Falcons?