Ask Christie Green why she is an Olympic-style weightlifter and a fleeting look of panic will appear in her eyes. Then she will giggle and look at her father. Ask her anything about her sport and...

GOOD SENSE, GOOD HEALTH

•Steve Alvarez, ABC sportscaster, on Ohio State's mammoth offensive linemen: "When they go into a restaurant, they don't look at a menu. They get an estimate."

Colorado's 27-21 win over Nebraska gave the Buffaloes a shot at the national championship

In the race for Horse of the Year, Sunday Silence outran Easy Goer in the Breeders' Cup Classic

No. 1 heavyweight contender Evander Holyfield got mad, and then he got Alex Stewart

REASON TO PAUSEThat Jet running back Freeman McNeil would feel deep remorse after pulverizing an opposing player's knee, thereby ending that player's season and perhaps his career, is laudable...

Keyed by a behemoth line, the Giants pounded Phoenix into submission with their version of futuristic football

Outrunning a cosmopolitan crowd, Juma Ikangaa of Tanzania won the New York City Marathon

So says Deion Sanders, the defensive back who has lit up the Atlanta Falcons with his gold chains and electric style of play. But there is more than glitter to Prime Time

It's a sweltering Indian summer day in Bloomington, and the rolling fields around the University of Indiana golf course are dry—and brick hard. The only hint that this is the cross-country season...

Though noted for going off like a bomb at times, the Flyers' Ron Hextall is quietly changing how goalies play in the NHL

David Robinson, now a Navy reservist, torpedoed the Lakers in his victorious debut

THE NEW ELITE

Q: Which will be the scariest team in the second half of the season?

Much has been made of the 49ers' success on the road. Since 1981 they have gone 51-14-1 away from home, including a 6-0 record this year. One factor that certainly hasn't hurt is that they travel...

WHERE THERE'S A WILLIS...

OFFENSE: Cal State-Fullerton running back Mike Pringle, a senior, rushed for 352 yards—five short of the Division I single-game record—on 31 carries, and scored touchdowns of 59, three and 11...

AT JERRY FALWELL'S LIBERTY U, EVERYONE IS PRAYING FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM, WHICH, UNDER ITS BIG-NAME COACH, SAM RUTIGLIANO, PLAYS FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND, SOMEDAY, A SHOT AT NOTRE DAME

PRO BASKETBALL—Playing on surgically repaired heels, Larry Bird led the Celtics in points (32) and minutes (33) in their season opener, a 127-114 defeat of the Bucks. In Boston's second game, with...

JEFF WNUKWEST ALLIS, WIS.Jeff, 15, won a national weightlifting title in the 97-pound division for ages 13-14 at the AAU Junior Olympic Games, in San Antonio. He snatched 99.21 pounds and lifted...

The best thing about baseball 1989 is that it's over