EQUESTRIAN—GEORGE LINDEMANN, riding Threes and Sevens, had two penalty-free rounds to defeat Joe Fargis, aboard Mill Pearl, by four faults and win a Grandprix event and $30,000 in Port Jervis, N.Y.

MELANIE GETZBRENTWOOD, MO.Getz, 32, a physical-education teacher, set a national weightlifting record in the women's 56-kg class at the U.S. Olympic Festival, when she snatched 73.5 kg. She broke...

Al Davis is insulting fans in L.A. and Oakland

At an international jugglers festival in L.A., some took the balls and ran with them

Indians have ceased to be appropriate team mascots

The A's Billy Beane quit playing to be a scout

WHITHER PEBBLE BEACH?

•George Archer, Senior tour golfer, on the prospect of retiring: "Baseball players quit playing, and they take up golf. Basketball players quit, take up golf. Football players quit, take up golf....

Teen ace Pete Sampras and a new Gabriela Sabatini were unlikely champions in one of the most surprising U.S Opens ever

Twenty-Two years ago, When H.G. (Buzz) Bissinger was 13 years old, he read an SI story by Dan Jenkins about a Texas high school quarterback named Jack Mildren (Pursuit of a Big Blue Chipper, Sept....

Lawrence Taylor cut a mighty figure as the Giants tore into the Eagles

Jerry Glanville's recharged Falcons enjoyed a dark victory against the Oilers

Quarterback Ty Detmer led BYU to a stunning upset of the No. 1 team

Cleveland handed Hot Rod Williams $26.5 million, and the rest of the NBA felt the heat

With the same resolve that governs his life as a recovering alcoholic, Bob Welch has pitched his way to a Cy Young-caliber season

JOSEIt's about time! An article dealing with the "real" Jose Canseco (Whaddaya Say, Jose?, Aug. 20). After years of media overkill on this baseball phenom's problems, SI has revealed a side of...

After 29 straight losses to Clemson, sweet victory

CONFIDENCE GAME

OFFENSESubstituting for the injured Chuck tailback at Tennessee, rushed for 248 yards on 22 carries, and scored on runs of 69 and 80 yards in a 40-7 victory over Mississippi State.

COLLECTIVE LOSS

ONE FROM THE HEART

Redskins at 49ers. It seems like 10 years ago that Bill Walsh was "resting" a "fatigued" Joe Montana and giving Steve Young playing time at quarterback for the 49ers, and that Doug Williams and...

Is it a coincidence that quarterbacks come into their own when Lindy Infante is running the offense? You make the call. Cincinnati's Ken Anderson had an MVP season in 1981, when Infante was in his...

It was a nice night in Pittsburgh on Sept. 1, when the Steelers played their final preseason game: 81°, a light southwest wind, no threat of rain. Late in the third quarter, with the Steelers and...

Artist John Hull has caught the moods of Louisville's Triple A Redbirds on canvas

DE-SPOOKED

The oil-patch town of Odessa, Texas, lives for one thing: the start of the high school football season

Duke Kahanamoku starred in two Olympics and made surfing popular worldwide

Percy hated hunting, but he gave squirrels fits