Four decades after his Olympic triumph, Stein Eriksen remains a stylish presence in the skiing world

The Grey Cup was icing for the Toronto Argos, whose success saved the CFL

SINCE DR. JAMES NAISMITH HAD HIS FLASH OF INSPIRATION IN 1891, BASKETBALL HAS EVOLVED FROM A SIMPLE AMERICAN PASTIME TO A GRAND INTERNATIONAL PASSION

1891After the only goal scored in the original game in Springfield, Mass., the hall must be taken out of the peach basket, whose bottom is still intact.

On the popular television show "American Gladiators," shapely superheroes compete against mere mortals

The Amateur Riders Club of America gives jockey wannabes a taste of big-time racing

The author, a 53-year-old U.S. rider, explores the continent by motorcycle

AwardedTo baseball great Ted Williams, the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Despite losing nearly five full seasons to military service, Williams is 10th on the alltime home...

Nicky McGowanLIMERICK, IRELAND

A word to NCAA tournament fans: Slow down and enjoy the regular season

Chicago's Midnight Basketball League provides young inner-city males with a brief respite from urban violence

Olympic Shame

[Thumb Up]To Ray Niehbuhr, a retired plumber, for stepping forward to pay the $9 fee that the U.S. Customs Service charged French adventurer Gerald d'Aboville after he brought his 26-foot rowboat...

Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet."

This is how the Polo Grill, a restaurant in Baltimore (whose erstwhile NFL franchise is now a doormat in Indianapolis), advertised its champagne buffet brunch last week: "This Sunday, only the...

We could ask the same question, "Why is Miami No. 1?" today as we did on the cover of our Nov. 24, 1986, issue. The answers then (the Hurricanes had a good quarterback, Vinny Testaverde, and a...

Despite an ailing right elbow, Jim McMahon continued to gain new respect by leading Philadelphia past Phoenix 34-14

Last Friday, when Cowboy Coach Jimmy Johnson spoke to his reeling team at practice, he pulled 6'5", 285-pound John Gesek out of the pack of players. "If you're going to fight a big gorilla," he...

For the last year and a half, SI senior writer Jill Lieber has been engrossed in chronicling the lives and times of two of the best defensive backs in NFL history. Much of that time Lieber spent...

Evander Holyfield had his hands full with unheralded stand-in Bert Cooper before retaining his title with a seventh-round TKO

Who would have figured—certainly not us—that the retooled Warriors and the Magic-less Lakers would be the big winners in the Pacific Division?

When Annie passed away, the author was stirred to explore why it is that he hunts

The Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship was a down-to-the-wire affair

In a bygone era athletes graciously gave autographs to a boy who cherishes them now as much as ever

New Haven Mayor John Daniels moonlights on weekends as a college football referee

When Ole Miss faces Mississippi State, there is far more at stake than mere gridiron supremacy

A newly explosive offense has elevated Washington to the best record in the NHL

Both Monica Seles and Martina Navratilova fired away in New York

College MascotsIn your article on college mascots (Woofers & Tweeters, Oct. 28), you not only failed to run a picture of our falcons—the only performing mascots at an NCAA school—but you also...

Steve Emtman's ferocious play is a major reason why Washington is undefeated and headed for the Rose Bowl

As a pro star Rick Barry was a shooter, but with his four basketball-playing sons he usually passes

With his father's determination, Chiefs cornerback Albert Lewis has made the big plays

Another Wing and a Prayer

OFFENSETony Sands, a senior tailback at Kansas, broke by 10 yards the single-game mark set on Sept. 14 by San Diego State's Marshall Faulk, rushing for 396 yards on a record 58 carries in a 53-29...

Here We Go Again

MENReginald Slater, a 6'7" senior forward for Wyoming, made nine of 13 shots from the field, while scoring 28 points and grabbing 12 rebounds as the Cowboys beat Louisiana Tech 96-78.

At Long Last

Lion linebacker Chris Spielman knows that playing football involves risks that no player likes to talk about. But there was no ducking the following conversation with his shaken wife, Stefanie,...