That's 7, as in $7.1 million, the new annual salary of the Chicago Cubs' Ryne Sandberg. His record contract has players feeling lucky and owners feeling busted

An aborted plan to rehire Bill Walsh wasn't the only dose of cold reality to jolt the 49ers

Kansas's win over Missouri showed that the Jayhawks are the mightiest in the mighty Big Eight

For some swimmers the U.S. Olympic Trials ended in glory and relief: They made the team

Cover ChoicesThe Mike Tyson trial and verdict were certainly newsworthy, and you covered both comprehensively. Yet I can't tell you how disappointed I was when I saw Tyson on your Feb. 17 cover....

That's what Mark Messier has had on the New York Rangers, who are expecting nothing less than a banner year

Fred Couples, the hottest player on the PGA Tour, has precious little to say, but his smooth stroke speaks volumes

A Surviving Breed

MENIn his final regular-season game Darin Archbold, Butler's 6'5" senior guard, made seven straight three-point shots and scored a career-high 42 points in a 96-86 defeat of Xavier (Ohio).

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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's divine spirit and working-class ethics have forged an exemplary college basketball program

The University of Louisville stats crew has been officially charting that wonderful madness since 1969

LandedThe prestigious Sullivan Award, in the arms of record-setting long jumper Mike Powell. The AAU has bestowed the trophy since 1931 to the previous year's outstanding American amateur athlete....

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It's gut-wrenching to see Bo Jackson, our greatest athlete ever, hobble on this way

Back on the Team

[Thumb Up]To Chip Beck, for donating a $500,000 bonus he won for shooting a 59 last October at the Las Vegas Invitational to the Sacred Heart Foundation, which supports struggling churches in the...

Dave Brown, Philadelphia Flyer right wing, when asked if the NHL players would carry picket signs in the event they go on strike, as threatened, on the eve of the Stanley Cup playoffs: "Well, that...

In an attempt to improve Beijing's chances of being awarded the 2000 Olympic Games when the International Olympic Committee makes its selection in 1994, the city's government has ordered residents...

The New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle, the "fastest man in baseball," was on our March 4, 1957, cover. We also wrote about Dodger owner Walter O'Malley's threat to move his team out of Brooklyn if a...