Uniformly Uninformed

•Paul Ladewski of Chicago's South-town Economist, on erratic Cleveland Cavalier guard Gerald Wilkins: "He has never taken a shot that he couldn't miss."

•Jason Bossard, Michigan basketball guard, marveling over the generous size of the shrimp the Wolverines were served in Milan during a preseason European swing: "They brought us crayfish on steroids."

NBA rookie sensation Shaquille O'Neal brought his 7'1" act to New York last weekend, where he took in the sights, charmed the locals and then did battle with the Knicks and Patrick Ewing

Washington State, whose C.J. Davis is shown here being driven out of bounds by Washington's Shane Pahukoa (21), plowed to a 42-23 upset victory in this flakiest of rivalries.

Miami stayed No. 1 by hanging on for a narrow win at Syracuse

After a massive sea and air search, the 60-foot racing sloop Coyote, was found capsized in the North Atlantic, but the fate of her skipper, round the world sailor Michael Plant, was still unknown

Ancient legend tells of a Persian farmer who set off to find a field of diamonds that would make him rich. The farmer searched the world in vain, grew despondent and died before he could return...

No Gretzky? No problem. Rookie coach Barry Melrose has L.A. winning anyway

In his third pro season, Seattle's Cortez Kennedy has succeeded the late Jerome Brown, who was his best friend, as the NFL's premier defensive tackle

Sports fans know that the strains of 'Rock and Roll Part II' can turn chumps to champs

Heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe fancies himself a humorist, but he's dead serious about living up to his nickname: Big Daddy

Here are our choices for the best, the worst and the goofiest of the 1992 season. Some of the awards are serious and some aren't. See if you can tell which are which.

OFFENSEPacific's Ryan Benjamin, a senior, rushed for 239 yards on 23 carries, caught five passes for 59 yards, ran back four kickoffs for 80 yards and returned three punts for 24 yards in a 38-35...

DA HIBERNATING BEARS

Long a Bastion of star quarterbacks, the AFC is beginning to lose the arms race. Through 11 games this season, NFC passers have a surprisingly large lead over their AFC counterparts in most...

RENAISSANCE MAN

At one time extinct in the area, Atlantic salmon have been seen spawning in a Connecticut river

Sergei Kobozev hopes to make a name for himself as a fighter in the United States

Dream TeamsI was elated to receive the special issue SPORTS ILLUSTRATED CLASSIC (Fall 1992). I'm sure you will receive an unbelievable amount of mail concerning each sport's Dream Team (The...

Monica Seles easily defeated Martina Navratilova in a telling year-end finale

Why did the Phillies protect shortstop Juan Bell, who, according to one American League general manager, was the major league's worst player in 1992, while the White Sox didn't protect his...

THERE ARE SPORTS NUTS, AND THEN THERE ARE REAL WACKOS LIKE THESE, WHO HAVE CROSSED THE LINE BETWEEN FAN AND FANATIC

On a camping trip with his seriously ill nephew, the author discovers what really matters

Can bouncing on a floating trampoline really massage the memory?

By answering a letter, the author helped the Dallas Cowboys lasso a basketball player

College football players are demanding a say, and coaches ignore them at their own risk

Todd PollackRYE, N.Y.Todd, a senior at Brunswick School, as of last Friday completed 62 of 123 pass attempts, threw for 1,040 yards and 18 TDs and rushed 48 times for 356 yards and three TDs while...