Robert Albo, Golden State's team doc, can mend or, as a master magician, pull a leg with equal ease

The first women's college game was marked by "unladylike" enthusiasm

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•Kevin Young (left), Olympic 400-meter hurdles champ, when asked what it was like to run for years in the shadow of Edwin Moses: "Nice and cool."

A year ago he was angry and discontented. Now the Rockets' Hakeem Olajuwon is happily leading Houston on a torrid run and devotedly following the tenets of Islam. The Dream is, he says, a man at peace

The worlds turned upside down as Oksana Baiul, 15, won and the U.S. was blanked

Our fearless (and perhaps foolhardy) forecaster offers the deskbound NCAA tournament fan a guide to winning the office pool

A ghost of his former self, Dwight Gooden, at 28, tries to recapture the glory of his youth

That wasn't exactly Fernandomania sweeping Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg last Thursday night. But the familiar lefthander in the unfamiliar Baltimore Oriole uniform did get a standing...

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Suddenly the Quebec Nordiques are a match for mighty Montreal

Toxic drainwater from irrigated farmland in California and other Western states has created an environmental calamity

"I think that is my only problem," former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson says, and a few feet away Mickey Alan, his brother-in-law, turns his face away to hide a grin. Alan has one of the...

James Washington figures to make a few of his teammates' jaws drop when he shows up at training camp this summer. All of the other Dallas Cowboys will be talking about their book contracts and...

There were times when the grief was so strong that C. Vivian Stringer, the Iowa women's basketball coach, thought she just wouldn't be able to come back. The prospect of coaching again after her...

As the ball left Alex Rodriguez's aluminum bat, 63 stopwatches started their split-second counts. His toe touched first base, the timers clicked in unison. The draft-day race had begun.

Three maligned athletes were vindicated during the world indoor championships

North Carolina's 7-foot center, Eric Montross, is college basketball's best big man, but there's more on his mind than just hoops

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Nearly a century ago the springtime mecca for many major league players was a spa in Arkansas

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Jeff Hansen is the Nintendo champion of the world. Think you can beat him? No way

Guided by the gentle hand of Yosh Uchida, San Jose State's judo program is in a class by itself

A traditionalist who once denounced conference tournaments now extols their charms