The Indiana Pacers' Reggie Miller recalls last spring's most memorable quarter, shot by unerring shot

Isiah Thomas has gone directly from the hardwood to the hard job of running the expansion Toronto Raptors

How can you call someone with absolutely no power punch the finest fighter in the world?DAVID J. BRAMZON, WASHINGTON, D.C.

This 1989 SI Classic took the measure of 7'5" Chuck Nevitt, the NBA's funniest 12th man

Believe it or not, Larry Brown is getting comfortable in Indiana—which means the Pacers will settle in atop the division standings

1. Pacer2. Hornets3. Hawks4. Bulls5. Cavaliers6. Pistons7. Bucks

The most intriguing Story of O—Oliver Miller, the Detroit Pistons' new big man and the self-styled Big O—is the scale tale from his rookie year with the Phoenix Suns. As it is often told late at...

With the arrival of Horace Grant and Brian Shaw, will gifted Orlando now have enough magic to unseat the Knicks?

1. Magic2. Knicks3. Heat4. Celtics5. Nets6. 76ers7. Bullets

When Sharone Wright was at Southwest High in Macon, Ga., he trained his spine to curve by slouching deep in his desk chair. He walked the halls with a pigeon-toed shuffle and ran the basketball...

The Suns have new talent and the Blazers a new coach, and that rumbling—or grumbling?—sound you hear is the Sonics

1. Suns2. SuperSonics3. Warriors4. Trail Blazers5. Lakers6. Kings7. Clippers

It had been a long time since Golden State Warrior point guard Tim Hardaway was in this kind of situation, with the game hanging in the balance. Would it all come back to him? Isaiah Rider of the...

In the NBA's most powerful division, the champion Houston Rockets are looking to win the one thing they didn't last season: respect

1. Rockets2. Spurs3. Nuggets4. Jazz5. Mavericks6. Timberwolves

Chuck Person's career is floating somewhere beyond the three-point arc—the old arc. A few steps backward, and his goals will be out of range, even for him. A couple of steps forward, and he could...

Dikembe Mutombo, the outgoing Nugget center, makes a big impression in the paint and in faraway lands

The Hunter

After catching five passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns in a 44-10 Buffalo victory over Kansas City on Sunday, wide-out Andre Reed broke away from a clutch of reporters in the Bill locker room...

The Cotton Club

OffenseAuburn's Stephen Davis, a junior, accounted for 57.5% of his team's offense as he rushed for 246 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers' 31-14 victory over Arkansas.

...there are some sights and sounds in the in-your-face NBA we could live without

Tippecanoe and Big Dog, Too

The University of Kentucky announced last week that it will revise "a portion" of the school's eight-year-old Wildcat logo in response to complaints that the wildcat's tongue looks like a penis.

Brendan ShanahanSt. Louis Blue left wing, on what it was like posing for a photo in GQ: "The photographer doesn't say give us your best side, he says give us your least-damaged side."

Displaying a feisty new attitude, Nebraska overcame injuries and doubters to rout Colorado

Tommie Frazier has always despised walking. After practice the junior quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate for Nebraska would catch a ride with a team manager driving the equipment cart back...

There's a real horse race in the Pac-10, but don't count out the Ducks

Durable pitchers and unlikely sluggers led Yomiuri to victory in the Japan Series

Mark McCumber's monster putt in sudden death won the Tour Championship

New England's young quarterback Drew Bledsoe is calmly taking aim at a passing record

The Orlando Magic and the Phoenix Suns should rise above the rest and play for the title

Annett BucknerLONG BEACH, CALIF.

After becoming a free agent last summer, Brian Shaw had one wish: to play for Orlando. This is a behind-the-scenes log kept by his agent, Jerome Stanley, chronicling events leading to Shaw's signing.

Can't anybody hit the open jumper anymore? Today's young NBA gum are tiring blanks—and wounding the game

Beware Sharp Corners

When the Bears played the Packers on Monday night, it was unlikely that many people gave any thought to how night football got its start. But it was 65 years ago this week that another Windy City...

Detroit linebacker Mike Johnson has always been fascinated by structural design and the uses of space. As an only child growing up with his parents in a two-bedroom apartment outside of...