This 1968 SI Classic profiles Pete Maravich, college basketball's top scorer and a hit among the ladies of LSU

CULTURES COLLIDED WHEN MISSISSIPPI STATE MADE A SUMMER TOUR TO THAT RENOWNED HOTBED OF HOOPS—FINLAND

Tempered Steel

Off the Sidelines

Offense: Colorado junior Rashaan Salaam ran for 259 yards and two TDs in a 41-20 win over Iowa State to become the fourth I-A player to gain 2,000 yards or more in a season.

After a decade on the beat, the author bids college basketball a fond farewell

Unhappy Warrior Chris Webber decamped for D.C.—but that may not be his last power move

After dominating James Toney to win the super middleweight title, Roy Jones Jr. finds himself all alone top

The unbeaten Tide rolled past Auburn and into contention for the national championship

Oregon held off Oregon State to get its first Rose Bowl bid in 37 years

Erstwhile third-stringer Jeff Blake has roused the Bengals and has the citizenry of Cincy at his feet

I wonder if I could get into UMass with 630 on my SATs. Probably not—I'm only 5'6".CASEY B. COOK, WOLLASTON, MASS.

Six coaches are among those indicted in a federal probe of the Bayler basketball program

THE BIG EAST, WITH AN INFUSION OF TALENTED NEW PLAYERS AND COACHES, IS AGAIN BOUND FOR A PLACE AMONG THE TOP CONFERENCES

HISTORY SAYS THE DEFENDING CHAMPS WILL FALL, AND AN OLD POWERHOUSE IS READY TO RISE AGAIN

Damion MorrowOMAHA

COUNT ON CORLISS WILLIAMSON TO PULL HIS OWN WEIGHT AS THE RAZORBACKS GO FOR THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT TITLE

THE WOMEN'S top 10

WITH ONE SHOT, CHARLOTTE SMITH WON AN NCAA TITLE AND JOINED AN ELITE GROUP OF CAROLINA HOOP HEROES

New Orleans is a checkerboard of cultures, Cajun and Creole, white and black, bawdy and buttoned-down. Block by block, the Big Easy offers up lessons, and its instruction was never lost on Randy...

Greg Norman's Grand Gambit

During Filming of Cobb, the forthcoming film about the misanthropic Hall of Famer, actor Tommy Lee Jones (left, in picture) came perilously close to experiencing what real-life, latter-day,...

William Usery, the supermediator who's attempting to broker a settlement between baseball's owners and striking players, is being paid a reported $60,000 a month by each side for his services.

An Unidentified WaitressAddressing Brooke Shields and Andre Agassi in a Los Angeles restaurant during the couple's first date together: "Are you ladies enjoying your food?"

No matter how much Clemson senior Devin Gray downplays what he calls the "little heart-attack problem I had," there are daily reminders. There are bottles of three different medications and an...

When the car slid to a stop, Mara Cunningham was still strapped into the driver's seat and Jimmy Buffett was still singing from the tape deck. But the red Mustang convertible was upside down, and...

Two and a half years ago, Norfolk (Va.) State senior Corey Williams was unloading frozen foods from trucks at an Elizabeth, N.J., Shop Rite from midnight until 8 a.m. In the afternoons he slept,...

1 Norfolk State2 Philadelphia Textile3 Indiana (Pa.)4 Washburn5 Virginia Union6 Fort Hays State7 North Dakota8 Alaska-Anchorage9 California (Pa.)10 Southern Indiana

Franklin & Marshall center Charlie Detz is a quiet guy who often uses a smile or a nod in place of words. But when the subject turns to rival Lebanon Valley, winner of the Division III...

1 Franklin & Marshall2 New Jersey Tech3 KenyonBuffalo State5 Hampden-Sydney6 Christopher Newport7 UMass-Dartmouth8 St. Thomas (Minn.)9 Goucher

He's No. 1

It has been 65 years since Ernie Nevers of the Chicago Cardinals (above, with ball) set the NFL record for points in a game by scoring 40. But his mark, the longest-standing in league history,...

Viking defensive tackle John Randle didn't fit the scouts' description of a prototypical defensive lineman. At 6'1", 240 pounds, he was considered too short to tangle with behemoth offensive...