April 10, 1995 | Volume 82, Issue 14

Mike Tyson's infatuation with the classics recalls another heavy-reading heavyweight

The NCAA tournament provided its usual shock of hair-raising, and hair-razing moments. With honorable mention to the Monarchs of Old Dominion—the starting five shaved their heads before the start...

Chris Drury, Boston University's freshman winger, may be the most famous Little Leaguer in recent memory (above), but he isn't the only one to abandon the base paths for the blue lines. In last...

Rapstar Luther Campbell has threatened to provide the NCAA with fresh allegations of a pay-for-play operation at the University of Miami unless Ryan Collins, a close friend of Campbell's, is named...

Bryant ReevesSenior Oklahoma State center, when asked if his strong performance during the NCAAs, might have bolstered his status in the NBA draft: "What happens to me next year will happen to me...

A ban on boxing would result in backstreet fighting with even fewer provisions for medical attention.GLENN P. CUNNINGHAM, UNION, N.J.

1. During a changeover Seles sat down to towel off.2. Suddenly Parche (in cap) was there, making his attack.3. A stunned Seles wheeled around to face Parche.4. A security guard leaped from his...

Tim WhiteleyHUNT VALLEY, MD.

Easy money. Easy business. "I could train an ape to be a bookmaker," says William (B.J.) Jahoda, a 52-year-old former sports betting chief for the Chicago mob. "You don't have to know anything...

Everybody Likes Mike

Through Sunday, centers—the Magic's Shaquille O'Neal, the Rockets' Hakeem Olajuwon and the Spurs' David Robinson—were running 1-2-3 in the scoring race. But what if the NBA did as the NHL does and...

Biting the Bears

Jack Nicklaus won a third Tradition by playing the 18th thrice on Sunday

Nearly forgotten now, teaching pro Henry Picard was a big star when he won the 1938 Masters

On the last stop of the PGA's winter tour, Byron Nelson routed the filed to win his fifth straight tournament

In his final hours, with death closing in, Harvey Penick joined much of the golf world on Sunday in pulling for Davis Love III to qualify for the Masters. That morning at his home in Austin,...