Tina SamaraLAUREL HOLLOW, N.Y.

Riley Runs the Show

Votes for No-Name Coaches

In a program targeting people with low credit ratings, three California banks will offer loans of as much as $25,000, at interest rates as high as 21.8%, to help Oakland Raider fans buy season...

Bob PackwoodRandy resigning senator and would-be author, on the amount of sex in his potentially profitable diaries: "A little more than Francis of Assisi and a little less than Wilt Chamberlain."

For Steffi Graf and Pete Sampras, the U.S. Open was never so sweet

While Penn State barely won and fell in the polls, Nebraska kept on rolling, even amid controversy

Carl Hiaasen's forays beneath Florida's orange-juice-and-sunshine facade over the past 10 years have been reflected in his Miami Herald columns, as well as in the characters that populate his...

Davey Johnson may have Cincy in first place, and Ray Knight went 0-2 in a cameo, but the Reds know...

Anthem Annie aims to sing in every baseball stadium in the major leagues

Emmitt Smith and the resurgent Cowboys crushed the Broncos—and are primed to get even stronger

When asked to shed some light on his team's 20-3 nosedive against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, New England Patriot quarterback Drew Bledsoe politely explained that he would first have to look at...

The NFL is not amused by maverick owner Jerry Jones

HIS LIFETIME AVERAGE IS .335—AND CLIMBING!—BUT AS TONY GWYNN ZEROES IN ON A SIXTH BATTING TITLE HE STILL HONES HIS STROKE AND OBSESSES OVER HIS VIDEOTAPES

What makes Gwynn such a great hitter? Says Padre batting coach Rettenmund, "His two calling cards are how early he gets his swing started and the pace at which he does it. He just starts out slow,...

Chemical heir Henri du Pont's new game puts a populist spin on golf

TRASHED BY POLLUTERS AND ABANDONED BY BUREAUCRATS, A GREAT AMERICAN WILDERNESS IS BEING STARVED OF ITS LIFEBLOOD: FRESH, CLEAN WATER

Trips for Kids shows disadvantaged youths that they can climb most any mountain

Wahoo!

Washington Post columnist Shirley Povich, 90, is one of sports' living monuments

Every March rustlers wrangle rattlers at a roundup in Sweetwater, Texas

Maddux has been a good pitcher since 1988, but greatness is based not on a season, not even on a decade, but on a lifetime.ADAM N. McKEOWN, ALEXANDRIA, VA

Readers unanimously agreed with us that it is time for major leaguers to get over their resentment of former replacement players (INSIDE BASEBALL, Aug. 7). Clarissa L. Guillory of Lafayette, La.,...

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Rison Expectations

Two Too Many?

Auburn at LSU

OffenseArkansas sophomore tailback Madre Hill rushed for a career-high 178 yards and six touchdowns in the Razorbacks' 51-21 win over South Carolina.

Michigan drew only 100,802, which was 1,699 short of capacity, for its 24-7 victory over Memphis last Saturday, the smallest crowd to attend a game at Michigan Stadium since 1980.

"The worst thing anyone ever said about Cal Ripken is that he never misses a game."

There was no letup in sight during a photo finish at the Canadian Open

Three rookies are about to go where no group of first year players has ever gone before

SI, asked 60 PGA Tour players which member of the class of '95 they would select as Rookie of the Year.

As the author learns, having a good time is hardly a handicap at the world's largest tournament

Walker Whipping

For the first time since Big Bertha was a pup, Callaway no longer has the hottest woods on the market, according to a golf trade magazine. Those bragging rights now belong to Taylor Made, which...

"If Europe can't win, the Ryder Cup will take a giant step backward"

In or out of water, The Endless Summer's Robert August is a master craftsman

A Viking to Their Liking

Getting His Kicks