Spears GriffinMONTGOMERY, ALA.Spears, 17, was Alabama's first double winner in sporting clay shooting. He won the junior championship with a score of 175 out of 200. That score was also good...

And the Winners are...

Having learned how to save money under the old system, why do owners need a new one?

Now, at last, I have an entire winter to celebrate the fact that the world champions reside in Atlanta.JOHN WILLINGHAM, MATTHEWS, N.C.

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New Looks, Old Reasons

Now that the Cleveland Browns and the Houston Oilers plan to relocate, the question is what will the teams do for nicknames? "Baltimore Browns" (page 58) has nice alliteration, but the franchise...

Citizens of Vanuatu, the South Pacific island where men jump off bamboo towers with vines tied to their legs as a virility ritual, are considering seeking royalties from bungee-jump operators all...

Daniel SchneiderA New Mexico district court judge, after ruling in favor of New Mexico basketball recruit Kenny Thomas, who sued the NCAA for declaring him academically ineligible: "I'm convinced...

After Michigan stunned previously unbeaten Ohio State, Joy bloomed at Northwestern

Practically the only storefront on Central Street in Evanston, Ill., that didn't have a Northwestern pennant in its window was the Christian Science Reading Room. At the counter in Mustard's Last...

Second-ranked Florida maintained its national-title hopes by whipping its old nemesis, Florida State

The death of 28-year-old Sergei Grinkov was the final chapter in one of sport's great romances

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With 11 Super Bowl losses in a row, the AFC has a way to go to beat NFC powers Dallas and San Francisco

Since the 11-game NFC winning streak in the Super Bowl began in 1984, Bill Walsh, Bill Parcells and Jimmy Johnson have each won two championship rings, thereby embellishing the reputation of the...

Arizona taught Georgetown a simple lesson in team play in the Preseason NIT

The ferocious Steeler-Brown rivalry came to a tame close

Cleveland won Round 1 in what will be an agonizing battle to hold on to its beloved Browns

Art Modell says that he owes so much money that he has no choice but to move his Browns to Baltimore because he has reached the $50 million debt limit the NFL has established for each of its...

Mitch Richmond of the Kings can mimic anyone, but on the floor he's best playing himself

When the author, an Olympic marathoner, learned the 1968 gold medalist in that event had been imprisoned in Ethiopia for three years without having been charged with a crime, he began the race of...

Athletes who set the standard in their sport are common to SI's pages, but not on our staff. So Andy Borinstein's coworkers in our consumer marketing department were floored when Borinstein...

The Pack Is Back

A vintage season is best defined by the achievements of six special players who came up big

Tired and true, the granddaddy of the game's made-for-TV events soldiers on

Brad Bryant is not so dumb as to let a little success soil his earthy image

When CBS decided to defend announcer Ben Wright, it attacked the truth

A Ryder Cup Surprise

See Johnny play. Or is it hear Johnny talk? That's what NBC and Johnny Miller are trying to figure out before Miller, the man who restored credibility to NBC's woeful golf team, turns 50 and...

If you're a Republican and a golfer, the best thing about the 1996 presidential election is that it won't be contested at match play.

For years, Tom Kite has toyed with the idea of learning Spanish. America's just-christened 1997 Ryder Cup captain is no longer toying. He has already signed up for lessons with Stephanie, his...

Outspoken tailback Errict Rhett has Tampa Bay in the running for its first playoff berth since 1982

Time to rename the Black-and-Blue division. Traditionally the home of the 7-3 frozen-tundra slugfest, the division has become downright sissified. Detroit is on pace to set a franchise record for...