Daryl ChamberlainLIVONIA, MICH.Chamberlain, a sophomore hockey goalkeeper at Army, had nine shutouts this season, easily surpassing the old school record of five, which was held by three players....

Don't waste any more space trying to glorify mediocre talent and less than normal behavior. Let's stick to sports.JON WINTERS, NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA.

Yankee Kenny Rogers used his $20 million arm to have a ball when New York's season opener, at Cleveland, was snowed out on Monday.

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Designer Ralph Lauren has unveiled a house paint collection that reflects "the vitality of active sport and competition" and includes such colors as "hockey puck," "golf green," "hoop red," "lap...

Sid HartmanVeteran Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist, asking American League ump Tim Tschida about the expansion of the strike zone: "Isn't the big problem the umpires' lack of inconsistency?"

It wasn't always pretty, but Kentucky rubbed out scrappy Syracuse to win its sixth national championship

Tennessee turned back UConn and Georgia to earn its fourth national title

Despite a late-season surge, defending Stanley Cup champ New Jersey is having a Devil of a time just making the playoffs

Carefree Fred Couples won the Players Championship by cruising to a final-round 64

As their NBA-record losing steak hit 22, the luckless Grizzlies got an F for futility but an A for effort

The fresh face at Lipton was Chanda Rubin's, but the big shots were all Steffi Graf's

When he's not tagging balls for the Atlanta Braves, leftfielder Ryan Klesko tags along on drug busts

Mutombo frustrated by Nuggets' regression, Bullets: Playoffs or bust?, Stoudamire is Raptors' minute man

CIGAR CAME TO RACING WITH A MODEST PEDIGREE. NOW, AFTER 14 STRAIGHT WINS, THE LATEST ON THE SANDS OF HIS ANCESTRAL ARABIA, HE HAS IMMORTALITY IN HIS SIGHTS

One afternoon in the spring of 1968, Greg Kelly, then a callow freshman at New York City's Xavier High and now an SI senior editor, arrived home proudly brandishing a copy of The Xavier, the...

The Cowboys' scandalous off-field behavior bespeaks a team that lacks a moral compass

The author handicaps the contenders, and one player emerges as the odds-on favorite to win the Masters

The 1996 Masters is destined for greatness. How can we be sure? Because history has told us so. Although the Masters celebrates its 60th anniversary next week, the major championship we know...

A year ago, Lee Janzen was hot off an impressive win in the Players Championship and on everyone's short list of contenders for the Masters. This year, although he became $4.5 million richer...

After 34 wins, including five majors, Hall of Famer Patty Sheehan finally won her first Dinah Shore

Tiger Woods is ready for grad school in golf but doesn't want to give up undergraduate life

For players at the Masters, the 1st hole is often the worst hole

Is this the end for Seve Ballesteros, who has lost control of his once masterly game?

Players consider taking action to protest negative remarks by Miller, Parry peeved, New toy on Tour