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October 28, 1996
David GallEDWARDSVILLE, ILL.Gall, 54, became only the fourth thoroughbred racing jockey in North America to reach 7,000 career wins when he guided A.J. Onray to victory in a race at Fairmount...

October 28, 1996
Lots of athletes trash-talk, but Ali went beyond trash-talking.MICHAEL SHARPE, NASHVILLE

October 28, 1996 | Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien

October 28, 1996 | Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien
50,000Bonus, in dollars, Florida football coach Steve Spurrier will receive from new five-year, $5 million contract in any year that the Gators win the national title.

October 28, 1996 | Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien
Halloween is almost here, which got us thinking about costumes we'd like to see on some sports personalities.

October 28, 1996 | Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien
Shaky Sydney

October 28, 1996 | Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien
Arby's Beef-of-the-Game advertising spot on Pittsburgh Penguins telecasts features a replay of the most action-packed fight during that evening's game.

October 28, 1996 | Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien
Nicholas BurnsU.S. State Department spokesman and Boston Red Sox fan, opening a recent foreign-policy briefing: "This is an official statement by the United States Department of State: Anybody but...

October 28, 1996 | Michael Silver

October 28, 1996 | Gerry Callahan
It was business as usual for the Braves, who took the first two games from the Yankees

October 28, 1996 | Ron Fimrite
JULY 22, 1957

October 28, 1996 | Tom Verducci

October 28, 1996 | Rick Reilly

October 28, 1996 | John Grossmann
Solving Stave's new golf puzzle is pure hell

October 28, 1996 | Ron Fimrite

October 28, 1996 | Dana Gelin
The fitness team at South Bronx High succeeds in competition and in class

October 28, 1996 | Timothy Crothers
D.C. hung tough after a bad start to win the first MLS title

October 28, 1996 | Austin Murphy

October 28, 1996 | Tim Layden

October 28, 1996 | John Ed Bradley

October 28, 1996 | John Walters
Steve Scott, now 40 and a cancer survivor, plans to break four minutes again

October 28, 1996 | Alan Shipnuck
The former Ivy doormat is off to its first 5-0 start in 51 years, The thrill of overtime, the agony of overtime

October 28, 1996 | Peter King
Cowboys-Dolphins loses its luster, Bengals need more than a new coach, Our midseason All-Pro team

October 28, 1996 | Peter King
In a poll of G.M.'s and scouts for SI's annual midseason All-Pro team, 16 of the 17 respondents made the Packers' Brett Favre the closest thing to a unanimous pick. Jerry Rice (above) was named on...

October 28, 1996 | Michael Farber
Taxpayers are finding that nothing lasts forever—not even the Eighth Wonder of the World

October 28, 1996 | Paul Zimmerman
The Colts' Jim Harbaugh has been bent, folded and mutilated, but he keeps soldiering on

October 28, 1996 | Ken McAlpine
Bob Blechen was slow to begin with, but he's still playing semipro football at 61

October 28, 1996 | Bob Knotts
Ralph Sanchez built a world-class track near Miami

October 28, 1996 | Franz Lidz
Former Mets catcher Greg Goossen has a second career as Gene Hackman's stand-in

October 28, 1996 | David Fleming
Steve Young may be getting older and near the end of his days as a 49er, hut he's not done yet

October 28, 1996 | David Fleming
PANTHERS at EAGLESAnthony Johnson and Ricky Watters, who played in the same backfield at Notre Dame, square off. The Eagles' Watters, who had a career-high 173 yards on Sunday against Miami,...

October 28, 1996 | David Fleming
With the addition in the last few seasons of players such as Oilers guard Hicham El-Mashtoub, who grew up in Lebanon, and Vikings guard David Dixon, who hails from New Zealand, the NFL has truly...

October 28, 1996
John Walters

October 28, 1996 | John Walters
Despite the fact that Dallas entered Sunday's game with the league's top-rated defense, the winless Falcons scored on all five of their first-half possessions against the Cowboys and more than...