HIGH ABOVE THE BIG TOP FLOOR, THE AMAZING GUERREROS HARNESS ALL THEIR STRENGTH AND FEAR TO CROSS THE THIN CABLE THAT BINDS TOGETHER THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR FATE

The Guerreros' showstopper begins when Brian steps onto a wire, three stories up, and dons a shoulder brace holding a crossbar. Next on the wire is Cappy, wearing a brace at the other end of that...

A cockeyed look at what's on Tiger Woods's personal calendar this month

If the Jets had had a few more Wayne Chrebets on their roster and one less Keyshawn Johnson, they wouldn't have finished 1-15.SCOTT REID, BROOKLYN

Saturday 6/7

Remember when the only blue and red you saw in a hockey game were the lines on the ice? Fox Sports' "FoxTrax"—the blue circle around the puck and the red comet tail that appears behind the puck...

Irabu Arrives...Betting on Bailey...Will the Bills Leave Buffalo?...Sorry State of Indy...NBA Assistant Coaches Get Rich...A Splendid Start for Women's Pro Softball

15Cost, in cents, of a cup of coffee at Bola, a Coimbra, Portugal, café whose owner, thrilled by Sporting Lisbon's 1982 league soccer title, vowed not to raise java prices until the team won again.

Think the quest to find an NBA center isn't a tall order? Teams have traversed the globe to pick up pivots, and yet another foreign-born big man, Virgin Islands native Tim Duncan of Wake Forest,...

Toni Braxton's most recent album may be Secrets, but the songstress's romantic brushes—alleged and otherwise—with professional athletes have generated more than a few whispers. The men in question:

Major league baseball clubs provide simple fare for their players—and plenty of it. Here's what an average team consumes in the course of a game:

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On an idyllic opening night, a women's pro softball league made a historic pitch

Former heavyweight champion Riddick (Big Daddy) Bowe, 29, has applied for a $10.49-an-hour job as a school guard in Upper Marlboro, Md.

Curt SchillingPhiladelphia Phillies pitcher, on his less-than-sculpted 6'4", 234-pound physique: "This isn't a body. It's a cruel family joke."

In beating the Jazz on a last-second shot in Game 1 of the Finals, the Bulls showed again that they don't have to be at their best to be great

Not even You Know Who has been more valuable than Scottie Pippen in the Bulls' postseason run

MAY 8, 1978

Nasty Vladimir Konstantinov puts bite in the Red Wings as they battle the Flyers for the Stanley Cup

The long-awaited match race between Michael Johnson and Donovan Bailey turned into a travesty, further wounding an ailing sport

Workaholic Yankees first baseman Tino Martinez is crushing the ball as he never has before

Pete Sampras left the French Open in familiar fashion—as an upset victim thinking of a friend in trouble

The MetroStars' masterly Roberto Donadoni is trying to raise the MLS game to his level

Tiger Woods's chances of winning the Grand Slam are seemingly better than any other golfer's in history

Chris AguilaRENOChris, a senior pitcher-infielder for McQueen High, tied the national high school record for home runs in a season when he hit his 29th of the year during a win over Las Vegas...

Just because the U.S. Open finishes on a par-3 doesn't mean that it will come to a bad end

Commuter Olerud rediscovers his swing, Romp in the park, Cora's hit parade, Erickson sinks to new high

The ax fell on some high-priced vets as clubs trimmed their payrolls to beat the cap

Inside the Beltway, golf has always been a capital idea

That remained an Open question, especially after a Vijay Singh win ended a long week at the Memorial

In Big Sky country, 14 qualifiers took their best shot at making the Open

Ken Venturi, the 1964 Open champion, has faced life's ups and downs by following his father's commandments

Tiny Pepperdine proved it could play with the big boys at the NCAA Championships

No One Can Top A Pair of Aces

For Tour rookies, the trick is playing well enough to stick around for a second season. Of the 24-member freshman class of '96—excluding rookie of the year Tiger Woods, a two-time winner in his...

•TOM KITE: El Capitan says the European team should be favored in the Ryder Cup. Sandbagger.

28Months since Jack Nicklaus last finished in the top 10 of a PGA Tour event before tying for eighth at eight under par at the rain-shortened Memorial.

Several years ago I found myself paired with a stranger on the Magnolia Course at Walt Disney World. The man, a plastic-sign mogul from Racine, Wis., or some such place, was a high handicapper who...

A guy named Arnie made Jack Nicklaus's rise to the top unlike anything Tiger Woods will ever encounter