All about PokeyI applaud Michael Bamberger for his story on the Cincinnati Reds' talented scrapper, Pokey Reese (Fast and Loose, June 12). Bamberger had to have taken a great deal of time and...

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November 3, 1975

Highlights

The Fourth of July provided a picture-in-picture Womack double-header: At around 7:45 p.m. Central time, just as Diamondbacks shortstop Tony Womack (No. I in the Arizona batting order) was...

A Charlotte sportscaster is becoming an expert in broadcasting sports sorrow

Middle-distance runner Maria Runyan maybe the only athlete competing at this week's U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials who designed her own Web page. What makes marlarunyan.com even more...

soccerage.comIf Euro 2000 whetted your appetite for soccer outside the States, this site will feed it further. Besides reporting in depth on the top leagues in England, Germany and Italy,...

Here are some story ideas for a new magazine that caters to the lifestyles of the rich and jockish

Forget Survivor. Sports is the best reality television around

Though All-Stars were dropping like flies last weekend, American League manager Joe Torre still opted not to invite White Sox slugger Frank Thomas, whose turnaround this year (.333,26 homers, 75...

180Finish-line ticket holders for the U.S. Olympic track trials who'll be moved to accommodate NBC's cameras.

No Place Like HomeTo one Kansas native, Roy Williams's decision to stay is a rare validation for the state

PO'd•French cyclist Laurent Jalabert, who led the Tour de France at the 14-kilometer mark of the sixth stage when he stopped by the side of the road to relieve himself. Flouting an unwritten code...

Before dismissing former St. Louis Blues enforcer Tony Twist's lawsuit against Spawn comic book creator Todd McFarlane as frivolous, and before pillorying the St. Louis jury that on July 5 awarded...

Oscar De La Hoya's rematch with Shane Mosley, which had been tentatively scheduled for October, is being pushed back because De La Hoya will be too busy that month promoting his first CD.

SHEIKH HASINAPrime minister of Bangladesh, on the news that his country had been made a full test member of the International Cricket Council: "We don't get much to celebrate. This is the happiest...

FRED LANE, 1976-2000

Hal Hudson, HoustonPowerliftingHudson, 63, a lawyer, bench-pressed 248 pounds, deadlifted 473 and squatted 391 to win the 60-64 division of the U.S. Masters Powerlifting Championships, his 15th...

Truth be told, Kateree Davis doesn't resort to popping out of airplane baggage compartments to make sure her Terrell is getting his Chunky Soup. (That's an actress in those ads.) The Broncos...

The past and the future met in a stirring Wimbledon fortnight as Pete Sampras won his record 13th Grand Slam title and Venus Williams her first

With the first big catch of the free-agent season, the tide turned in Orlando's favor when Grant Hill said he'd sign with the Magic

Swing into the All-Star break with our team-by-team midseason report cards. Plus, Tom Verducci, Stephen Cannella and Jeff Pearlman give their fearless forecasts for baseball's second half.

The shots heard 'round the baseball, world are home runs coming at a machine-gun clip, changing the way the game is played and turning mere J mortals into power-hitting gods

The pitchers (and their coaches) are the butt of the joke that home-run-heavy highlight shows have become

Batters either club the ball over the fence or strike out trying

One eye-popping feat has followed another as home run records of monumental and minuscule proportions fell or were on the brink of obliteration—and there's still half a season to go

With an attack based on walks and taters, Jason Giambi and the happy-go-lucky Athletics are the prototype team of this long-ball era

Viva la Curveball

Tony Batista doesn't fit the profile of a power hitter, but his stats match up with those of former slugging third basemen

The best and worst places for sluggers to get their job done

Hitting 30 homers in a season or 400 in a career has lost its luster, and slams aren't even that grand anymore

A simple turn of phrase by Dennis Eckersley in 1993 has become an overused appellation for a game-ending dinger

OLYMPICS

Put to the TestHere's what to expect from the crucible of track and field's U.S. trials

Esther Kim and Kay Poe arrived at a Houston sports club last Thursday ready to kick up a storm. It was the pair's first day in a gym together since the U.S. taekwondo trials in May, at which Kim,...

Troubles At HomeThe Marlins are winning, but abysmal attendance signals an iffy future in Miami

Astros Leftfielder Moises Alou said last week that he would consider waiving his no-trade clause if Houston arranged a deal to his liking, but he also made a case for why he should not be moved....

Medicine ManSigning free agent Mark Messier could cure what ails the Rangers

DOUG MACLEANG.M., COLUMBUSFired as Panthers coach in November 1997, MacLean has also worked in numerous front-office jobs for four franchises (St. Louis, Washington, Detroit and Florida) in his...

Don't be surprised if Maple Leafs director of player personnel Nick Beverley, who has been with the club for five years, leaves for a job with the Blackhawks. Chicago's manager of hockey...

There is small. There is petty. Then there is the Arizona Golf Association.

Stubborn yet serene, Miguel Angel Jiménez of Spain has finally arrived as the best player on the Continent

After internships at the Old Course and Augusta National, he's primed to protect his own turf

Tour pros seldom take golf vacations, but I fell in love with the game again in Ireland

Sanders's British DisasterUnlucky Charm

If the weather is calm at St. Andrews during the British Open, the first 59 in the history of the majors is in the offing, and Curtis Strange's course record of 10-under 62 will surely fall. Two...

What do these players have in common?

If you had to choose today, who would get your vote for LPGA player of the year: Juli Inkster, Annika Sorenstam or Karrie Webb?

Ina Kim, Encino, Calif.

It's a shame that so many legendary Irish links are modernizing to placate American tourists

•Extra SpecialHow to beat Tiger Woods? Put him in a playoff with Robert Allenby, who's 6-0 in them.

How do I love St. Andrews? Let me count the ways

Don't look for Earl Woods at St. Andrews. "Scotland is for white people," Tiger's father was quoted as saying in 1999. Earl, 68, has offered many such politically incorrect opinions over the...

Boston's premier purveyor of golf adventure

Tiger Woods didn't make any noise at last week's Tour stop, but he was still the center of attention