February 20, 1995 | Volume 82, Issue 7

While exploring the rain forest, pristine beaches and mountain resorts, our raven-haired beauties add to the exotic flavor of Latin America's hottest new destination

Michael MessereSYRACUSE, N.Y.Messere, 51, the lacrosse coach at West Genesee High, was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame. In his 19 years with the Wildcats he has won eight state titles and...

At Arizona's rustic Orme School, New York kids are hooping it up

A Los Angeles Clipper, bench-warming rookie Eric Piatkowski, has been named South Dakota celebrity of the year.

Ron DavisFormer Minnesota Twin reliever who had a knack for giving up late-game homers, on the boos he still hears at appearances in the Twin Cities: "When it's 10 years later and they still hate...

Mike Grier has heard a few slurs and snide comments during his hockey career, but never on the ice, never from an opposing player who might soon be skating in his path, head down, body square,...

Time, the medium in which all runners flourish or fail, is especially precious to Villanova senior Becky Spies. "This is going to be kind of a hectic week," Spies (rhymes with knees) said one...

Everybody told Soo-Nam Park the same thing, "Mr. Park, you're crazy. How could you push your daughter so hard to play golf?"

According to University of Iowa wrestler Lincoln McIlravy, success depends on one central principle. "Everybody," he says, "needs to do one thing that nobody else does."

Gigi Fernandez favors Armani; Natasha Zvereva digs Army surplus. But on the tennis court they join to form a perfectly matched set

Mario Who?

At the 1936 Games in Berlin, gold medalists got tiny oaks; some survive

Four for the Ages

Star Search

Despite a whiff in Washington, there's still a chance to save the 1995 baseball season

When fashion reporter Joan Braun Truscio was a teenager competing in swim meets at the Flushing YMCA in Queens, N.Y., in the 1970s and '80s, the fashion fad making waves in pools across the nation...

Putting a fresh on a familiar vacation spot, our fair-haired models paint the island in splendid pastels

How could Rick Reilly have forgotten the dumping of Gatorade onto the coach after winning a championship?ANTHONY M. SMITH, KENNEWICH, WASH.