November 20, 1995 | Volume 83, Issue 22

Football is the roughest pro sport in America, which may explain why it is arguably the most popular.MICHAEL EDWARDS, LANSDOWNE, PA.

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In an effort to gain more of an identity, as well as to increase revenue from the sale of apparel, Syracuse, which was until now unofficially known as the Orange, is expected to announce that its...

Cooperstown, N.Y., officials recently rejected a minor league baseball franchise on the grounds that the city is "really not a baseball town, per se."

Tim FinchemPGA Tour commissioner, on why he would like to see the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba lifted: "We still have the defending champion of the 1958 Havana Pro-Am in Billy Casper, and I...

Peter McConville (2) and his Amherst teammates proved they were tough mudders in holding Jamal Pollock and heavily favored Williams to a 0-0 tie in last Saturday's renewal of a small-college classic.

For years, one of the great delights of working at SPORTS ILLUSTRATED has been the pleasure of listening to special contributor Bob Creamer expound on his broad range of interests. In an age of...

Tim Couch, king of the Kentucky mountains, is also America's best high school passer

Julie DunnLAS VEGAS

Does it feel like a millstone sometimes? Do you ever regret having won the Heisman Trophy? Those questions were posed to Desmond Howard, who won the award as a Michigan wide receiver and kick...

Two Down, Two to Go

In light of Dan Marino's assault on the record book, SI asked five longtime football observers—former coaches Hank Stram and Tom Landry, former player and current TV analyst Matt Millen, Giant...

Ups and Downs

OffenseOhio State running back Eddie George rushed for a school-record 314 yards on 36 carries and scored three TDs in a 41-3 win over Illinois. The victory was only the second for the Buckeyes in...

Here's what would happen if other businesses bought into pro sports' brand of economics

Jim Colbert earned the right to strut by finally making it to No. 1

Consider it a variation of Murphy's Law: When you try to do the right thing, you can be sure you'll do the wrong thing. That's what Hale Irwin learned at last week's Senior Tour Championship....

The China Syndrome

Do you know your PGA Tour players? Here's a quiz. First, name the players on the A Team and then those on the B Team. We bet you had no problem identifying the guys in group A (from left): Paul...

In case you were wondering whatever happened to LeShon Johnson, projected as the Packers' breakaway threat of the future when he was drafted in 1994, he's recovering from a torn anterior cruciate...