April 28, 1997 | Bill Colson
For months assistant managing editor Craig Neff (Colgate '79) has found himself inhumed beneath a wall of papers, surveys actually, 305 in all, as the steward of our Jock Schools issue. In a...
April 28, 1997 | Paul Zimmerman
Trading down—swapping quality for quantity—was the rage at the NFL draft
April 28, 1997
Nate HendricksonMENAHGA, MINN.Hendrickson, a junior at Moorhead State, beat Jeron Quincy of Central Missouri State 9-1 in the final bout to win the 167-pound title and tournament MVP honors at the...
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April 28, 1997
Everyone is entitled to his opinion, but Simpson should be entitled to play a game of golf wherever he wishes, regardless of public opinion.KATHY KELLY, PITTSBURGH
April 28, 1997
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April 28, 1997 | John Walters
Saturday 4/26
Might the NBA Western Conference playoffs devolve into Maim That Tune? Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal appears in the documentary I Am Your Child (ABC, Monday, 8 p.m.), crooning The...
April 28, 1997 | Edited by Richard O'Brien and Hank Hersch
April 28, 1997 | Edited by Richard O'Brien and Hank Hersch
9Players from the three major Florida colleges among the top 18 picks in the NFL draft.
April 28, 1997 | Edited by Richard O'Brien and Hank Hersch
Center PiecesESPN's Sports Center Commercials
April 28, 1997 | Edited by Richard O'Brien and Hank Hersch
Ballplayers go for fishing like crappies go for minnows, which is how tackle company Shimano lured two ringers for its series of angler trading cards. (Can you spot the pro?)
About 80 baseballs are used during an average major league game. Here's what happens to them.
The first collectors' pins for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City went on sale on April 8, 1,767 days before opening ceremonies.
Randy NewmanGrammy-winning singer-songwriter and Los Angeles Dodgers fan, on what his first move would he if he were named commissioner of baseball: "Lower Denver "
Thanks to Sam's Army, the U.S. soccer team finally had a home field advantage
April 28, 1997 | Austin Murphy
The NHL playoffs were hot stuff in the Sun Belt where Anaheim and Phoenix took shots at each other on and off the ice
The punchless White Sox, with their two high-paid sluggers off to a sluggish start, were losers on the field and at the gate
April 28, 1997 | Phil Taylor
April 28, 1997 | Peter King
Joy over the Seahawks' deft draft was eroded by worry that the team's days in Seattle may be numbered
THE ULTIMATE TAILGATING, YALE-BAITING, CHEERLEADING, BEER BLEEDING GUIDE TO AMERICA'S BEST SPORTS COLLEGES
VARSITY TEAMS: 21INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 18FAMOUS ALUMNI: KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, JACKIE ROBINSONEXTRA CREDIT FOR: RECORD 94 NATIONAL TEAM TITLES
April 28, 1997 | John Walters
VARSITY TEAMS: 25INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 22FAMOUS ALUMNI: PAUL HORNUNG, JOE MONTANA, KNUTE ROCKNEEXTRA CREDIT FOR: INTRAMURAL BOXING AND TACKLE FOOTBALL
VARSITY TEAMS: 33INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 19FAMOUS ALUMNI: JOHN ELWAY, JANET EVANS, TIGER WOODSEXTRA CREDIT FOR: ENVIRONMENTALLY CORRECT TREE MASCOT
April 28, 1997 | Richard Deutsch
VARSITY TEAMS: 20INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 29FAMOUS ALUMNI: EARL CAMPBELL, ROGER CLEMENS, TOM KITEEXTRA CREDIT FOR: BEVO, THE TAKE-NO-BULL LONGHORNS MASCOT
April 28, 1997 | Christian Stone
VARSITY TEAMS: 20INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 19FAMOUS ALUMNI: TRACY CAULKINS, EMMITT SMITH, STEVE SPURRIEREXTRA CREDIT FOR: INVENTION OF GATORADE BY A FLORIDA PROF
April 28, 1997 | David Fleming
VARSITY TEAMS: 16INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 19FAMOUS ALUMNI: GERALD FORD, TOM HARMON, CHRIS WEBBEREXTRA CREDIT FOR: INTRAMURAL MUD FOOTBALL
VARSITY TEAMS: 25INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 26FAMOUS ALUMNI: MIA HAMM, MICHAEL JORDAN, LAWRENCE TAYLOREXTRA CREDIT FOR: NAPOLEON HOOPS, FOR MALE STUDENTS UNDER SIX FEET
April 28, 1997 | Jon Wertheim
VARSITY TEAMS: 29INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 16FAMOUS ALUMNI: MARY ELLEN CLARK, KERRY COLLINS, FRANCO HARRISEXTRA CREDIT FOR: CLASSIC FOOTBALL UNIFORMS
VARSITY TEAMS: 22INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 22FAMOUS ALUMNI: JOHNNY RODGERS, MIKE ROZIEREXTRA CREDIT FOR: 28 STRAIGHT BOWL APPEARANCES
April 28, 1997 | Grant Wahl
VARSITY TEAMS: 38INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 38FAMOUS ALUMNI: BILL BRADLEY, DICK KAZMEIER, GEOFF PETRIEEXTRA CREDIT FOR: SUCCEEDING WITHOUT ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS
April 28, 1997 | Kelvin C. Bias
VARSITY TEAMS: 20INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 28FAMOUS ALUMNI: CHERYL MILLER, O.J. SIMPSONEXTRA CREDIT FOR: THE SONG GIRLS
April 28, 1997 | Kelvin C. Bias
VARSITY TEAMS: 18INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 11FAMOUS ALUMNI: KENNY LOFTON, DAMON STOUDAMIREEXTRA CREDIT FOR: DIRTBAG'S, A SPORTS HANGOUT
April 28, 1997 | Shawn Cox
VARSITY TEAMS: 22INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 24FAMOUS ALUMNI: HERMAN MOORE, RALPH SAMPSONEXTRA CREDIT FOR: COED SAUNA IN AQUATIC CENTER
VARSITY TEAMS: 21INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 31FAMOUS ALUMNI: JACK NICKLAUS, JESSE OWENSEXTRA CREDIT FOR: UNDERWATER-HOCKEY CLUB
April 28, 1997 | Joanna Cohen
VARSITY TEAMS: 22INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 25FAMOUS ALUMNI: CHRIS CHELIOS, BUD SELIGEXTRA CREDIT FOR: TRADITION-STEEPED FIELD HOUSE
VARSITY TEAMS: 16INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 24FAMOUS ALUMNI: PHIL GARNER, REGGIE WHITEEXTRA CREDIT FOR: VOICE OF THE VOLS JOHN WARD
April 28, 1997 | Bruce Anderson
VARSITY TEAMS: 26INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 15FAMOUS ALUMNI: KEVIN JOHNSON, LEIGH STERNBERGEXTRA CREDIT FOR: VIEW FROM FOOTBALL STADIUM
April 28, 1997 | Christian Stone
VARSITY TEAMS: 20INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 22FAMOUS ALUMNI: DON NELSON, REGGIE ROBYEXTRA CREDIT FOR: INVENTION OF BUTTERFLY STROKE
April 28, 1997 | Chad Millman
VARSITY TEAMS: 22INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 31FAMOUS ALUMNI: MARK SPITZ, ISIAH THOMASEXTRA CREDIT FOR: HOOSIERS HOOPS FAITHFUL
April 28, 1997 | Loren Mooney
VARSITY TEAMS: 20INTRAMURAL SPORTS: 33FAMOUS ALUMNI: JOE NAMATH, LATRELL SPREWELLEXTRA CREDIT FOR: HOUNDSTOOTH SPORTS BAR
April 28, 1997
Here's the rest of our TOP 50
April 28, 1997 | John Walters
—to compile a list of jock-school superlatives—has taken us from the bowels of Texas A&M's Kyle Field to the rim of California's Memorial Stadium. From a ski trail in Middlebury, Vt., to a...
Vanderbilt's Majid (Magic) Noori, whose culinary creations, such as angel-hair-pasta omelettes and honeydew-melon shakes, are an antidote for homesickness. Is practice almost over?
UC San Diego. UC Santa Barbara has better surfers—witness the Gauchos' nine national titles. But our top ranking goes to UCSD because of the nearby beaches, such as Black's, which has some of the...
(ALL CLASSES ACTUALLY EXIST)
Alumni Matchup
April 28, 1997 | Christian Stone
A College Football coach, the joke goes, is asked why he's opposed to equality in his school's athletic department. "I'm not," he protests. "I'm a firm believer that all the pom-pom girls should...
One winter the brothers of Heorot, a fraternity at Dartmouth, flooded the downstairs of their house, threw open the doors and windows, let ice form on the living-room floor and, using two facing...
April 28, 1997 | Tim Crothers
Sandy Alomar Jr. is making people forget about his brother Roberto, Cubs Flubs, Middle Relief Madness
April 28, 1997 | David Fleming
Why the Blazers and the Pistons should enjoy being No. 5 seeds, Delk comes on at last, Don't hack Shaq: He's making those free throws
P.J. Brown's huge contract raised a lot of eyebrows, but he has been worth every penny to Miami
FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 14-APRIL 20
April 28, 1997 | William F. Reed
More than a few NBA teams will be looking for a new coach this spring, so we asked our panel of experts—one representative from each of the 29 NBA teams—to name the NBA assistant most deserving of...
April 28, 1997 | Marty Burns
Tornadoes are rare in Phoenix, but a Cyclone swept through last week's Nike Desert Classic, one of the NBA's predraft scouting camps. The storm was 6'11" Kelvin Cato, a former Iowa State center,...
April 28, 1997 | Marty Burns
The MVP race between Michael Jordan and Karl Malone has gone down to the wire, with the Malone train gathering steam in the final weeks. The Portland Oregonian surveyed 63 G.M.'s, coaches and...
Sixteen teams begins postseasons play this week, While the other 13 head for early tee times his NBA colleagues who aren't otherwise occupied this spring. Suns coach and avid golfer Danny Ainge, a...
When he tees it up in the majors, PGA Seniors champion Hale Irwin plays like a Tiger
April 28, 1997
Davies Gets Her Kicks
April 28, 1997
Tigermania has gripped the Internet, where at least 11 World Wide Web sites are dedicated to Masters champion Tiger Woods. Jack Nicklaus and Raymond Floyd, by contrast, have one apiece. Our...
April 28, 1997
96The weeks Greg Norman spent at the top of the World Golf Ranking before being unseated on Sunday by Tom Lehman, whose fourth-place finish at the MCI Classic vaulted him ahead of the idle Shark.
ANOTHER TAKE ON THE HEADLINES
April 28, 1997 | Bob Knotts
In the most macho of sports, Sunny Hale speaks softly, scores often
I voiced my objections to the editors of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED immediately after reading Major Party: Women Go to the Dinah for the Golf and for the Scene That Has Grown Up Around the Tournament...
Nick Price hoped his victory at Harbour Town would help a special friend win a bigger battle
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