July 3, 1989 Table Of Contents
Pete Rose
One day after the Cincinnati manager got a boost from a victory in court, baseball issued a scathing report that concludes he bet on the Reds. One key figure has given SI his account of how he booked some of Rose's action
By Jill Lieber
Larry Bird
Larry Bird played his first game since November. It was as if he had never left
Flashy Deion Sanders is having a devil of a time choosing between baseball's and football's millions
SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD (Medals)
The U.S. National Senior Olympics were fun, but athletes also got in some serious competition
Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace will do just about anything to win a stock car race, but he also yearns to be liked
By Sam Moses
Canoeing
Jon Lugbill went from superb to stunning in winning his fifth world white-water crown
By Douglas S. Looney
Inside
The Boys On The Bus
The team bus—long an unavoidable fact of American sporting life—offers a teeth-rattling rite of passage for young athletes that no train or plane could match
By Franz Lidz
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week June 19-25
Compiled by J.E. Vader
Point After
The author and his dad were bound by a love of sports
By Ron Fimrite
Departments
Edited by Gay Flood
Edited by Steve Wulf