October 30, 1989 Table Of Contents
The Earthquake
When the World Series became 'A modest little sporting event'
Half an hour before the scheduled start of Game 3 of the World Series, an earthquake struck. The author recounts the ensuing events, and how Candlestick cheers gave way to fears
By Ron Fimrite
The A's Bob Welch and his wife, Mary Ellen, were badly shaken, as was their new house
Commissioner Fay Vincent was an unknown until baseball was rocked by the quake
By Steve Wulf
College Football
After inciting a pregame melee, Notre Dame, now the winner of 19 straight, was fortunate to defeat Southern Cal 28-24
By Douglas S. Looney
A number of Florida's athletes are in trouble with the NCAA as well as with the law
The University of Maine has been running roughshod through Division 1-AA
By Pat Putnam
Jerry Glanville
Oiler coach Jerry Glanville has guts, wit and verve. So, of course, he expects to get fired anytime now
By Franz Lidz
Football's Week
By Peter King
The Hancocks
When Sunday Silence meets Easy Goer in the Breeders' Cup Classic, the pride of two sons of Kentucky's Hancock family will be at stake
By William Nack
Focus
SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE, KIND OF
Baseball's judgment day comes when teams vote how to allot World Series loot
Chess
Gary Kasparov crushed a computer for all of humanity
By Franz Lidz
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week Oct. 16-22
Compiled by Stefanie Scheer
Point After
Stadium fans have a right to display signs of the times
Departments
Edited by Gay Flood
Edited by Craig Neff