
CONTENTS
14
NO DAY AT THE BEACH
Tom Kite surmounted treacherous winds and other natural hazards to win the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach
BY JOHN GARRITY
22
BORING, NOT BOXING
Evander Holyfield retained his heavyweight crown with a lackluster decision against Larry Holmes
BY PAT PUTNAM
26
'PLEASE, LET ME RUN'
Shunned by most teams in the NFL, Herschel Walker will now try to prove himself with the Eagles
BY JILL LIEBER
30
NO PAIN, NO SPAIN
In the opening days of the Olympic track and field trials, Carl Lewis failed to make the team in the 100
BY KENNY MOORE
38
BANG-BANG PLAY
The games were all close as Atlanta won three of four from Cincinnati in a National League West battle
BY HANK HERSCH
42
COMMANDANTE GARCIA
Mexican marathoner Salvador García has grandiose ideas—one of which is that he'll win at the Olympics
BY JOHN GARRITY
56
'I FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER'
Dave Winfield's long baseball career, beset by trouble and trauma, has taken a happy turn in Toronto
BY RICK REILLY
DEPARTMENTS
4
TELEVISION
6
LETTERS
9
SCORECARD
50
BASEBALL
54
CYCLING
70
FOR THE RECORD
72
POINT AFTER
COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN IACONO
PHOTO
AL TIELEMANS
A Real Trial: John Lieswyn of Gainesville, Fla., felt double agony at cycling's road-racing Olympic trials: the pain of total exertion and the greater pain of having failed to make the U.S. team for the Barcelona Games (page 54).