October 19, 1992 Table Of Contents
Television
Don't worry if you nod off during the baseball playoffs, they'll still be on when you come to
By Norman Chad
Baseball
Major leaguer Jesse Barfield uses Yankee ingenuity in designing his unusual furniture
Golf
A North Carolina golf club, the last one owned and run by blacks, is struggling
By Tim Crothers
College Football
The Pigskin Brings Home the Bacon
At Hartwick College the reinstatement of football has succeeded in boosting student enrollment
By John Walters
Environment
The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy turns old railbeds into scenic biking and hiking paths
By Lori Nickel
Athletics-Jays
The A's and the Jays, two teams for whom next year is too late, dueled in the ALCS
By Steve Wulf
Miami-Penn State
For the second week in a row, Miami made the big plays—and the big hits—to beat a Top 5 team
Cincinnati Reds
Here's the poop on the fouled-up Cincinnati Reds and owner Marge Schott. It's a messy tale
By Tim Kurkjian
Jerry Ball
When Lion nosetackle Jerry Ball comes to play, somebody has to pay
Qadry Ismail
Another Ismail, the Rocket's brother, the Missile, has taken off at Syracuse
Dorsey High
Amid the violence and despair of inner-city Los Angeles, young men find brotherhood on the vaunted Dorsey High football team
Horse Racing
Pleasant Tap proved himself a trouper with a big win
Inside
By Peter King
By Albert Kim
Richard Petty
Richard Petty is closing his remarkable 35-year reign over stock car racing with a regal tour
By Ed Hinton
First Person
Nontoxic, cheap and fun, slingshots fling pesky insects into the great beyond
Motor Sports
As his cars blew by everybody else's, Dale Armstrong became drag racing's ultimate grease monkey
By Steve Hymon
Tennis
A tennis neophyte chucked his career to try to make it onto the pro tour. He's still trying
For The Record
Clinton's out of the money...A bumpy ride for Schwinn...Gregory's skinny on Bowe
Edited by Sally Guard
Point After
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the NHL can make it on TV—with a few alterations
By E.M. Swift
Departments
Edited by Bruce Newman
The Braves took a 3-2 lead in their National League showdown with the Pirates
By Steve Rushin