August 16, 1993 Table Of Contents
Brawls
Nolan Ryan's pummeling of Robin Ventura epitomizes a season marred by bench-clearing incidents
By Steve Wulf
NFL Abroad
In its quest to become a global enterprise, the NFL wowed the crowds in Berlin and London
By Steve Rushin
Pete Rose
Four years after getting banned from baseball, Pete Rose is still hustling—now to get back into the game
By Rick Reilly
Sports People
By Douglas S. Looney
By Albert Kim
By Franz Lidz
Inside
By Tim Kurkjian
By Steve Hirdt; Elias Sports Bureau
Roller Hockey
Will Roller Hockey International's show be a huge hit—or a single-season flop?
With a keen sense of the power of sports and a genius for mythologizing athletes to help sell sneakers, Nike bestrides the world of sport like a marketing colossus
By Donald Katz
Point After
The beloved ballpark of the Durham Bulls is closing down, a victim of its own success
By Tim Crothers
Departments
Edited by Richard O'Brien