May 16, 1994 Table Of Contents
Rodeo
With dazzling trick rides, the Cowboy Girls keep alive a grand rodeo tradition
By Susan Davis
Business
Buck Metz's prize chicken feathers make anglers cluck with delight
By Ted Gup
Bowling
The Brothers Traber are alike in their bowling talent, but not much else
By Franz Lidz
Environment
Encounters between cougars and humans, sometimes fatal, are rising
Harness Racing
Amish used-horse dealers drive some hard bargains at Eastern tracks
Special Report
Florida State won the 1993 national football championship, but because of unsavory agents; rule-breaking players and its own lack of vigilance, it ended up a loser
Horse Racing
By mastering a sloppy track at the Kentucky Derby, Go for Gin was the toast of the town
By William Nack
NBA Playoffs
The inexperienced and unheralded Nuggets snuffed the mighty Sonics and helped turn the NBA playoffs into a free-for-all
By Phil Taylor
NHL Playoffs
With the surprising success of their team, San Jose Shark fans have been bitten by hockey fever
Baseball
Remade in the image of workaholic manager Buck Showalter, the Yankees displayed their new grit by sweeping the Red Sox
By Tom Verducci
Boxing
Julio Cèsar Chàvez got his title back thanks to Frankie Randall's noggin
Sports People
By Jaime Diaz
By Franz Lidz
World Cup '94
If anybody can make this game fashionable in the U.S., it is Roberto Baggio, Italy's stylish superstar
SI 40th Anniversary
This SI Classic from April 1986 examines the life of Jim Murray, America's top sports columnist, who, despite a series of tragedies, always keeps 'em laughing
By Rick Reilly
On The Scene
After a zany cross-country hash run, things usually come to a head—of foam
By Tom Dunkel
Hockey
Alas, this spring the Red Wings' house specialty became Shark bait
Inside
By Tim Kurkjian
Point After
Florida State is only the latest big winner in college football to become a big loser
By S.L. Price
Departments
Edited by Jack McCallum