June 20, 1994 Table Of Contents
NBA-NHL
While the NBA's image has cooled, the NHL has ignited surprising new interest in hockey
By E.M. Swift
NBA Finals
With the Knicks wrapping up MVP Hakeem Olajuwon, other Rockets gave Houston a 2-1 edge
By Phil Taylor
Baseball
Baltimore's John Oates has felt the heat, as pressures mount for today's managers
By Tim Kurkjian
Horse Racing
Two owners cheered Tabasco Cat's win in the Belmont Stakes
By William Nack
SI 40th Anniversary
Cool Papa Bell could play with the best of them, but in this SI Classic from 1973 he tells why baseball was a bittersweet gig for Negro leaguers
By Mark Kram
Nate Newton
Genial Cowboy Nate Newton used to be a big, bad bully
World Cup Preview 1994
Ready or not, Americans, here comes soccer's —some would say sport's—greatest spectacle
It was Pelè who championed the U.S. bid for the World Cup
By E.M. Swift
1994 World Cup Preview
Germany's Jürgen Klinsmann is a down-to-earth superstar
Scouting Reports
Inside
Point After
Futbol Fever! Soccermania! Who said the World Cup can't catch on here?
By Rick Reilly
Departments
By Mark Mulvoy
Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien
The Vancouver Canucks pushed the New York Rangers to a decisive seventh game for the Stanley Cup