June 27, 1994 Table Of Contents
Diving
Disabled divers are exploring a brave new world without wheelchairs
By James Buckley Jr.
Horse Racing
Sir Barton won the Triple Crown in 1919 but was eclipsed by Man o'War
Poker
With his brash style of play Phil Hellmuth Jr. has won millions at poker
Focus
New medical procedures help injured canine athletes return to their sports
By Susan Davis
O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson stands accused of brutally killing two people, one of them the woman he loved
By E.M. Swift
SI 40th Anniversary
This SI Classic from 1973 recalls how O.J. Simpson topped Jim Brown's single-season rushing record (left) and broke the NFL's 2,000-yard barrier
By Ron Fimrite
Golf
South Africa's Ernie Els strayed all over Oakmont but ended up in clover as he won a three-way playoff for the U.S. Open title
By Rick Reilly
The USGA dumped ABC, which has televised the Open for 29 years, when NBC laid bigger bucks on the table
NBA Finals
The Rockets squeaked by the Knicks in Houston to force a decisive seventh game
By Phil Taylor
By Phil Taylor
World Cup
In a game between the ancestral lands of millions of Americans, Ireland beat Italy 1-0
By Hank Hersch
Sports People
By Tim Kurkjian
Milers
Forty years after Roger Bannister broke four minutes, the brotherhood of mile record holders gathered to honor their grand obsession
By Gary Smith
Perspective
No one spits, cusses or wears a glove when playing pre-Civil War ball
By John Grossmann
Environment
The disaster of Mount St. Helens created the splendor of Coldwater Lake
Multimedia
Or how to play sports games with your computer—a primer for technotyros
By Albert Kim
Inside
By Tim Kurkjian
Point After
O.J. Simpson is only one of many men who have gotten off easy for battering women
By William Oscar Johnson
Departments
By Mark Mulvoy
Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien
