Try as he might, Michael Jordan has found baseball beyond his grasp
Bob Fischer
NEWARK
Fischer, 53, won the 500-, 800-, 1,000-and 1,500-meter races in the over-50 age group at the national long-track speed skating championships. Fischer, who just missed making the 1964 U.S. Olympic team in the 10,000, has also won national short-track titles in each of the last three years.
Caitlin Daly
ST. PAUL
Caitlin, 7, a forward and goalie, and one of three girls on the 16-player Spa Spartans hockey team, scored three goals in a 9-2 semifinal victory over Roosevelt South White at the local Super Bowl Weekend Mite Ice Hockey Festival. She also had a goal and an assist in the Spartans' 5-3 opening-round win.
Kareem Streete-Thompson
HOUSTON
Streete-Thompson, a senior political-science major at Rice, won the Southwest Conference indoor long-jump crown for the third straight year, with a leap of 26'7¾". His best 55-meter-dash time, 6.16 seconds, is the second fastest by a collegian this season. He was a 1992 Olympian for his native Cayman Islands.
Raef LaFrentz
MONONA, IOWA
Raef, a 7-foot, 225-pound senior center, averaged 36.6 points, 16.4 rebounds and 6.2 blocks to lead the MFL/Mar-Mac High basketball team to a 22-1 record and a berth in the state finals. He had 50 points and 17 rebounds against New Hampton and 48 and 25 against West Central.
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March 14, 1994
Michael Jordan
Pro Basketball
Danny Manning's acquisition by Atlanta has given the Hawks a leg up in the East
Golf
Set to rejoin the PGA Tour after his second suspension in a year, John Daly insists that he finally has a grip on his oft-troubled life
Pro Football
Big, young, talented and inexperienced, Scott Mitchell, the former backup quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, was in prime position to profit—and how!—from the NFL's new world of free agency
Baseball
Jose Canseco and Darryl Strawberry have both gone bust. Both foresee another boom
Glenn Robinson
Purdue's Glenn (Big Dog) Robinson may be the most complete college player since Larry Bird
Sports People
SI 40th Anniversary
In this 1960 SI Classic reprinted from his 18th NHL season, Maurice Richard watches his fabled temper—and his weight
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky is close to surpassing Gordie Howe as the NHL's all-time goal scorer
Inside
Point After
The prattle emanating from sports talk shows is polluting the air waves
Departments
Prapti Jensen
OTTAWA
Jensen, a 32-year-old secretary, skated 7K, cross-country-skied 7K and ran 8K in 1:09.42, to win the women's division of the 12th Winterlude Triathlon. A former member of the Canadian cycling squad, Jensen, who races for the Sri Chimnoy marathon team, has won the CN Tower stair climb four times.
Pat Maginn
JONESBORO, GA.
Pat, a 171-pound senior wrestler at Jonesboro High, successfully defended his state AAAA title by beating Danny Elrod of Sequoia High 13-3. Pat, who became the first four-time Clayton County wrestling titlist when he pinned Glen Sawyer of Forest Park High, ended his varsity career with 69 straight wins.