ROAD SHOW The Pirates and Mets brought their acts to Chicago and chased the division title around Wrigley Field By Steve Rushin
PENNANT PAINS The Red Sox and Blue Jays spent the week trying to erase legacies of losing in the clutch. Boston's legacy is longer By Tim Kurkjian
NOT A VIENNESE WALTZ Michael Chang's five-set win lifted the U.S. over Austria in Davis Cup play By Curry Kirkpatrick
HOME, SWEET HOME Now 3-0 and committed to L.A., the Raiders are acting like a happy family By Paul Zimmerman
THE EDGE OF RAGE First place has been a strangely precarious perch for Lou Piniella, Cincinnati's manager, whose baseball career has been fueled by explosive emotion By Leigh Montville
HARD MAN, SOFT HEART Notre Dame's Chris Zorich is mean on the football field, but he is a gentle soul elsewhere By Douglas S. Looney
Man of Steal In a brilliant MVP season, the indomitable Rickey Henderson is racing for the career stolen-base record By Peter Gammons
TRACKING THE TOPPS AND FLEERS Ric Apter monitors the ups and downs of baseball cards By John Steinbreder