Skip Myslenski

''The seeds of the revolution were planted here,'' says the cabdriver as he stops in front of the University of Havana. This is the place where Fidel Castro, then nothing...

El Loco, that is what they call Victor Mesa, the great Cuban center-fielder who now is sitting behind home plate in a near-empty Estadio Latin Americano. On Sunday, when his...

They began raggedly, like a badly-tuned car struggling to get started. Their lead at the half was only 43-37, a margin smaller than was expected. But in the end the...

Magic Johnson, who will be 32 in August and is about to finish his 12th season in the NBA, raised the specter of retirement Tuesday. Asked whether a loss in...

Here`s a glimpse at the most memorable of the many special championship games through the years: 1955: San Francisco 77, La Salle 63 1956: San Francisco 83, Iowa 71 Bill...

The situation is familiar in countless parts of our culture. The novelist produces a great first book, then faces the pressure of writing a second. The rock group produces a...

Philosophy discussed and moments remembered while awaiting Saturday`s UNLV-Duke rematch. . . . So, how does he do it? Only two coaches have guided their teams to more than three...

And now stepping into the spotlight . . . - Images trail teams into the NCAA tournament as surely as their won-lost records, and nowhere is that more true than...

There are few teams blessed with size enough to look Nevada-Las Vegas straight in the eyes. Arizona, with three inside towers, is one of them, it is seeded just behind...

Big 10 official Joe Silvester tripped as he ran up the ramp at Illinois` Assembly Hall Monday night following the Illinois-Northwestern game and had to be carried off by fellow...