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TABLE OF CONTENTS
August 20, 2001 | Volume 95, Issue 7
August 20, 2001 Passing The BucsIf you print one more article or letter about the wondrous feats of the small-payroll Phillies and Twins without referring to the abysmal seasons that the Expos, Pirates, Reds and...
August 20, 2001 Letters
The perils of America's highways make stock car racing look like a walk in the park
Highlights
Three diehards use the Web to evoke late and (at least to them) lamented sports leagues
Flip to ESPN2 on a Tuesday or Friday night, and you'll immediately hear him, rattling off the names of long-forgotten boxers in his New York accent and sounding for all the world like a...
CBS's May Carillo sounded like a soothsayer when she said that Andre Agassi's fragile psyche—evidenced by his recent poor on-court behavior—was more of an ominous sign for his chances at the U.S....
August 20, 2001 | Will Kimmey JULY 2, 1956
Are the Devil Rays the worst team ever?
The idea seems preposterous now—a 24-year-old shortstop sweet-talking an owner into handing him the manager's job—but it wasn't always so. In November 1941, before the biggest concern of a player...
1Players in major league baseball history to have smacked a grand slam and hit into a triple play in the same game, after Boston's Scott Hatteberg did so on Aug. 6.
THIS WEEK: STREET LUGE
August 20, 2001 After his win at Watkins Glen on Sunday, Jeff Gordon burned rubber in textbook fashion, a vast improvement on what he called a "pretty sad" attempt to do so at the Brickyard 400. In his defense,...
August 20, 2001 Who needs the Gold Club when you have the visitors' locker room at the Vet? Last week two former Eagles cheerleaders filed suit against 23 NFL teams, accusing players of spying on the dancers....
August 20, 2001 Scrapped•Kobe Bryant's plan to purchase a $13.5 million estate in Orange County, Calif., that includes a 10-bedroom house and a private lake with a replica pirate ship. A spokeswoman for Bryant's...
August 20, 2001 For two people who just spent a lot of effort denying rumors they'd gotten secretly married, Anna Kournikova and Sergei Fedorov (below) were a conspicuous couple last week. On Aug. 8 they dropped...
August 20, 2001 With the notable exception of Kingpin, bowling hasn't been associated with great art. Now, though, the bowling ball is finally enjoying its turn as an objet d'art thanks to Todd Ramquist and...
August 20, 2001 Top 10 heavyweight boxer Lance Whitaker has asked that he henceforth be referred to simply as Goofi.
August 20, 2001 BOB COSTASNBC announcer, describing the network's 2002 Olympic broadcasting strategy at a presentation for its Salt Lake City affiliate: "We want to show that Utah is more than Karl Malone,...
August 20, 2001 Guidance for those lost in sports
August 20, 2001 Pete Exline, JACKSONVILLETeam HandballExline, 22, a recent graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, was named the most valuable goalie in the nine-team U.S.A. Team Handball college championship. He...
In spite of myriad woes, including a pitching staff devastated by injuries, the Dodgers haven't sold themselves short in the tight National League West race
His body healthy at last and his mind clear—at least most of the time—Cliff Floyd is having a career year for the resurgent Marlins
Chess was out because the games drag on too long, and cards weren't an option because gambling in the workplace tends to be frowned upon. So a few of the Washington Redskins settled on playing...
By signing for five years, Antonio Davis, an emerging frontcourt star, helped Toronto lock up other free agents and assure Canadians another run at the NBA title
August 20, 2001 Simply magical: For even more photos of Magic Johnson, including his 25 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED cover appearances, go to cnnsi.com/si_online.
Weary of being, beaten to the punch by blitzing defenses on first down, offenses are throwing caution to the wind and changing the way the game is played
August 20, 2001 Track and Field
Help WantedHurdler Anjanette Kirkland was the aging U.S. team's only first-time world champion
August 20, 2001 Please Replace Your DivotsOlga Yershova of Russia appears to have a bad lie after a triple jump of 45'6", which left her short of the finals at the World Track and Field Championships (page 58).
Going the Other WayThe dead pull hitter is dying out as batters crush the ball to the opposite field
Two advance scouts, one from each league, reflect on what they saw and heard last week:
GIANTS 9, CUBS 4 Aug. 11
Hyperkinetic shortstop David Eckstein has given the Angels a lift
Showing The WayDaunte Culpepper helped the Vikings get back to the business of football
Two days before the Ravens' devastating loss of running back Jamal Lewis to a season-ending left knee injury, tackle Jonathan Ogden praised the coaching staff for its laid-back camp. Then, in a...
Magic Johnson has pulled off one of the great comebacks in sports history, and it's got nothing to do with basketball
THE ULTIMATE FLOOR GENERAL ALSO HAS A VERY HOT HAND IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
WHAT WE KNOW—AND DON'T KNOW—ABOUT HIS HEALTH AND HIS PROGNOSIS
My question is always simple: When were you happiest? The answer is always good.
Walker CupThe End Of an Era
Unlike after the 1989 Ryder Cup, a second consecutive U.S. loss in the Walker Cup won't get Americans all worked up. U.S. fans have cared about amateur golf only twice—in the '20s, when Bobby...
What do these players have in common?
Who should be selected as the captain of the 2003 U.S. Ryder Cup team?
Teenage pros are common in many sports, and they soon will be in golf too
August 20, 2001 Laura Coble, AUGUSTACoble, 37, became the first two-time winner of the Georgia Women's Match Play, defeating Kathi Eutzler, 24, of Atlanta 2 and 1. The Georgia women's player of the year for the...
August 20, 2001 Senior Tour Stops
August 20, 2001 •TeamworkKenny Perry gets the win, but the big prize—a spot on the Ryder Cup team—goes to Jim Furyk.
Kenny Perry won the battle at the Buick Open, but Jim Furyk prevailed in the hotly contested war for a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team
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