June 10, 2002 | Volume 96, Issue 24

Fried RiceWashington catcher Aaron Hathaway effectively blocks the plate against Rice base runner Eric Arnold in their NCAA regional playoff in Houston on Sunday. Washington won this game, 7-6,...

Batting PracticePitchers still can't solve the riddle of how to get Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki out

MARLINS 9, METS 7June 1

Preseason Rookie of the Year forecasts should be treated like your brother-in-law's stock tips: Wait and see. Three first-year players expected to make big splashes this season have struggled,...

It's funny, isn't it? How your deepest sorrow can lead to your greatest joy?

MAY 9, 1977

Nobody Likes MikeFor the first time in all the years I've read SI, an issue, the one featuring Mike Tyson on the cover (Monster's Ball, May 20), found its way, nonstop and unread, from the mailbox...

Letters

"He probably wants to talk about steroids," says Bill Murray, the actor and baseball owner, sizing up a writer from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. But in fact the writer, like Murray, has an even unhealthier...

Like it or not, heckling has a place in sports. You got a problem with that?

Heavy climber traffic multiplied the Mount Hood casualties

JACK KEROUAC'S FANTASY BASEBALL GAME

6Times that Dodgers ace Kevin Brown, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a sore right elbow, has been on the DL since signing a seven-year, $105 million contract in 1998.

Symbols of faith or vanity items? Major leaguers disagree

Of all The Hurricanes fans cheering on their team's improbable run to the Stanley Cup finals (page 50), not one is more loyal than 11-year-old Tyler Kessler of Raleigh. And of all the players he...

SuedFor defamation, former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning and his father, Archie, by former Tennessee trainer Jamie Ann Naughright. She claims that in the 2000 book Manning, written by...

A peer recalls the Olympian who spent most of his final years in jail

The undefeated boxer (she's 10-0) whose autobiography-cum-self-help book Reach! hits bookstores this month, sparred with us before her June 7 fight against Shirvell Williams in Memphis.

JUNE 7-JUNE 13

•Olympic Drama of '72•The Day of Plenty•Mr. Miss Universe

You knew it had to happen: Mark Cuban has gone Hollywood. The Mavericks' owner has partnered with fellow Internet tycoon Todd Wagner to form a movie production company called 2929 Productions....

An eight-month-old boy was denied entrance to the Germany-Saudi Arabia World Cup game at Japan's Sapporo Stadium because he didn't have a ticket.

RICKEY HENDERSONRed Sox outfielder, commenting on Ken Caminiti's claim in last week's SI that 50% of major leaguers use steroids: "Well, I'm not one of them, so that's 49 percent right there."

How African-Americans broke into pro basketball and changed it forever

Over the last month the NCAA has been crowning its national champions in a host of team sports. Here's a look at the squads that were the toast of the season

Michele Dlugosz, HATFIELD, PA.SoftballDlugosz, a senior outfielder at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, stole a base in the first game of a doubleheader against Lebanon Valley College, bringing her...

For Jason Kidd to propel the upstart Nets to the NBA title, he'll have to win his matchup with L.A.'s Kobe Bryant

RICK FOX VS. KEITH VAN HORNThe nets have to win this matchup to have a chance. They need Van Horn to become their second star, alongside Kidd. You never know with Van Horn; he hit some huge shots...

SHAQUILLE O'NEAL VS. TODD MACCULLOCHThe nets will also use Aaron Williams and Jason Collins against Shaq, but MacCulloch is going to have to play more than his standard 20 minutes in the middle....

The underrated Hurricanes are bona fide contenders, but they'll be overmatched when they slug it out with the mighty Wings

SI special contributor Pierre McGuire sees deeply talented Detroit blowing past the upstart Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup finals

That's how many the Red Sox and the Yankees play against each other this season. In Boston it's a war. it's a party

The Boston—New York rivalry dates to 1903, when the two teams were known as the Pilgrims and Highlanders, respectively. Here are some intriguing numbers from the majors' most storied matchup.

I'M BRANDON HANCOCK and I'm 18 years old. I weigh 242 pounds and run the 40 in 4.5. I finished high school in December to enroll early at USC. You're going to hear from me.

It's Super Saturday. Check us out for up-to-the-second coverage of the Stanley Cup, the Tyson-Lewis fight, the Belmont Stakes, the French Open and much more.

Long-suffering England hopes the force is with its talented young striker, Michael Owen

WHAT IS THIS 34-YEAR-OLD MAN DOING ON A SKATEBOARD?

Here is the bulk of Tony Hawk's business portfolio, which generates sales of more than $250 million a year and earns Hawk an estimated $10 million annually. (Figures were available for only some...

TENNIS

Clay PigeonsWith one exception, U.S. men just can't play on the French Open's slow surface

I rose to new heights at Swope No. 2

My favorite course broke my heart—and then recaptured it

Playing twilight golf with my mom is a bargain at any price

An annual golf trip soothes a son of the South

Coach Sifaneck taught us to love the game

You really have to want it to play golf in the Big Apple

Jos Vanstiphout is a pro at keeping European tour stars in the right frame of mind

Although they never see the finish of what they've begun, starters play a key role in golf

What do you know about Long Island? The Great Gatsby? What you've seen in glossy magazine photos? Take it from me, FDNY battalion chief Dan Melia, that's not the real Long Island. I grew up in...

U.S. OPEN PREVIEW

Chris DiMarco is a self-made golfer who's never going to outwork his Tour rivals, but he's blasting by them on the money list nonetheless

Think you know everything there is to know about the toughest national championship in the world? Try our 30-question brainteaser. And please, no wagering

Can you identify these third-round Open leaders, all of whom took gas on Sunday?

Match the player with the Sunday blunder that ruined his chances of winning the Open.

15 Questions: 1.d; 2.c; 3.b; 4.b; 5.b; 6.d; 7.d; 8.a; 9.a; 10.c; 11.a; 12.b; 13.c; 14.b; 15.c

At 54, PGA Tour rules official Vaughn Moise proved that he's still got game

TWIN PEEKSAt City Park, Christopher Fields can see downtown Denver and the Front Range of the Rockies as he navigates some man-made water hazards.

Every golfer has a favorite track, a place that is remembered because of family ties or personal milestones. Here are recollections of eight special public courses, and the people and the...

After 35 years of calling the shots on CBS telecasts, Ken Venturi will take his career and walk away quietly

Tiger Woods may be generating all the buzz, but Annika Sorenstam is a better bet to sweep the majors this year

It's not too late for Karrie Webb—0 for '02—to salvage the season. Last year she had three victories to Annika Sorenstam's eight, but Webb stole much of the glory by winning two majors. With...

Club pro James Mason's victory at the NFL Golf Classic wasn't a Hollywood miracle, nor was his brilliant recovery on the final hole

Kemper Insurance Open winner Bob Estes joins Tiger Woods as the only players with three PGA Tour W's in the last calendar year....

To intentionally hit a low hook, like the clutch recovery James Mason played from the woods at Sunday, you need to modify three things from a regular swing: the address, club selection and arm...

On Sunday evening, a day after its stunning upset at the NCAA championships, the Minnesota golf team convened at Minnesota Valley Country Club in Bloomington for a previously scheduled awards...

SI neglected to point out the real winner in the USGA-R&A compromise: the recreational golfer

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Confessions of a teenage trespasser

Up to the end, Grandpa's only rule was to have fun