Sports IllustratedApril 5, 2004 issue 
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Brad Mangin
Golf
Major Problem:
John Daly made it into the Masters, but his mind might be elsewhere next week
Masters Preview
Taking on the Times:
The New York Times was a powerful force in Martha Burk's war on Augusta National, until the club's hired gun shot holes in the newspaper's coverage
Big Time or Bust:
All business at age 19, promising amateur Casey Wittenberg will bring an old-school game and a new-school 'tude to his first Masters
Who's Next?:
The last five majors have been won by first-timers. If that trend continues, SI's experts think that one of these dozen players will win
End of an Affair:
After a half century of making memories at Augusta, Arnold Palmer, the man who made the Masters, will take one last bow
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 Rick Reilly
A Boone to Baseball:
Weird, isn't it, how the key figure in the 2004 season is a guy who probably won't play this year?
Steve Rushin
In Praise of the Unjuiced:
The shadow of steroid suspicion is now everywhere. If Wee Willie Keeler were playing today, would we make Willie Keeler wee?
Inside the NBA
No Mo' Mo?:
Maurice Cheeks is getting signals that the Blazers want him to leave
Inside the NHL
Striking Oil:The improbable addition of center Petr Nedved has revived Edmonton
Inside College Football
Red Dawn: The Bill Callahan era at Nebraska opens with a crash course in passing
Scorecard
Master of His Domain?: Martha Burk won't be protesting at Augusta National during next week's Masters. But one way or the other, she figures in Hootie Johnson's future
Baseball
SI's Fantasy Baseball Ratings:
We ranked the position players in the major leagues from 1 (the best) to 425 and the pitchers from 1 to 400
Sports Business
Extreme Dream:
Casey Wasserman, grandson of a legendary movie mogul, has become a force in action sports
Scorecard Q&A
Buck O'Neil:
The 92-year-old chairman of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo., offers some diamond thoughts.
Soccer
Beyond his Years:
At 22, forward Landon Donovan has gone from fresh-faced phenom to the grand old man of MLS
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| OTHER ARTICLES IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED |
BASEBALL PREVIEW 2004
Welcome to the New Age of Information
The game's conventional wisdom is taking a beating from a new stat-crazy culture that turns baseball numbers inside out
By Tom Verducci
• Efficiency model: Frank Catalanotto?
• Five teams that made the right moves
• Smart stats, dumb stats
• Does clutch hitting truly exist?
• Where will the numbers game go?
• Jack McKeon: Who needs stats?
As So Often Happens?
A fielder makes a great play and leads off the next inning. It's a common occurrence. Isn't it? A professor's research ignites logistic feuding over one legendary statistic
By Roy Blount Jr.
Scouting Reports
We rank all 30 teams, tell you how they'll finish and predict the playoff winners and, of course, the World Series champs
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NCAA TOURNAMENT
Four Cornerstones
To win the NCAA championship, each of the remaining teams will require a peak performance from its indispensable player
By Grant Wahl
• How to Beat Connecticut
• How to Beat Georgia Tech
• How to Beat Duke
• How to Beat Oklahoma State
SI's 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Golden Oldie
Once the top event in boxing, the Chicago Golden Gloves is still an entertaining show
By Richard Hoffer
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