Leading Off

Departments

22 Letters
24 Catching Up With...
112 The Life of Reilly

Scorecard

27 Golf rebellion
Uppity umps
Holyfield vs. Lewis
Crum's crumbling
Greeks bearing baseballs
Sports Night reviewed
The Jordan Watch
Faces in the Crowd
SI View

Inside...

88 College Football
92 Soccer
97 Tennis
100 Baseball
104 The NFL

Baseball

38 The Greatest Season Ever
Final-week dramatics in the home run chase and a wild-card race confirmed 1998 as a year without peer
by Tom Verducci

54 A State of Grace
From the perspective of first baseman Mark Grace, an appreciation of the Cubs' best season in a long time
by Steve Rushin

68 Held Ball
With talks stalled, exhibition games canceled and the start of the regular season in peril, the NBA lockout has both the owners and the players facing hard time
by Phil Taylor