For The Record

Inducted
Into the Hockey Hall of Fame, five-time Stanley Cup-winning goalie Grant Fuhr and high-scoring center Pat LaFontaine. Fuhr, whose 92 playoff wins are second to Patrick Roy's, anchored the Wayne Gretzky-and Mark Messier-led Oilers of the '80s. He played for five other teams and retired in 2000 with 403 regular-season wins, sixth alltime. Fuhr won his first Cup in '84 when Edmonton beat the Islanders, and LaFontaine. In Game 3 LaFontaine crashed into Fuhr, knocking him out of the series with a bruised right shoulder. A five-time All-Star, the 5'10", 180-pound LaFontaine had 468 goals and 1,013 points in 15 seasons before his career was cut short by concussions.

Died
Of complications from blood disease, Sam Schulman, 93, the first owner of the SuperSonics, whose signing of Spencer Haywood in 1970 paved the way for undergraduates to play in the NBA. League rules barred teams from signing players until four years after high school, but the SuperSonics signed Haywood, who had graduated in '67. "I couldn't see any logical reason for keeping a man from making a living," Schulman said in 1997. "I thought it was unconstitutional." After a long legal battle—during which Haywood sometimes played and was sometimes barred by temporary injunctions—the Supreme Court agreed, striking the rule and allowing Haywood to play. Schulman sold the Sonics in '83.

Completed
His freshman season with James Monroe High in the Bronx, lefty Danny Almonte. In 2001, when he was 14 and had moved to New York from the Dominican Republic, Almonte posed as a 12-year-old and led the Rolando Paulino All-Stars to third place in the Little League World Series before the scandal (SI, Sept. 3, 2001) led his team to be disqualified. Almonte, now 16, went 10-1 this year with a 1.40 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 63 innings but gave up three runs in two innings in an 8-7 loss to Tottenville in last Saturday's PSAL title game. Also an outfielder, Almonte batted .457.

Changed
Uniforms before every inning of his 300th victory, Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens. "I felt like Superman changing in a phone booth," he said after lasting into the seventh to beat the Cardinals and become the 21st man to win 300 games, the same night he became the third to strike out 4,000 batters. Clemens said he will give uniforms to family members, including his four sons.

Cursed
The locker to the right of Greg Maddux's in the Braves clubhouse. When the team moved to Turner Field in 1997, shortstop Jeff Blauser had the locker, a coveted corner stall. Blauser wasn't resigned, and since then Dennis Martinez (retired), Bret Boone (traded), Wally Joyner (free agent), Chris Seelbach (minors), Joe Nelson (minors), Ken Caminiti (released) and Damian Moss (traded) have had the locker; none lasted more than a season. Maddux says it's a fine locker—"if you want to play somewhere for a year." The current occupant: first baseman Robert Fick, who vows to break the curse. "I'm special." he says.