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TABLE OF CONTENTS
September 13, 2004 | Volume 101, Issue 10
September 13, 2004 Strokes of Genius
September 13, 2004 LETTERS
MARCH 28, 1977
CBS and Paramount Television are exploring the possibility of a half-hour comedy series based on the life of Texas Tech coach Bob Knight.
Ending hockey's labor woes isn't difficult--if the NHL and the players can agree on the one move that will give the league a chance to survive
September 13, 2004 Kobe's clean in the eyes of the law, but that doesn't mean he has a fresh slate with advertisers and the customers they covet. Would you buy a retro jersey from this man?
September 13, 2004 Which NFL rookie (page 38) will have the biggest impact this season?
Days after returning from Athens, a silver medalist is involved in a fatal crash
September 13, 2004 56 Consecutive Grand Slam events, a record, played by Wayne Ferreira, 32, who retired after losing to Lleyton Hewitt in the first round of the U.S. Open.
September 13, 2004 A teenager's fat lip has Red Sox fans believing their World Series hex is over
September 13, 2004 Four years after wildness derailed his career, Rick Ankiel is back in the bigs
September 13, 2004 SNAPPED De La Salle High's 151-game winning streak, the longest in football at any level, by Bellevue High, the three-time defending Washington Class 3A state champs. Since 1992, when De La...
September 13, 2004 | Bill Scheft Good to be here. Look, I don't want to tell anyone his business, but if Kobe had a sense of humor, he'd pull into training camp behind the wheel of a white Ford Bronco.
September 13, 2004 | William L. Petersen The 51-year-old native of Evanston, Ill., and die-hard Chicago sports fan, is the star of the CBS drama CSI.
September 13, 2004 The U.S.Open attracted all types last week, from Olympian Rulon Gardner to first daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush to Farrah Fawcett. The latter (below), who is an avid tennis player, made an...
What to watch and watch for
It was a fall when even die-hard Red Sox fans found it impossible to hate the Yankees, and when the World Series between New York and the Diamondbacks opened, one headline read, ARIZONA VERSUS...
September 13, 2004 Holly Walden
College football's first full weekend answered some burning questions and raised a few new ones. Can Colorado recover from last winter's recruiting scandal?
This may sound preposterous, but the diminutive halfback from Kansas State who made everyone's preseason Heisman top five won't win the award with performances like his 221-yard rushing effort...
The Tigers thought the issue was settled before the season. Fifth-year senior Marcus Randall had spent two years backing up Matt Mauck, throwing for 1,583 yards and nine TDs, and had six starts...
LSU WASN'T the only notable team breaking in a signal-caller last weekend. A large number of teams bid farewell to high-profile passers in the off-season and placed their fortunes in the hands of...
Considering that LSU, ranked 14th in the 2003 preseason, rode a stifling, exceptionally athletic defense to a share of the national championship, hopes are high at No. 15 Virginia, whose...
The angry words came from the southwest-corner stands at Purdue's Ross-Ade Stadium late Sunday afternoon. Two irate Syracuse fans, shaking their fists, tossed verbal grenades at Orange coach Paul...
The question, it turns out, is not whether the Fighting Irish can win eight or nine games this season, but rather, Can Notre Dame rush for 12 yards in a game?
When a passionate response is needed, Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. is more than happy to answer the call
Here are five rookies who don't have first-round buzz but will still make noise
No Nomar? No problem! The arrival of defensive whiz Orlando Cabrera helped jolt the Red Sox back to life--and put them on the tail of the suddenly shaky Yankees
Even before Kevin Brown's punch-out, the reeling Yanks had a degenerating rotation
Why would 67-year-old Bobby Ross leave a life of leisure to take over the worst team in college football?
September 13, 2004 [This article consists of photographs - see below.]
September 13, 2004 The Week In Sports
MARY PIERCE'S RUN
Where have all the southpaws gone? Once a major force in tennis, they were barely in evidence at the U.S. Open
ELENI DANIILIDOU
These young players made their talent known in Week I of the Open
Ichiro Suzuki and Barry Bonds are showing no signs of letting up as they close in on league batting titles
Three Up
SORIANO AVAILABLE?
For most of his career, righthander Carl Pavano has been little more than the answer to not one but two trivia questions. Whom did the Red Sox give up in the trade for Pedro Martinez? Pavano, who...
Patriots coach Bill Belichick used wideout Troy Brown on five plays as a nickel defensive back during the preseason, and Brown could appear in dime packages this fall.... Plagued by injuries to...
The Dolphins traded for wide receiver Marty Booker just 22 days before the opener. Here's what he's had to learn
One of the biggest treats in all of training camp is watching the Steelers run their goal line drill. The ball is placed at the three, and it's full-speed, blood-and-guts football on both sides of...
When the Jets signed quarterback Chad Pennington to a seven-year extension last week, it was widely reported that he'd received $23 million in guarantees. But Pennington is not assured of making...
I've said it a million times: Don't use exhibition games as a guide for what's to come. Unless some glaring weakness is exposed or a team gets ravaged by injuries, the preseason is meaningless....
In America's unending effort to make the life of a college football player easier than that of an oil sheik's cat, schools are now giving players college credit simply for being on the team.
September 13, 2004 She's Got It Wired
September 13, 2004 | MICHAEL RAY TAYLOR An attempt to set a world-record rappel down a fearsome rock face near the Arctic Circle plunged an ambitious team into a struggle against nature--and each other
Extreme weather conditions send surfers around the world chasing some of the biggest waves of the summer
A paragliding DVD offers a new view of the Himalayas
Look out, Cleveland! From Sept. 15 to 19 the city will play host to the Gravity Games. Of the 170 skaters, BMX and freestyle motoX riders, nearly 25% will be in their teens. Here's the scoop on...
The Month Ahead
In cyclocross--a gritty, gonzo cousin of road racing--it's not all about the bike
My children are 10 and eight, so I know from bathtub rings. This one was a doozy: as chalky and unmistakable as a third base line. Hiking last week along the Escalante River in southern Utah,...
Danelle Ballengee, the world's greatest female adventure racer, runs--and paddles, pedals, climbs and snowshoes--on candy power
September 13, 2004 COLLEGE FOOTBALL KICKOFF
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