January 31, 2005
Higher Matt
January 31, 2005
LETTERS
When he was turning five, Tyler Kessler received a kidney from his grandmother. Four years later, cancer was detected in his abdomen and chest, and his body rejected the transplanted kidney....
Just because there's an NHL lockout doesn't mean fans have to go without fights. Your guide to the sports world's most fiery feuds
Ron Luciano vs. Earl Weaver: Luciano didn't like Weaver's belligerence, and Weaver (left) didn't like umpire Luciano's showboating. Luciano ejected Weaver so often that Orioles players placed bets...
Johnny Carson often had sports on his mind--and major players on his couch
116 Games it took LeBron James to get his first triple double; on Jan. 19 the 20-year-old became the youngest player in NBA history to have one.
Launched by French police, yet another investigation into doping allegations against six-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong. Two and a half years after their fruitless 19-month probe into...
Eighties ace Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd wants to menace batters again
The two-time Masters winner attended the inauguration of fellow Texan and longtime friend George W. Bush
January 31, 2005 | Bill Scheft
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What to watch and watch for
Watching Isiah Thomas in Untold, Spike TV's series of athlete profiles, I wanted to implore the interviewer to ask, "So, Isiah, what are you gonna do with the Knicks?" But sports is not the main...
Brittney Dolgner
She was the focus of a national uproar after she dropped her towel in that titillating Monday Night Football promo in November, but what no one knew until last week was that Desperate Housewives...
A University of Calgary professor plans to study why women flash their breasts at hockey fans.
Pacers forward, to a heckler who told him he sucked during a recent game in Houston: "Yeah, but I get paid a lot to suck."
Eagles Defensive End
Based on a survey of 212 NBA players
WHO'S Hot
Strange things happen at the bottom of a pile. The report from down under
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AN NBA ROOKIE'S DIARY
Dhani Jones, Eagles Linebacker
With a strong game by Donovan McNabb and a defense that defused Michael Vick, the Eagles got over the NFC championship hump and into the title game with the Pats
Injured wideout Terrell Owens says he'll play in the Super Bowl
An ailing Tom Brady added to his big-game legend with a two-touchdown, no-turnover night in the Patriots' AFC title-game victory over the Steelers
January 31, 2005
NFL PLAYOFFS
How can I pick against a Pats team that can beat you in so many ways?
With his new swing finally under control, Tiger Woods ended an 11-month drought and hinted that another stretch of dominance has only just begun
January 31, 2005 | S.L. PRICE
That's what Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal asks those who rip him for his actions during the brawl in Detroit. His detractors would be wise not to judge him too quickly
January 31, 2005
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Stanford's freshman sensation, guard Candice Wiggins, displays the same spark and drive as her late father, Alan, whom she never got the chance to know
Candice Wiggins is one of a number of daughters of pro athletes and/or coaches playing college basketball. Here are some of the most prominent.
It may be the most troubled of sports, but boxing still packs a punch in Hollywood. The latest fight film, Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, just may be the greatest ever
The boxing movie has been a staple of Hollywood for more than a century. Here are some of the genre's champs and palookas
No movie can top the outsized drama of real boxing
Hollywood called in the best to teach Russell Crowe the ropes
January 31, 2005
The Week In Sports
Illinois, Duke and ... Boston College? Thanks to a trio of Californians, the Eagles are the unlikeliest of unbeatens
1 Arizona senior Salim Stoudamire is on fire. During the Wildcats' four-game winning streak, the 6'1" guard averaged 26.3 points and made 58.6% of his three-point attempts.
January 31, 2005
Two young reserves who thrive under fourth-quarter pressure have put Chicago on its first post-Jordan roll
January 31, 2005
On the Knicks (17--23 through Sunday), who replaced coach Lenny Wilkens with assistant Herb Williams last Saturday:
Are personal coaches really necessary on tour? And if they are, why can't they coach when players need them most?
For a player believed to be the most diminutive Top 50 male in the Open Era, 5'5" Olivier Rochus has been producing Brobdingnagian results of late. After reaching the semis and final of the...
In golf, bogeys hurt. But bogeys never hurt anybody the way they hurt Sean O'Hair.
Despite days of torrential downpours, the Snowboard World Championships in British Columbia were a feast of 720s, 1080s and, to quote Jaymo, tweakarama
January 31, 2005
WHY HOLLYWOOD LOVES THE RING
By combining the methods of two distinct, and warring, schools of sports psychology, Gio Valiante has become the shrink du jour on the PGA Tour
January 31, 2005 | Michael Zucchet
On Jan. 11 San Diego city councilman Michael Zucchet led a 9--0 vote to block plans for a $3 million Rees Jones redesign of the North course at city-owned Torrey Pines. Torrey's South course,...
