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TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 07, 2005 | Volume 102, Issue 10
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March 07, 2005 Dyna-Might?
March 07, 2005 LETTERS
Andy Van Slyke played centerfield next to Barry Bonds for six seasons in Pittsburgh, and in all those years, as former Pirates coach Rich Donnelly put it, "the only time Andy spoke to Barry was to...
An explosion of NBA deadline deals--which saw dozens of players heading to new homes--had less to do with basketball than financial planning
Temple's John Chaney is basically an admirable guy. But that's no reason to pardon his aberrant behavior
March 07, 2005 | Roger Cohen Chelsea's new owner--and his deep pockets--have turned soccer upside down
$25,000 Reward offered by Braves pitcher Mike Hampton for information on the whereabouts of Jessica Marie Lunsford, a nine-year-old girl from his hometown of Homosassa, Fla., who was reported...
March 07, 2005 Ernest hemingway once said, "Writing, at its best, is a lonely life," and no one understands that better than Jose Canseco. Since the publication of Juiced, Canseco's tell-all memoir, the author...
March 07, 2005 | Bill Scheft Good to be here. Are you like me? Ever since the Barry Bonds press conference last week, you can't get the theme for Sanford and Son out of your head?
This month the 44-year-old Ironman begins hosting a baseball show with his brother Billy on XM Satellite Radio
HOW COOL has LeBron James made the Cleveland Cavaliers? Cool enough that Usher (below) wants to be a part of the team. Michigan businessman Dan Gilbert last month agreed to purchase the Cavs from...
What to watch and watch for
"Boogity, boogity, boogity! Let's go racing, boys!" Delivered as if he'd just swallowed a whooping crane, analyst Darrell Waltrip's signature call is the opening bell of NASCAR races on Fox. And...
March 07, 2005 In the tradition of SI's Sportsman of the Year, we periodically pay tribute in this space to men and women who represent the ideals of sportsmanship
ON PRO WRESTLING I've been a fan a long time. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Andre the Giant, King Kong Bundy. I go back. I've got an exact replica of the WWE championship belt, because every heavyweight...
March 07, 2005 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
March 07, 2005 WHO'S Hot
March 07, 2005 [Based on a survey of 227 NBA players]
How leading Indy Car driver Helio Castroneves keeps fit and focused
CASTRONEVES HAS concocted a homemade brew that has become an indispensable part of his prerace routine. He calls it the Tiger and downs one a couple of hours before the green flag drops. He says...
What was your welcome-to-the-big-leagues moment? I was called up in midseason, and I went straight from the airport to the locker room. Our manager [Mike Hargrove] said, "You're playing shortstop...
At age 30, 6'1" Pistons point guard Horace Jenkins is the oldest rookie in the NBA and one of the oldest in league history. Jenkins was 11 when he told his mom he would play in the NBA, but he...
Duke alum Bobby Hurley VS. North Carolina's Kenny Smith
March 07, 2005 | GRANT WAHL As the madness of March begins, one player stands out as the most entertaining star of the show: Dee Brown of high-flying Illinois
With his lightning-quick hands, killer first step and sweet shooting stroke, Illinois guard Dee Brown can be a nightmare to play against. There's no telling how the luck of the draw will treat the...
March 07, 2005 [This article consists of photographs--see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]
As the focal point of the nation's top-ranked team, Dee Brown will spend much of March in the national eye, his Q rating rising by the day. Elsewhere, though, are high-excitement players with...
Who will the 49ers take with the first pick in the NFL draft? At the scouting combine nothing was obvious. SI slots the top four from a pool devoid of can't-miss players
Having discarded a pair of aces, the Oakland A's are wagering that general manager Billy Beane picked the right time for his boldest gamble yet
Four other general managers who, like Oakland's Billy Beane, rely heavily on quantitative analysis in player evaluations, had varied off-seasons. Here's a recap of what they did.
Though he never wanted to coach, Timberwolves VP Kevin McHale put himself in charge of his moribund team. High risk, or nothing to lose?
March 07, 2005 | E.M. SWIFT Even as Venezuela enjoys huge success as a hotbed of major league talent, the country's crime wave has turned its beloved beisbol stars into prime targets
The Indians' Franklin Gutiérrez just might be Venezuela's hottest prospect
March 07, 2005 The Week In Sports
An NBA scout evaluates the potential of New Mexico forward Danny Granger, a 6'8", 225-pound senior who at week's end was averaging 18.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 2.1 blocks and shooting...
After emphatically snapping its streak of February swoons, Louisville looks like a team to beat in March Madness
RISING ABOVE
ZIPS' WINNING WAYS
Though he's not the front-runner for Rookie of the Year, Dwight Howard will one day be the class of his class
On 21-year-old Nikoloz Tskitishvili, the No. 5 pick in 2002, who went from the Nuggets to the Warriors in a four-player trade last Thursday:
AROUND THE RIM
WHITHER RAY ALLEN?
This week makes it 20 years for me at this joint, and that's more fun than anybody should be allowed to have with his fingers. That's 20 years of stories on colossal events and megastars. So how...
March 07, 2005 NFL COMBINE: NOW WHO'S THE TOP PICK?
David Toms's romp through the field at the Accenture Match Play Championship wasn't boring because it was the most awesome display of firepower this season
Tiger Woods (below) has a brilliant 83-15-2 singles record in major pro and amateur match-play events, and had won 13 straight at the Accenture Match Play Championship before being upset 3 and 1...
March 07, 2005 | RICK LIPSEY When golf nut David Larible (a.k.a. the World's Greatest Circus Clown) hits the links, the funny business is over--sort of
Together at last on the PGA Tour, Steve Stricker and Mario Tiziani are trying to stay there
March 07, 2005 | Chris Eliopoulos Life and Time on the PFA tour
March 07, 2005 | Rick Lipsey Because of their vast match-play experience, Paul Azinger and Nick Faldo were as good as it gets last week on ABC.
I was among the first to test the latest in locomotion for golfers. I'm afraid
March 07, 2005 PLUS
March 07, 2005 What golfers are talking about
The 26-year-old who led wire to wire at the SBS Open talks extreme sports, khakis and, of course, bandannas
74%
WHO: David Toms
March 07, 2005 OVER
March 07, 2005 The annual rite of the Chrysler Classic winner's donning the event's trophy, a faux conquistador's helmet, got us thinking about the worst trophies in golf (past and present) and what they conjure.
Tiger Woods's goatee: Keep it or lose it?
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