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TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 28, 2005 | Volume 102, Issue 13
March 28, 2005 Vitamin Dee
The other day, while playing the back nine of the Bay Course at Kapalua, I opened a beer, took off my shirt and liberally oiled up my body until I resembled--with my glistening, matted fur--a...
Like a certain surly slugger, tennis star Lleyton Hewitt delights in not being delightful. His behavior is rude, crass--and the reason he's at the top of his game
The woman who built a dynasty in Tennessee catches Dean Smith on the wins list
March 28, 2005 42
Shrugging off skating's new scoring system, a "faded" star won the world title
March 28, 2005 DIED At age 67, former Red Sox reliever Dick (the Monster) Radatz, from head trauma after a fall at his Easton, Mass., home. In the early 1960s Radatz used his size--he was 6'5" and weighed 235...
March 28, 2005 Former pitcher Rick Ankiel, 25, is trying to make the Cardinals as an outfielder. How's he doing? SI's Ankielometer tells all.
March 28, 2005 | Deidre Downs The reigning Miss America, 24, from Hoover, Ala., is a former volleyball player at the University of Virginia
Infield artistry, and a good bat, will get Roberto Alomar into the Hall of Fame
March 28, 2005 | Bill Scheft Good to be here. My brackets are all screwed up. I thought 50 Cent versus The Game was considered a play-in.
It should have been the best celebrity-fan matchup of the NCAA tournament: the second-round game between Kentucky and Cincinnati in Indianapolis. Saying, "I'm trying to be for Cincinnati...
An Australian cricket team has accused an opponent of serving them pot-laced cupcakes during a game.
DIEGO MARADONA
What to watch and watch for
They were the biggest, baddest team in the country. "We took no prisoners," recalls coach John Thompson of his 1985 Georgetown Hoyas, in Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA...
March 28, 2005 Kim Barrett
ON HIS OFF-SEASON MOVE FROM SLEEPY PORTER, TEXAS, TO A LAKEFRONT HOME IN MONTGOMERY, TEXAS I'm no longer a Porter Rican. I bought the house this past October, mainly because it's on the water....
March 28, 2005 [Based on a survey of 227 NBA players]
March 28, 2005 WHO'S Hot
What was your welcome-to-the-NBA moment? It wasn't until last season [his third] when I scored 17 points and hit four three-pointers in a playoff game against Detroit. I knew then that I could...
March 28, 2005 Spurs forward Tony Massenburg, 37, has played for a record 12 NBA and three European teams since graduating from college. The 6'9", 250-pound Virginia native reminisces about the places he's been.
March 28, 2005 Two blondes are in California. The first one asks, 'Which is farther away, the moon or Florida?' The second blonde replies, 'Duh! Can you see Florida?'
I was there, that June at Wrigley, when the fever caught Sammy. See, that's me and the three kids in the bleachers that weekend he rocked five out of the cathedral and the great home run chase was on.
March 28, 2005 STEROIDS AND BASEBALL
March 28, 2005 | GRANT WAHL In a continuation of a bitter rivalry, the U.S. travels to Mexico for a World Cup qualifier this week and attempts to do what it has never done: win at the dreaded Azteca
March 28, 2005 | GRANT WAHL With cool heads, hot hands and pressing defenses that caught favorites off guard, low-seeded upstarts provided welcome jolts in the first two rounds
March 28, 2005 • For daily Web-only Leading Off galleries, go to SI.com/scorecard.
UWM senior guard Ed McCants gives the pesky Panthers points and pluck
COMING UP BIG
Ronald Ross, a onetime walk-on, is now the heart and soul of the Red Raiders
With the final Western playoff berth at stake, Kobe Bryant tries to rally the Lakers--a task made more difficult by his inability to connect with the rest of the team
March 28, 2005 The Week In Sports
Cornell senior Travis Lee, a former judo star from the Aloha State, ended his career with his second NCAA title
Led by junior heavyweight Steve Mocco (below, left), who put the finishing touch on an undefeated season with a takedown of Minnesota's Kole Conrad in overtime, Oklahoma State won its third...
In a characteristically unconventional move, Don Nelson resigned from the Mavs, hastening their rebuilding plan
On the Cavaliers' decision on Monday to replace coach Paul Silas, who had two years left on his contract, with assistant Brendan Malone:
The White Sox needed a table-setter in their small-ball attack and expect a former Japanese star to do the job
Dear Mark McGwire,
March 28, 2005 What Steroids Have Done To Baseball
Thanks to a Rock Ishii--created ball he has secretly played all year, Tiger Woods says he has regained the distance advantage he once used to dominate the Tour
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of his first foray onto the Tour, the author revisits the scene and reflects on how the game, and his own relationships, have changed
An altogether different kind of tournament was recently held at Cypress Cove, where golf buff has a new meaning
March 28, 2005 TIGER'S SECRET WEAPON
March 28, 2005 | BOBBY VERWEY JR. Michelle Wie is a great player, but does she have the heart of a true champion?
March 28, 2005 | Chris Eliopoulos Life and Times on the PGA Tour
After losing the ugly shirts, "jacket guy" Kenny Perry outlasted Vijay Singh at Bay Hill and then talked to SI
What golfers are talking about
WHO: Vijay Singh
Recently an IMG memo came to light, promising to deliver elite players to corporate outings during tournament weeks for $50,000 to $200,000. The memo insinuated that the players would then play in...
March 28, 2005 Barry Zito, A's ace and an aspiring photographer, chronicled his Arizona spring training exclusively for SI Players. He'll provide a view through his lens all season
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