May 02, 2005 | Volume 102, Issue 18

Sweet Caroline

As sports have become a modern religion, religion has become more like modern sports. Just before the Olympics last summer, Pope John Paul II created a Vatican sports department to engage the...

Five months after surviving a tragic plane crash, Dick Ebersol struck a bargain with the NFL that is good news for the NBC executive, the league and fans

David Stern wants teens out of the NBA. If he provides a nurturing alternative, his plan could work

Declared Themselves eligible for the NBA draft, North Carolina juniors Raymond Felton and Sean May and freshman Marvin Williams, who led the Tar Heels to their first national title in 12 years....

$30,637,531 Luxury tax the Yankees are projected to owe on their payroll of $204.6 million, a record.

An aspiring dentist instead became an institution at Winston-Salem State

Would the last player to leave Chapel Hill early please turn out the lights in the Dean Dome?

In Hooligans, the actor, 24, plays a student who becomes immersed in the world of English soccer thugs.

Giants running back Tiki Barber found out that he has an unlikely fan while dining at the hip Manhattan restaurant Tao last month: Shimon Peres. The former Israeli prime minister reportedly...

JACK MCKEON

Notre Dame was penalized for excessive celebration during its spring intrasquad football game.

What to watch and watch for

Arthur Agee remembers well the day he first met filmmakers Steve James, Frederick Marx and Peter Gilbert on a Chicago basketball court. "It was pretty crazy." he says. "Three white guys in an...

Demetrius Andrade

Orioles Shortstop

WHO'S Hot

[ Based on a survey of 227 NBA players ]

In a sprawling clubhouse, which includes a satellite TV in each locker and a customized weight room, the Mavericks are livin' large in the office

Departments

Driver Jimmie Johnson and his crew try to avoid disaster in 'the big one'

What was your welcome-to-the-NBA moment? The first time I put on a jersey for a preseason game [2001]. And the first time I got on a charter flight. I'm looking around the plane like, Wow, this is...

Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown triggered a run on Tigers in the first round of the draft

QBs Alex Smith and Aaron Rodgers both had a day to remember, but for entirely different reasons

Playing all the chips in the Eli Manning trade took a while, but the Chargers came up winners

Upbeat No. 3 pick Braylon Edwards looks like a No. 1 to Cleveland

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The Vikings and Cowboys had banner drafts, but what were the Broncos and Rams thinking?

Led by unlikely cheerleader Milton Bradley, the rejiggered Dodgers are making their G.M. look smart with a fast early run into first place

No one knows when Barry Bonds will be back, but it may not be soon enough to save the Giants' season

Propelled by Tracy McGrady and boosted by a core of rugged role players, Houston stunned the Mavericks with two resounding wins in Dallas

With his boundless energy and maniacal play, Andrés Nocioni gave the Bulls an early lift

After helping a young teammate win the Tour de Georgia, Lance Armstrong announced that he was on track to win his seventh--and last--Tour de France

Just off the California coast is a playground for the world's most feared predators: great white sharks

The Week In Sports

Once plentiful, young power-hitting shortstops--like Clint Barmes of the Rockies--are again hard to come by

Jon Lieber, RHP, Phillies

White-Hot White Sox

Yankees' Downfall

A Job Well Done

A generation of fresh faces is emerging to replace the stars who carried the U.S. for a decade

Swedes in Turmoil

A look at how the other medal contenders shape up

It wasn't easy for Miss Angela to tell her kindergartners how she got a broken nose and a black eye, so she lied. "I got hit with a baseball," she told the class.

NFL DRAFT SPECIAL

In 1981 Mike Cunning first played in the Far East as a lark. Today, the Phoenix native is the longest-tenured pro in Asian tour history

After almost 20 years on the Champions tour, I shouldn't be forced out of the game

NEXT WEEK: WIE PROBLEM

PLUS

What golfers are talking about

After beating John Daly in a playoff, Shell Houston Open winner Vijay Singh talked about the win and the Hall of Fame

14 Tour wins for Vijay Singh since he turned 40, second only to Sam Snead, who had 17.

WHO: JOHN DALY

"Fred Funk's Players Championship victory was more impressive than Jack Nicklaus's '86 Masters win. Funk beat a stronger field and, at 48, was two years older."

After Michelle Wie (right) was given a sponsor's exemption to the John Deere Classic, Retief Goosen said women should have to qualify for men's events. Do you agree?

Congratulations to Vijay Singh, but didn't it seem odd that he was elected to the Hall of Fame last week? Candidates must have a minimum of 10 wins or at least two victories among the four majors...