March 27, 2006 | Volume 104, Issue 13

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. --PETER STEINER cartoon in The New Yorker, July 5, 1993

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Racy Talk

It isn't easy spending the first day of the NCAA tournament in an Irish pub watching 13 consecutive hours of basketball, from noon tip-off to 1 a.m. sign-off, jump ball to last call. For starters,...

The book that nails Barry Bonds as a steroid user also delves into track and field, a sport that can teach baseball something about denial

THE NAMES of the track and field athletes in Game of Shadows are familiar ones. What's startling is the extent of their illicit behavior. Driven by a culture in which performance enhancement is...

Won By Bode Miller, the World Cup season's final Super G, last Thursday at Are, in Sweden. After a dismal Olympics (he failed to win a medal in any of his five events), Miller spent two weeks on...

SHE WAS, simply, the best villain there ever was in sport. She was the Meanest Mama on Skates and the Queen of the Penalty Box--and proud of it. She was also a terrific athlete, but she knew how...

2 Dunks by Tennessee freshman Candace Parker in a first-round win over Army on Sunday; the 6'3" forward is the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game.

NO BASKETBALL coach left a larger footprint in a smaller garden than former DePaul coach Ray Meyer, who died last Friday at 92. Over 42 seasons he guided the Blue Demons to 724 victories and two...

Say it's all even, Stevin: An Ivy League economist sees evidence of frequent fixing in big-time college basketball

The former NBA All-Star, 42, is coach of the Melbourne-based South Dragons in Australia's National Basketball League

Last month Ben Roethlisberger told reporters that he preferred meeting women over the Internet. Consider Knicks rookie David Lee a bit more low-tech--he finds romance at bowling alleys. Two weeks...

Let it be known: "Ozzie Guillen can still swing." So says pro wrestler Simon Diamond, who last week took a folding chair to the back from the White Sox manager. Diamond came by Chicago's...

English soccer club Liverpool apologized to Manchester United after its fans pelted United supporters with coins, food and human excrement.

What to watch and watch for

Sophia Iwobi

YOU CAN'T teach speed, and in fantasy leagues you can't easily acquire it either. Here are a few stolen base threats who might be available at your draft.

PHILLIES SHORTSTOP

Who's Hot

Who is the NHL's most physically intimidating player?

With Lamar Odom - Lakers Forward

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Philadelphia's Hollis Thomas decides to downsize

A trio of Cinderellas--Bradley, George Mason and Wichita State--joined dominant midmajor Gonzaga in a historic Sweet 16. Can the fairy tale continue all the way to the Final Four?

More Sweet 16 coverage, including exclusive postgame analysis from SI experts, at SI.com.

The first two rounds had plenty of superlatives. Here's who came up big, fell short and made statements

Versatile Washington guard Brandon Roy was unknown outside the Pac-10 until he outshone a more heralded rival

Talent-rich UConn's title hopes hinge on the performance of the Huskies' poised playmaker, Marcus Williams

After a rocky start, Denver's odd couple--Carmelo Anthony and coach George Karl--have struck an uneasy alliance that has transformed the young forward into a star and the Nuggets into a playoff...

Kobe-Phil? O'Neal-Walker? The report card on the NBA's other odd couples at SI.com/nba.

In a wild two weeks of free-agent frenzy and big-name moves, the NFL has undergone a quarterback shake-up unlike any in memory--and it's not over yet

The Internet is changing sports coverage. Columnists who seldom leave their couches hold forth. Athletes break their own "news" on their personal websites. Rumormongering is rampant. Don't like...

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Super Nova Balletic Villanova playmaker Kyle Lowry went to great heights to block a pass by Arizona counterpart Marcus Williams during second-round NCAA tournament play in Philadelphia on Sunday....

HOW A TWINS NUT AND WANNABE JOURNALIST FOUND HIS NICHE

IN THE VAST WASTELAND OF THE NET, THESE URL'S STAND OUT

FANNED BY THE AIRWAVES, WEB WORDS SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE

The Week In Sports

Back to Basics Humbled in the World Baseball Classic, U.S. players could learn something from their counterparts outside the majors The inaugural World Baseball Classic, a joint venture...

Tall Order Just as his dad did nearly 40 years ago in Phoenix, Bryan Colangelo will try to take the Raptors from the dregs to the rafters

THE HOT LINE

Class Struggle The heavyweight division remained a muddle after Hasim Rahman retained his title with a draw against James Toney The atmosphere inside Hasim Rahman's dressing room last...

Adam Morrison, Gonzaga's 6'8" junior forward, is always described as "one of a kind." That's bull. He's all kinds.

Mark Hensby has never been afraid to say what he thinks, which is why some players love him while others wish he'd simply shut up

More than 30 years after his last visit, the golf-pro son of a renowned lepidopterist returns to the Mexican jungle, where he first learned the game, to pay final homage to his father

A new pro trades gangways for fairways

To gain distance, pros are increasing their driver loft. Here is the percent of players who had drivers with lofts of 9.5 degrees or more last week and in the same week of '02. Nick Watney had the...

After dissing Augusta's changes, Arnie ponders a Bay Hill redo

WHO: Greg Owen

A Surreal Slipup at Arnie's Place Costs Greg Owen His First Tour Title

Pressure is a Tour debut in front of your legendary grandfather

Annika and the Koreans, not the glamour girls, will rule the LPGA this season.