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TABLE OF CONTENTS
June 19, 2006 | Volume 104, Issue 25
June 19, 2006 The Carson Show
On saturday night
the Hartford Whalers Booster Club convened a meeting, as it has every month for
31 years. Membership has dwindled from a peak of 1,500 in 1987, but the 65 who
remain are Whale...
League officials and politicians talk a good game, but an IRS investigator is doing the most to keep sports clean
The Steroid Era may be over, but the equally insidious HGH isn't going away
June 19, 2006 Undergone
By Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, surgery for a broken jaw, broken
nose and other facial injuries, after he was injured in a motorcycle accident
(above) on Monday....
A teenage jockey and a spunky Jazil added much-needed dazzle to the Belmont Stakes
The 59-year-old
ex-soccer star is featured in the documentary Once in a Lifetime: The
Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos, which opens on July 14
What's a 13-letter
synonym for "Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina"? "Crossword geek,"
perhaps? "I prefer crossword jock," the righthander told SI. "Geek
is a pretty strong term." Mussina appears in the...
What to watch and
watch for
June 19, 2006 Irene Cho
LA HABRA, CALIF. > Golf
Cho, a senior at Southern California, won the Honda Award as the nation's top
college women's golfer and was Pac-10 player of the year and a...
June 19, 2006 | As told to Ed Bouchette STEELERS GUARD
June 19, 2006 WHO'S Hot
June 19, 2006 Which baseball record do you think will never be
broken?
June 19, 2006
When an
irresistible force meets an immovable catcher, memories ensue
June 19, 2006 Mavericks Center
What drives David
Ortiz, the supersized Red Sox slugger, is his resentment of the ball club that
did him wrong ... and the fighting spirit of his late mother, Angela Rosa
Read more from Tom Verducci every Tuesday and
Wednesday at at SI.com/baseball.
With the location
of every batted ball meticulously charted, defensive positioning is becoming
increasingly customized
June 19, 2006 | GRANT WAHL
All the confidence
the U.S. team built coming off a strong showing four years ago blew up in a
devastating 3-0 opening defeat to the Czech Republic. Now it's on to a must-win
match with hellbent...
Italy stayed
focused against Ghana despite an investigation into betting and match-fixing
that has caught up team members
In an inspired
performance, the Hurricanes and rookie goaltender Cam Ward were closing in on
the first NHL championship of the postlockout era. Too bad no one was
watching
Second-ranked
Rafael Nadal defended his French Open title by continuing his domination of No.
1 Roger Federer and spoiling his rival's Grand Slam bid
June 19, 2006 Czeching In
No owner is more
wired into his players and fans than Mark Cuban, the ref-berating, serial
blogging face of the Mavs who stands on the brink of (gulp!) ruling the NBA
June 19, 2006 Mark Cuban's good pal riffs on everything from a glorious spring to the inglorious Knicks
Two games into
the Finals there was a hole in the middle of the Heat offense where Shaq
usually reigns supreme. The Mavericks used all their 7-footers to gang up on
the Diesel and shut him down
June 19, 2006 Arena
Football
An AFL original, Mike Hohensee, coaches underdog Chicago to its first
championship • Next up for the indoor league: securing a new TV contract
Rush Delivery
Nineteen years after playing in the first ArenaBowl, Mike Hohensee finally won
one, as coach of the Chicago Rush
Crowned
Royal
The No. 1 pick in the draft, hard-throwing Luke Hochevar, is Kansas City's hope
for a quick reversal on the field and in the news
DODGERS SCORE BIG
WITH YOUNG TALENT
English fans sing to their star, "There's only one Michael Owen." After a fellow Brit was rumored to be schizophrenic, opposing fans chanted, "There's only two Andy Gorams."
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June 19, 2006 | Paul Slansky Paul Slansky rates baseball apologists
June 19, 2006
Rounder balls?
Hit birdsmen? It was a week of odd sports moments
Coal miner Terry Helms always wanted a better life for his son, Nick. But it took Terry's death in the Sago mine cave-in to allow Nick to act on his dream of becoming a pro golfer
Vijay Singh ends his winless streak
This Long Island shack will let you play the Open in
your own yard.
WHO: Michelle
Wie
June 19, 2006 | STEVE SPINRAD I won't give up my fight against a rule limiting tee heights
Before a Playoff
Win at the LPGA Championship the Iconic Korean Took Time Off to Get a Life
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