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TABLE OF CONTENTS
July 31, 2006 | Volume 105, Issue 4
July 31, 2006 If you think that
joining the ranks of Sports Illustrated interns is a long and arduous process,
well, normally you would be right. In most cases it involves essays, interviews
and enough clips to...
July 31, 2006 Flip Side
July 31, 2006 | Eve Sunshirt Just as a slight
rearrangement of furniture can improve a room immeasurably, the shuffling of
letters within a word can make a world of difference. Typographically, a sports
bra is scarcely...
This just in: Money doesn't buy happiness. Why $252-million-man Alex Rodriguez keeps forgetting how good he is
Has a shoe-biz insider found a way to beat the NBA's new age limit?
July 31, 2006 Played
Last Thursday by the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Oneonta Tigers, a 26-inning game
that is the longest in the history of the New York--Penn League and one of the
longest ever in pro baseball....
Though he's yet to play a down, Reggie Bush is one of the NFL's top endorsers
The 63-year-old Golden Globe--winning actor (Deadwood) co-stars in Scoop, which opens on Friday
In May, 2K Sports,
maker of NBA 2K7, announced that it had fixed a glitch in the video game, which
is due in stores Sept. 25: After users complained that Steve Nash's long hair
didn't "flow"...
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him
sink. At least that's the hope of these jockeys at the German Derby in Hamburg,
where competitors had to navigate a water hole during the...
A jockey in England is being investigated for allegedly
head-butting his horse.
TAYLOR TANKERSLEY, Marlins 23-year-old rookie reliever,
on the team's successful young pitchers:
What to watch and
watch for
July 31, 2006 Gina
Schneider
BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO > Softball
Schneider, a senior third baseman at Ohio Dominican, led the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics with 88 hits and was tied for the...
NASCAR DRIVER
July 31, 2006 Who's Hot
Their dolls are
shakin', but some ballplayers aren't stirred
July 31, 2006 [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]
July 31, 2006
Pirates
Pitcher
"I always
thought the knuckleball was the easiest pitch to catch. Wait'll it stops
rolling, then go to the backstop and pick it up." --Bob Uecker, major
league catcher 1962--67
At 30 and no longer able to turn to his father for advice, Tiger Woods is a man in transition on and off the course. In winning his 11th major, at the British Open, he recaptured his magic touch...
As G.M.'s try to beef up their rosters before Monday's trading deadline, they can be haunted by the spectre of giving away a future star, like the Devil Rays' Scott Kazmir
They won't be traded before July 31, but here are five
big-name candidates to be moved during the off-season
An unusual
sequence of deadline deals in 2003 landed the Pirates infield prospect Freddy
Sanchez, who is now the National League's leading hitter and least likely
All-Star
In contenders' quests for summer fixes, these
youngsters got away
There's never been an examination of the national pastime like the provocative art of Ben Sakoguchi, who has put his own quirky spin on the game's most enduring moments and characters
Written off after a meltdown in the mountains, Floyd Landis executed a bold and spectacular turnaround a day later and then cruised to victory
FAMOUS? NOT SO MUCH. THEY MAY NEVER MAKE AN ALL-STAR TEAM OR WIN A MAJOR, BUT BY MAKING IT TO THE BIG TIME AND STAYING THERE, TODAY'S JOURNEYMAN JOCKS ARE DOING JUST FINE, THANKS. THESE EIGHT...
July 31, 2006 Grin and
Claret
July 31, 2006 Baseball
Reds October
Early returns on Cincinnati's heavily criticized bullpen deal were positive,
brightening the team's playoff outlook
JON LESTER or ANIBAL SANCHEZ
PEACE COMES TO
THE TORONTO CLUBHOUSE
As NFL training
camps get into full swing, pressing questions surround a half-dozen
high-profile quarterbacks
Given the way the NFL usually plods along, there's been
some skepticism that the league's owners will be able to decide on a successor
to outgoing commissioner Paul Tagliabue before the start of...
I went out to get
my paper this morning and found my neighbor Dalton instead.
Exclusively on Verizon Wireless V CAST and SI.com.
Who (and what) was good and bad at Royal Liverpool
WHO: Tiger
Woods
A past Ryder Cup captain explains why the skipper can't play
By Jim Gorant
This is the last time fans will be allowed to bring cellphones to the British
Open.
The critics had carped that Hoylake was too homely to hold a successful Open Championship. They learned that looks can be deceiving
His mind was elsewhere, but Darren Clarke was simply doing his job by playing this season. Now he'll take time off to tend to more critical matters
A year out from World Cup 2007, the U.S. women's team is younger, more creative--and as brash as ever
Bored and restless in retirement, Pete
Sampras is playing World Team Tennis, but it's not a comeback
It can get wild when a bunch of economists get together to talk sports on a smart and funny blog
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