May 28, 2007 | Volume 106, Issue 22

The Steep Science The De La Hoya--Mayweather fight (Golden Boy vs. Pretty Boy, May 7) was touted as the Super Bowl of boxing. Guess what? I can watch the real Super Bowl for free. I can watch the...

SOPHOMORE JINX? Not yet for the Tigers righthander. Last season's American League Rookie of the Year is this year's staff ace: After holding the Cardinals to two runs in eight innings on Sunday,...

WHO'S Hot

If you could play for any major league team other than your own, which one would it be?

Last week Floyd Landis brought new meaning to the phrase Insane Clown Posse

AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL it ain't. Three gents, all named Bob L. Head, are in the running to be immortalized in a bobblehead that the Triple A Portland Beavers will give away at a game. Fans can...

WITH HIS Cosby sweater, Mets prospect Lastings Milledge (near left, with partner Manny D) may not have mastered the gangsta-rap look, but he's got the vernacular down. His Bend Ya Knees has lyrics...

Admitted That he used steroids, Jason Giambi. Last Friday in a USA Today interview the Yankees DH fessed up to one of baseball's worst-kept secrets; reports that Giambi admitted using steroids to...

BACK IN 1936, Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer was photographed chugging buttermilk, and ever since then milk—not champagne, not beer—has been the drink of choice for Brickyard winners. That...

Shaquille O'Neal, on a column written by Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune that suggested it is time for him to part ways with the Heat:

28 Hits by the Class A Lake Elsinore Storm in a 30--0 California League victory over the Lancaster JetHawks last Friday.

Undefeated super middleweight Laila Ali must undergo knee surgery because of the wear and tear of performing on Dancing With the Stars.

Some have regretted saying, "If you [blank], I'll [blank]"

A tennis ace who chose public school over private academies caps a perfect career

THERE'S A REASON few ballplayers have long hair, and it has nothing to do with team rules or the war against split ends. "I use a lot of pine tar on my bat," says A's outfielder Nick Swisher, who...

The Hoover twins mix showbiz with lacrosse

PISTONS GUARD

Three Red Sox enter the world of wine

Dr. Vino says: There are hints of dark fruits like blueberry and blackberry and also flavors of vanilla and cinnamon. There are also leathery notes to it and a tobacco aroma. I look for a bit more...

Dr. Vino says: It's a nice, crisp unoaked chardonnay. There's currently a backlash against oak in the wine industry, so it's good that they're riding this trend. It has green apple, mango and...

Dr. Vino says: I'm usually down on merlot, but this one is well done. It's well balanced, fruit forward and juicy with a hint of butterscotch. It also has faint notes of crushed black pepper,...

A new video game league bets it can draw like poker

IS THERE anywhere a coach won't go to check out potential players? Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr spent last week Down Under as a guest of the South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby team and their...

What to watch and watch for

Danelle Ballengee

Erison Hurtault ABERDEEN, N.J. > Track and Field Hurtault, a senior at Columbia, won his eighth Ivy League championship in the 400 meters (four indoors, four outdoors) and holds the school record...

Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder may look like a chunk off the old block, but he's determined to prove that any resemblance to his father, Cecil, ends with his prodigious home runs

Even with a latter-day Stockton and Malone and the same coach who guided the originals, the Cinderella Jazz will be hard-pressed to stop a Spurs team gunning for its fourth title since 1999

LeBron James will be taught another lesson in winning basketball by the team that ended his 2006 season

Just when it looked as if the sport could celebrate another bid to end the Triple Crown drought, Curlin came of age and ran down Street Sense to win the Preakness in a record-tying time

A Breed Apart

The coolest player in the NHL is Ray Emery, a flashy-dressing, insect-eating, goon-battling goaltender who has helped carry Ottawa to the Stanley Cup finals

The rising interest in mixed martial arts is tied to ULTIMATE FIGHTING, which changed its ways to gain acceptance. Now its success is changing the sports landscape

Mad about Carlos Despite appearances, Shane Victorino (8) was happy to see Phillies teammate Carlos Ruiz heading to home plate. That's because Ruiz had just belted a solo, walk-off homer to beat...

Baseball Sweet-swinging rookie Hunter Pence has helped turn Houston's season around • Will the struggling Cardinals put third baseman Scott Rolen on the trading block?

Astro Dynamic

The Dodgers, a contender in need of some pop, could use Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen (right) in their lineup. Dealing a major part of a championship nucleus would be a bold move, but St....

Next in Line

Some veteran U.S. stars are lying low while others are still looking toward Beijing

Biding His Time

1 The goodwill with which Juan Pablo Montoya began his rookie season is being used up quickly. His aggressive driving has ruffled more than a few feathers in the garage. In last Saturday's Nextel...

HERE ARE the five things that were going through my mind as I was being strapped into the coffin-shaped cockpit of an Indy car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

What do the kids think? SI recently asked 70 teenage boys and girls, all serious golfers, for their opinions on equipment, politics and Barry Bonds--and if they think Phil Mickelson will win the...

Having started from scratch, the game is catching on among the upwardly mobile citizens of the city that's synonymous with India's economic ascendancy

Harrington's the toast of Ireland

WHO: Ryuji Imada

Which is the more prestigious senior major?

Charity, tradition and Lone Star pride suffer on the new PGA Tour

by JIM GORANT

Once-mighty Seve Ballesteros tied for last in his Champions tour debut

All of Zach Johnson's Tour victories, including last week's at the AT&T Classic, have come in Georgia. If he can win one more there--the season-ending Tour Championship--he could wind up as...

Air guns at 20 paces. Last Wednesday, 168 of NASCAR's best, and most earnest-looking, athletes took part in the annual Nextel Pit Crew Challenge in Charlotte, an event one crew member described as...