June 02, 2008 | Volume 108, Issue 22

For Pete's Sake

He's got a Jones for jams, but Charles Barkley stays honest and emerges intact

WHO'S Hot

Are managers too strict on pitch count of their pitchers?

Admitted In federal court last Thursday that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 1997 to 2001, former Olympic sprinter Antonio Pettigrew (above). Pettigrew, 40, who was part of the U.S.'s...

BRIAN BANNISTER Royals pitcher, on why he has better stats in day games than in night games:

The St. Paul Saints, whose stadium is eight miles from where Sen. Larry Craig was arrested last year, held a "bobblefoot" giveaway: Fans got a model of a bathroom stall with a tapping foot...

Hefty rookie contracts have NFL vets steamed

2 Returning scholarship players the Indiana basketball team will have next season; four players have been cut since the end of last season.

MIKE PIAZZA, the best hitting catcher of all time, left professional baseball the way he came in, without a fuss. Twenty years ago he was taken by the Dodgers as the 1,390th pick in the draft. His...

THE STAR-CROSSED love story of Redskins tight end Chris Cooley and former cheerleader Christy Oglevee (below) had a happy ending: The couple wed in Lansdowne, Va., last Friday, three years after...

Wii Fit invites gamers to get off the couch and get physical

BUCCANEERS LINEBACKER

What to watch and watch for

CHRIS SIMON was an NHL rarity: a recidivist thug who often broke the code of ethics that governs even violent enforcers, yet, by dint of his gentle off-ice nature, his sympathetic backstory (he...

Riza Zalameda LOS ANGELES > Tennis Zalameda, a senior at UCLA, rallied to beat Susie Babos of Cal 3--6, 6--3, 6--2, helping the Bruins win their first NCAA women's tennis championship; she was...

The Interview Mark Cuban DANCER

SPORTS IN REAL TIME. ALL THE TIME. ALL FREE.

SPORTS IN REAL TIME. ALL THE TIME. ALL FREE.

Possession is nine-tenths of the battle between the Red Wings and Penguins. Three years after the NHL rejiggered its rules for more offense, the league has its ideal championship matchup

SPORTS IN REAL TIME. ALL THE TIME. ALL FREE.

Knocked out of the race, Danica Patrick was fuming while Scott Dixon was cruising to victory in a rejuvenated 500. Can U.S. open-wheel racing build on its recent merger and keep the momentum going?

SPORTS IN REAL TIME. ALL THE TIME. ALL FREE.

Sports in Real Time • All the Time • All Free

Baseball The market for starting pitching could get a lot more interesting if the Indians and the Brewers don't climb into contention • The truth behind Dice-K's gaudy numbers

Going Places? Unlike last summer, there won't be a lack of decent starters on the block; some of them might surprise you

The Red Sox' Daisuke Matsuzaka (right) is off to what appears to be a great start (8--0, 2.40 ERA). Look deeper and you find that his underlying performance hasn't been nearly as gaudy. Matsuzaka...

Break Point Paul Hamm's hand injury adds a fateful twist to his comeback—but don't count him out of the Beijing Games

1. THOMAS DALEY Great Britain Before a home crowd in Sheffield, England, the 14-year-old diving sensation, with partner Blake Aldridge, won the 10-meter synchro event at the FINA World Cup. Daley...

I AM HERE to fight the power. I am here to rage against the machine. I am here behind Detroit's Joe Louis Arena in the hours before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, and a man is lifting up his...

Every Body Missed Celtics guard Rajan Rondo (9) rode the back of teammate James Posey, who locked onto Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace, but none of them got the ball in Game 2 of the Eastern...

Is No. 2 looking better than No. 1?

Is the 30-year-old, $1.5 million Corning Classic being forced off the LPGA tour?

WHO Phil Mickelson

"Even if Greg Norman had won the Senior PGA, I don't think he'd play on the Champions tour. He doesn't need or want competitive golf."

Was the setup at Oak Hill over the top for the Senior PGA?

DAVID FEHERTY is back on the course after his run-in with a semi and so is his Five Questions segment, in which he queries golf people about the game. Sometimes it's good, but sometimes the...

Is there any such thing as a friendly round with Lee Trevino?

Great call by the USGA to play the 14th at Torrey Pines as a 277-yard par-4.

PGA of America will test for drugs at the PGA Championship and Ryder Cup

Though he contended in a senior major, Greg Norman says there's no way he'll become a regular on the Champions tour

In an era short on QB talent, coach Steve Clarkson is developing future stars

THE INSULT is as old as the minor leagues themselves: We'd trade that guy for a bag of balls. John Odom (above) hasn't sunk that far, but he's close. Last week the Calgary Vipers of the...