July 27, 1998 | Volume 89, Issue 4

August 13, 1973

Although your article on Scotty Bowman was well-written, it would have been nice to have seen him and Steve Yzerman holding the Stanley Cup on the cover.—Jerry Muzar, Norman, Okla.

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Gerry from Boston weighs in with some thoughts on sports talk radio

•That Jim Bouton, spurned for so many years by the Yankees, suits up and pitches a 1-2-3 inning when he makes his Old-Timers' debut on Saturday.

58Leftfielders who have played next to centerfielder Ken Griffey Jr. in the 10 seasons Junior has been with the Mariners.

REY ORDOÑEZThe 25-year-old Cuban defector landed on American soil in 1993; in three seasons with the Mets he's shown he can cover nearly every inch of that ground with his glove. No one since...

A new league-sanctioned pro football video game, NFL Xtreme, features cyberplayers who limp when injured, talk trash, flex over fallen opponents and, according to a promotional release, perform...

JIM BOWDENCincinnati Reds general manager, upon learning that Mark McGwire was sitting out a game during a recent Reds-Cardinals series in St. Louis: "I'm glad. That leaves three less walks I have...

Departments

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and CNN team up on the Internet to offer up-to-the-minute sports news and stats. Follow SI's Peter King as he hits the road and visits NFL training camps—read his exclusive camp...

They held a light heavyweight title bout at the Garden, and all the loons came out

The author's French forebears were paid no heed before the final—or after it

Nikki McCray was looking out for herself when she bolted the ABL for the WNBA

This Bloody Mary Is The Last Thing I OwnBy Jonathan RendallThe Ecco Press, $23.95

When the NFL wanted to start selling trinkets, Roy Rogers was its man

Krystle Newquist, a 14-year-old first baseman from Lemont, Ill., says that after learning recently that her late grandfather had been an alcoholic and had died of cirrhosis of the liver, she...

Cory Pickos, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.WaterskiingPickos, 34, a waterskiing instructor, won the men's tricks competition at the U.S. Open with 10,270 points, 210 more than Russell Gay of Winter...

The Eyes of England......were upon Justin Rose on Saturday at Royal Birkdale, where the 17-year-old finished fourth in the British Open, the best showing by an amateur since 1953.

Saturday 7/25

We're hooked on Saturday fishin' shows! We sit our bass down to watch ESPN's The Bass Class (9 a.m.) and Inside Big Game Fishing (9:30 a.m.), you bet. Or we flick that remote-control doohickey...

After channeling his anger over an All-Star Game snub into a home run streak, the White Sox' Albert Belle stood accused of turning his wrath on a woman in a case of domestic battery

BASEBALLThe Phillies' comeback kidsWohlers's woesIs Gwynn starting to slide?An underexposed Expo

The Last LaughThe butt of jokes a year ago, the Phillies are now a wild-card contender

Save opportunities are few and far between for Montreal's Ugueth Urbina

Even great hitters eventually decline, and Tony Gwynn's time may be near

Patriot GamesIn the Davis Cup, Andre Agassi and Jim Courier find a reason to play on

Still the ManDan O'Brien turned back time, and Chris Huffins, at the Goodwill Games

Even as a boy, Marv Albert hated dogs. "Every time you open the door," he'd complain, "they run away."

He's DrivenA teen barely old enough to drive cruised to victory at the U.S. Public Links

SorenstampedeSe Ri Pak has become such a presence on the women's tour that the QUIET PLEASE signs at last week's JAL Big Apple Classic in New Rochelle, N.Y., included a message in Korean: "Please...

I started playing golf when I was 14, but it was three years later when I saw my future. That was when I saw Nancy Lopez on TV. I didn't know she was a great golfer. All I knew was that she always...

The hopes of a nation soared with 17-year-old sensation Justin Rose

The tale of the most cherished trophy in golf began when Young Tom Morris needed a belt. Morris's third straight British Open title, in 1870, gave him the right to keep the championship belt, a...

Ole Miss Funkiest: A month after undergoing laser eye surgery and then blowing a Sunday lead at the Kemper Open, Fred Funk stayed on the beam at last week's Deposit Guaranty Classic in Madison,...

What do these players have in common?

Hale Irwin has more than a handful of top five finishes

84Official score of Michael Jordan in the pro-am of last week's Ameritech Senior Open. Observers counting his shots, however, had Jordan for an 87.

PGA

The Bel-Air Bomber

Tiger Woods didn't win, but he took a giant step forward at Royal Birkdale