April 05, 1999 | Volume 90, Issue 14

1. How Is Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke doing?

Brew Ha HaHealthy Milwaukee can contend in the injury-ravaged National League Central

The mariners' next Randy Johnson is making good progress. Nineteen-year-old Ryan Anderson, a 6'10" lefthander and the 19th player picked in the '97 draft, dazzled the team with his fastball and...

O.K., SO IT'S Opening Day! What say we all go out to the ballpark and get nobody's autograph!

Those who sought to keep Don Haskins out of the Hall of Fame are not fit to carry his shoes.—THOMAS MORE LEINENWEBER, Chicago

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8.7Overnight rating in Miami for the Orioles-Cuban national team game, 85% higher than the average local rating for Marlins games last season.

Twenty-five years have passed since O.J. Simpson first took part in the Superstars competition, yet the 10 events that comprise this weekend's taped CBS Sports Spectacular from Montego Bay include...

Today's saturation TV sports coverage leaves nothing to a fan's imagination

Cal fans learn that a basketball championship by any name smells sweet

•That Havana becomes the next major league expansion city.

Sarajevo 2010?Collateral Damage

3Consecutive no-hitters thrown by Woodland (Calif.) High pitchers on March 12, 19 and 23.

Hoist One for PeaceOn March 22 Sri Chinmoy, an Indian peace leader who lives in New York City and performs feats of strength to advance his cause, lifted 200-pound barbells over his head with each...

If you had ventured last fall to tab the Duke basketball player most likely to be a first-round draft pick, chances are you wouldn't have chosen Jay Heaps, a 5'9", 155-pound, seldom-used point...

An on-line betting operation based in Antigua was accepting wagers last week on whether Eugenia Williams would judge the Holyfield-Lewis rematch.

BERNIE BICKERSTAFFWizards coach, after his club dropped a 113-83 bomb on the Cavaliers: "Sometimes you're the pigeon, and sometimes you're the statue.'

Retirees love the chance to work at training camps

The masters is sold out in advance-the waiting list for tickets is so long that officials stopped adding names to it in 1978—network television coverage is limited to the back nine, and the...

At the world championships, an American is outrun by the Africans—again

A Golfer's Lifeby Arnold Palmer, with James DodsonBallantine Books, $26.95

Two pals raised on the Riviera helped bring Auburn another title in Indy

As more skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers travel into the backcountry, they run the risk of being caught in an avalanche. The majority of people killed by avalanches are not crushed to death....

World champion Ricardo López of Mexico rules the lightest weight classes

Russia may be crumbling, but its skaters increase their international domination

Marissa Irvin, Santa Monica, Calif.TennisIrvin, a freshman at Stanford, was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's women's player of the month after winning the singles title at the Rolex...

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and CNN team up on the Internet to offer the latest sports news and stats. This week get prepped for Opening Day: Check out our exclusive team and player pages, stay on top of...

After Purdue's top scorer was felled by injury, her best friend took charge and carried the Boilermakers to victory over Duke in a melodrama-rich NCAA final

By winning the Players, unflappable David Duval assumed the world's No. 1 ranking and matched his dad's win on the Senior tour earlier in the day

Rear GuardPurdue playmaker Ukari Figgs drops into a one-point stance during the Boilermakers' NCAA semifinal defeat of Louisiana Tech (page 54).

Hunter Pingston played hooky from his eighth-grade science class at Kennedy Middle School in Rockledge, Fla., last Thursday, informing his principal that he had to visit the dentist. A credible...

After years of saying they would dominate the sport, Venus and Serena Williams proved they were on their way by meeting in the Lipton final

HOCKEYTrade deadline is too earlyDifficult decision for Wings' LidstromMontreal's goal shortage

The NHL suffers because the deadline for deals is so late in the season

In July the most-sought-after unrestricted free agents will be forwards Theo Fleury of the Avalanche and Mark Recchi of the Flyers, but here's another name that should draw a lot of interest:...

D MURRAY BARONCanucks1998-99 salary: $2.6 million

A blinding accident hasn't stopped David-Alexandre Beauregard

Draft NoticeWally Szczerbiak and others boosted their NBA stock at the NCAAs

Canadian OakCharles Oakley has finally stopped pining for New York

With boos from the home fans raining down on him after each miss, Celtics forward Antoine Walker was I for 14 from the floor (he finished with six points) in an 87-68 loss to the Timberwolves last...

You know Portland is deep, but did you know that seven players lead the Blazers in major stats categories? Through Sunday, Isaiah Rider led in scoring (15.7 ppg) Damon Stoudamire in assists (6.9),...

The flash of Kings rookie Jason Williams, the triple doubles of the Suns' Jason Kidd (below) and the three-way trade involving Stephon Marbury, Terrell Brandon and Sam Cassell have created lots of...

Healthy at last, the Knicks' Kurt Thomas is inflicting pain, not enduring it

Texas Shoot-outTerry Labonte survived a war of attrition to win at last in his home state

Diane Holl is the lead engineer for the McDonald's team

3Drivers who have completed all 1,002 laps run in the three Winston Cup races held at Texas Motor Speedway since it opened in April 1997. They're Terry Labonte, Dale Jarrett and Bobby Labonte, who...

Year of the CatsWith 16 starters back from a 12-1 team, Arizona is sitting pretty

Augusta's attempt to slow down the long hitters actually gives them a bigger edge

James Byrnes, who served as a Supreme Court justice (1941-42), lived in Aiken, S.C., just across the Savannah River from Augusta.

has more wins than any other twentysomething on Tour, but there's one big hole in his record

The One and OnlyQuick, Somebody get that man's coat size. David Duval can try to hide behind his dark glasses, but his place in golf's pecking order is no longer obscured by the shady logic of the...

They say that everything in the Augusta paper about the National is okayed by a member, but he isn't talking

The most exclusive spot in the game? A place at the table for the Masters' past champions' dinner

Dottie Pepper had that look in her eye last week, and, sure enough, by the end of the Dinah a major record had disappeared

After a suicide try and a battle with the bottle, has vowed to make the most of his second chance

Long ShotsAlive and Kicking

What do these players have in common?

Did Tiger Woods make a mistake in firing his caddie, Mike (Fluff) Cowan?

If history is any indication, don't expect Players champ David Duval to win next week. Jack Nicklaus ('76) and Jerry Pate ('82) each went on to tie for third at Augusta, but nobody has won the...

So what if my buddy JoAnne Carner is older than dirt? Her money's still good with me

John Engler, AugustaEngler, a sophomore at Clemson, led the Tigers to their fourth victory of the season, at the San Juan Shootout, by tying for first with David Christensen, a freshman at East...

Bob Jones has seen the changes at Augusta National, and he's not happy