August 09, 1999 | Volume 91, Issue 5

Ricky Williams, you got taken, but good.

Brett Hull had about as much control over that puck as I have over the weather.—DWIGHT ANDERSON, Milford, N.Y.

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DON'T MISS

2.3National rating for the final stage of the Tour de France on ABC, Lance-ing the rating for the network's broadcast of the 1998 Tour by 80%.

You won't see Art Modell waving a rubber dawg bone during the new Browns' preseason opener against the Cowboys in Canton, Ohio (ABC, Monday, 8 p.m.). The owner of the old Browns hasn't been...

It's easy to pick the greatest sports movies ever made: Just keep your eye on the ball

Baseball caught a break when the umpires gave themselves the thumb

•That Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. stay healthy and make it a three-way Y3K.

Locker Room VoyeursSex Spies and Videotape

46,000Tickets sold at $6 each for the Packers' Aug. 7 intrasquad scrimmage at Lambeau Field.

Two Jets fans known as Horse and Fireman Eddie have signed a licensing agreement with NFL Properties.

ROBERT FORDDolphins wideouts coach, on the coming season: "If we keep our receivers healthy and out of jail, we should be O.K."

Sonic Fast BreakSure it's a reach for a sports magazine, but we couldn't resist showing you a supersonic highlight from the mid-Pacific Division. Civilians seldom see a plane at the moment it...

Demetrius Dubose had a quick smile and a bright future, but while filling out a questionnaire for the 1990 Notre Dame media guide he gave a chilling response. Asked to finish the phrase, "When I'm...

Tiger Woods's Showdown at Sherwood with David Duval on Monday continued a tradition of dubious duels from Aaron Burr vs. Alexander Hamilton in 1804 to Muhammad Ali's 1976 draw with Japanese...

More sports disputes are being settled out of court

As ballplayers step up to the plate for the final third of the season, all eyes are on Tony Gwynn and Wade Boggs as they pursue membership in the 3,000 hit club. Swing by these sites to track them...

In Confederations Cup, the U.S. showed it's the most improved team in the world

AWAY GAMESThe Life and Times of a Latin Ball PlayerBy Marcos BretónPhotographs by José Luis Villegas, Simon & Schuster, $23

Reporter Lisa Guerrero-Coles isn't a villainous vamp, but she plays one on TV

Joann Holverson, Orland Park, Ill.VolleyballHolverson, 46, became the first Illinois high school coach to win two state volleyball championships in the same school year by guiding Carl Sandburg...

Proving even more elusive off the field than on it, made a quiet but stunning exit from the

In the two years he coached Barry Sanders, Bobby Ross was criticized for not giving his marquee back the ball more often when the Lions were near the opponent's goal line. But for all his...

As they closed in on magic hit number 3,000, and looked back on eerily similar careers that established them as the top contact hitters of their time

Check out our exclusive on-line college football conference previews and chat about the upcoming season with SI's B.J. Schecter on Thursday, August 12 at 2 p.m. ET.

We may be nearing the end of an era when contact hitters can earn their keep without hitting home runs

THE NFL

Dumb Luck?Ryan Leaf's injury may be a blessing in disguise for the Chargers

Pitcher PerfectUnheralded reliever Dan Wheeler saved the U.S.'s Olympic hopes

Can Bobby Valentine's Mets finally dethrone the Braves and give him his first division title?

If Angels general manager Bill Bavasi is convinced that Eric Young's injured left ankle is healed, the Dodgers' disgruntled second baseman and base stealer could join Anaheim after he comes off...

Have defenses gotten better than ever in recent years, or are official scorers more inclined to credit hits on plays that are really errors? The question arises because, through Sunday, the Mets...

Aug. 1, 1999Dodgers 4, Diamondbacks 2

One man's ballot for baseball's best starting nine

Hall of Fame heavyweight is on his feet again, only a year after he was found neglected and near death, a virtual prisoner of his own family

Tour de France winner used a triumphant whirlwind return to the U.S. to peddle a message of hope

The 1999 Tour riders may have been the most exhaustively tested athletes ever

Corkscrews, death dives, knife-edge turns: A new generation of roller coasters raises the stakes for those in search of cheap thrills

10 PNE COASTER, Pacific National Exhibition, VancouverThough the PNE was the site of his NDE (near-death experience), Rodriguez (below) loves this "rickety wooden workhorse."

Big ErrJason (Rat Boy) Collins wipes out during the "Big Air" portion of the Panasonic Shock Wave surfing competition off Huntington Beach, Calif.

Almost a decade after his defining moment, soldiers on

Ryder Cup ControversyStars and Gripes

What do these players have in common?

Were the course conditions at Carnoustie unfair?

Chris Jenkins, Little RockJenkins, 29, an insurance broker, won the Arkansas Amateur Stroke Play with a two-over 215 at Paradise Valley Athletic Club in Fayetteville. A scratch golfer, Jenkins was...

It shouldn't take a near fatality for the Tour to allow caddies to wear short pants to work

The players who want to cash in on the Ryder Cup are selling out the game

Putting the Majors to Bed

With a rush to victory in the du Maurier, Karrie Webb cleared a major hurdle