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TABLE OF CONTENTS
February 07, 2000 | Volume 92, Issue 5
Two NFL stars.
Two days. Two seat belts unbuckled. Two horrible accidents.
January 3, 1972
February 07, 2000 A Piece of the RockCongratulations on saving the worst for last—ending the century by introducing us to John Rocker (At Full Blast, Dec. 27-Jan. 3). A suggestion to Braves management: Take Rocker...
February 07, 2000 Letters to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED should include the name, address and home telephone number of the writer. They may be mailed to The Editor, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Time & Life Building, New York,...
SATURDAY 2/5
Did President Clinton deliver his State of the Union address last Thursday in the U.S. Capitol or the All-Star Cafe? Sitting directly to Hillary Clinton's right in the gallery was Hank Aaron....
Cross-Training,or cross-straining? Nike's ad campaign for its new Air Cross Trainer II urges viewers to turn from their televisions to their computers to learn how each commercial "ends." In the...
February 07, 2000 | John Walter Brian Kenny pulled an all-nighter to serve ESPN viewers piping-hot tennis with their oatmeal
There's burgeoning subculture of devoted sports fans for whom no Jews is bad news
Ted Cottrell is the latest black assistant shut out of a top job
How do you mend a broken heart? Well, $140 million over eight years—the largest contract in baseball history—might help. That's the offer Tigers slugger Juan Gonzalez reportedly received from...
10-2Software designer Dave Holt's record predicting the last 12 Super Bowl winners by computer simulation.
Teed Up For
Trouble
Sebastian Janikowski jeopardizes his future in the NFL and the U.S.
On the one hand, Sebastian Janikowski is a gifted athlete with a dry wit and a
clear vision of his future:...
On the Australian Olympic Committee's original list of
torchbearers for the Sydney Games was former Australian judo champion and 1976
Olympian Warren Austin Richards, who's serving a 12-year...
ALLAN HOUSTON
New York Knicks guard, on having to eat at a McDonald's in Washington, D.C.,
after snow grounded the team's charter flight: "It was just like a humbling
experience."
February 07, 2000 ExposedDick Williams, who pleaded no contest to indecent exposure in Fort Myers, Fla. The skipper of the A's 1970s dynasty, in town for a fantasy baseball camp, told the the New York Daily News,...
It's doubtful that any American athlete who survived World War II was as penalized by the conflict as was Don Budge, who died last week at 84. When the war came, Budge was in his mid-20s, at the...
Ever since he was scratched from the Predators' lineup on Nov. II, Nashville defenseman Jan Vopat has been itching to return to the ice. Trouble is, itching is what got him scratched in the first...
February 07, 2000 Erick Baumann, River Forest, Ill.SoccerBaumann, 28, the men's soccer coach at Dominican University, was named Chicago Collegiate Athletic Conference coach of the year for the second time in three...
When conventional wisdom screamed that he should run down the clock, Mike Martz stuck to his guns and went for broke
By taking the Rams all the way, Dick Vermeil erased some of the pain the '81 Super Bowl loss brought to his beloved Eagles
Treated to a royal reception in England, Mike Tyson proved that he's still a contender with a brutally efficient second-round knockout of Julius Francis
Loaded with talent but stuck on the bench, Philadelphia's Larry Hughes may have to go elsewhere to find work
The world's top-ranked players, Andre Agassi and Martina Hingis, had a chance to escape the heels of their respective nemeses in Australia, but only one of them did
High-flying, shot-defying Cincinnati center Kenyon Martin is taking his game and the Bearcats to new heights
February 07, 2000 Loose As a BruceRams receiver Isaac Bruce has plenty of room—and cause—for celebrating after scoring the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXIV (page 38).
Scouts who ignored Mexican slugger Erubiel Durazo have huevoson their faces after his dazzling Arizona debut
February 07, 2000 COLLEGE BASKETBALLVolunteers uprisingNCAA plan to bench CinderellaRecovery at Seton HallRhode Island wreckage
Mr. ExcitementMarcus Camby sends a charge through the Knicks and their fans
The thinking behind the Raptors' willingness to deal shooting guard Doug Christie for a point guard is that they can then move free-agent-to-be Tracy McGrady into Christie's starting spot, which...
A new offense has helped Cleveland guard Bob Sura regain his confidence
It's a Guy ThingThe surprise at Tennessee is that the men's team is making more news that the women's
While all four No. 1 seeds looked indomitable, an interesting battle shaped up among the second seeds. As things stand now, the No. 2 spot in the Midwest figures to go to the Big Ten's best team:...
The NCAA play-in plan would stick it to the little guy
Since getting the rules down, Betty Lennox has been all but unstoppable
Man of MysteryControversy and question dog Sabres goaltender Dominik Hasek
WAYNE GRETZKYRANGERS CTwo seasons ago with the Rangers he led the NHL with 67 assists, and his 53 last year ranked sixth. The Great One, now 39, says he misses the game. And the game sorely misses...
NHL director of officiating Bryan Lewis showed poor judgment by not assigning one of the league's top referees to last Saturday's Devils—Red Wings matchup, featuring the return to Detroit of New...
February 07, 2000 | Kevin Conley New CBA owner Isiah Thomas is selling a high-scoring, high-quality brand of minor league hoops, but is NBA commissioner David Stern buying?
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