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TABLE OF CONTENTS
July 24, 2000 | Volume 93, Issue 4
July 24, 2000 Carl Everett does more in his article to prove the existence of Neanderthals than any biology text I've ever read.—Stephen Cecil, La Grange, Ky.
July 24, 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, 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y....
July 24, 2000 | Adam Himmelsbach January 19, 1987
News of a musical based on the life of Jesse Ventura sparks a quartet of closing numbers starring other athletes
Highlights
Even in Class A, the Web is integral
TNT's switch of NBA games from Fridays to Thursdays poses some risks
Neil Sheehan's A Bright Shining Lie is one of the best books about Vietnam. The title also describes what former Blue Jays manager Tim Johnson chronically told regarding his military service...
A Hall of Fame voter puts Michael Irvin in perspective
1. Lynn Swann (1974-82) his numbers aren't good enough is the argument. My pitch has been quality over quantity. He saved his best for when the stakes were highest.
The Magic has made so much progress in the past two weeks that it's getting ahead of itself. One week after five-time All-Star Grant Hill announced he would sign with Orlando for a reported $675...
July 24, 2000 Q Why does the U.S. Postal Service sponsor a cycling team?
12-1Odds on Tiger Woods winning the British Open by more than five strokes, posted on the British gambling site sportingodds.com.
Larry [n.] A loss. Often used by pitchers. ("I only gave up a run, but I still got the Larry.") Origin unknown. Toronto righty Paul Quantrill recalls using the term with ex-teammate Dan Plesac as...
July 24, 2000 Remember the Titans (opens Sept. 29)
July 24, 2000 OUTFITLime-green shirt, argyle sweater, black no-pleat pants, all cotton and microfiber blends; from J. Lindeberg's Fall 2000 collection.
July 24, 2000 Dropped•USA Network's plans for a Marge Schott biopic. Exec Adam Shapiro cited difficulty making the chain-smoking former Reds owner "a compelling character."
July 24, 2000 This week follow our hole-by-hole coverage of the 129th British Open: complete leaderboards, in-progress scoring and daily reports from SI's Alan Shipnuck and Gary Van Sickle.
July 24, 2000 1. Tracey Stewart poses with a statue of her late husband, golfer Payne Stewart, as Tiger Woods and others look on, at the Waterville Golf Club in County Kerry, Ireland.
July 24, 2000 A catty remark that Anna Kournikova made about Elizabeth Hurley may come back to haunt the tennis teen queen. During Wimbledon a British tabloid picked up a comment that Kournikova (with Hurley,...
July 24, 2000 Dennis Rodman has a new Internet site, rodmantv.com, that will provide live Webcasts of his Newport Beach, Calif., house parties.
July 24, 2000 SAMMY SOSAAfter being told he'd tied Joe DiMaggio with his 361st career home run: "That's the guy whose girlfriend was Marilyn Monroe?"
Three-year-old Hallowed Dreams sprinted into the record book with her 16th straight win
Tennis pro Nicole Pratt has to work on her budget as hard as on her backhand
Safety Michael Green, drafted last by the Bears, may make the NFL—or may not
The 1999 Women's World Cup is a tale of a U.S. victory and a gender revolution
July 24, 2000 Bob Strampe, SAGINAW, MICH.BowlingStrampe, 69, a bowling center owner, rolled a 300 in a 790 series in the Men's Summer Trio league to become the first bowler in American Bowling Congress history...
The world's three greatest sprinters transformed the U.S. track and field trials into the Maurice, Michael and Marion Show
July 24, 2000 A Waist PitchAngels first baseman Mo Vaughn gets a gut check after fouling off a ball against the Dodgers last Saturday.
Making a molehill out of a mountain, Lance Armstrong surged toward his second Tour de France win
Last year Mike Sweeney found his batting stroke, a new position and inner peace. Now the Royals' first baseman is a big hit at the plate and with Kansas City fans
Mike Sweeney's .355 average through Sunday was fifth best in the American League. A career .258 hitter before last season, Sweeney hit .322 in 1999, raising his career average 29 points. Sweeney's...
The induction of Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott into the Hall of Fame next week will be a fitting celebration of their superb 49ers teams—and of their great friendship
July 24, 2000 THE NHL
July 24, 2000 | Eric Duhatschek Hold Out LongerOttawa must deal disgruntled star Alexei Yashin, but now's not the time
The league is setting up a panel to examine what seems to be a rising number of head injuries, though no official stats have been kept. The panel will be made up of medical and hockey...
No Team's ImmuneEven the Braves suffer pitching woes, and Andy Ashby is the latest cure
Someone forgot to tell Tigers closer Todd Jones that baseball is supposed to be a coldhearted business. Jones, 32, who pitched in his first All-Star Game last week, says he won't seek an...
Following the leads of USA Basketball and Hockey, USA Baseball will field a team of professionals—though not current major leaguers—for the 2000 Games in Sydney. Led by former Dodgers manager...
July 14, 2000 Mariners 7, Padres 5
The Next Big ThingEddy Curry may be the next high school player to go straight to the NBA
The rising tide of violence and verbal abuse by adults at youth sports events reached its terrible peak this month when one hockey father killed another
Sorry. Can't talk. Just finished nine with Earl Woods. Filled up two notebooks and half of a third. Can somebody move that postal notice off the bottom of this page?
The evening sky, cracked like a mirror, was a surreal mixture of blue streaks and swirls of gray and purple clouds. One gleaming white thunderhead hovered above the red 100-yard flag where Tom...
Loren Roberts may be 45, but as he demonstrated last week with his eight-stroke victory in Milwaukee, a player on his A game is still better than Tiger Woods on his B game. Remember this fact of...
July 24, 2000 Deb Means, Savage, Minn.Deb, a senior at Burnsville High, won the AA state individual championship while leading the Blaze to the team title. Deb, whose father, John, coaches the men's team at...
July 24, 2000 | Ken Towns The Publinks was a labor of love for real laborers back when I won it 51 years ago
July 24, 2000 •Old Glorywhat's more impressive, Loren Roberts's 260 in Milwaukee or the age—45—at which he shot it?
July 24, 2000 Old CourseCareer SlamJean Van de VeldeBoss of the MossRaymond FloydMerit ClubAnnika vs. KarriePaul LawrieMossbacksTom Kite
To this foursome from Wisconsin, nothing's bigger than the Tour stop in Milwaukee
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