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TABLE OF CONTENTS
April 09, 2001 | Volume 94, Issue 15
Hey, kid, you know why your mitt is always empty when you come home from a major league game? It's because you've got no clue!
AUGUST 12, 1974
April 09, 2001 It's great you put Nomar Garciaparra on your cover. He's the rarest of sports creatures: an in-shape baseball player.—JAY FRANCIS, Colorado Springs
April 09, 2001 Letters
Sports, unlike much of American life, often reward what seem like absurd aspirations
Highlights
A mixed bag of quick takes and longer, more serious fare, sportsjones is a thinking fan's site
On March 27, two hours before Alonzo Mourning made his return to the Heat (page 54), he was leading Turner Sports reporter Craig Sager through the bowels of American Airlines Arena, looking for a...
It was bad enough that CBS relegated last Saturday's Ericsson Open women's final between Jennifer Capriati and Venus Williams to tape delay. Worse, with Capriati about to serve for the match at...
College basketball's coaching carousel makes little sense
Lonny Baxter, center, MarylandAfter first-round no-show, averaged 19.8 points and II rebounds over next four games.
April 09, 2001 This week two heralded athletes will begin making their marks in U.S. sports: 7-foot center Wang Zhizhi, who will become the NBA's first Chinese player when he signs with the Mavericks, and...
April 09, 2001 Few things can vault a college athletic program from obscurity to notoriety faster than a controversy over gender equity—especially when it involves the rights of exotic entertainers. Such is the...
April 09, 2001 72NBA scouts on hand for the McDonald's High School All-American game, from which college coaches were banned.
April 09, 2001 Traditionally, yoga has called to mind long-haired, flower-powered peaceniks oming their way to nirvana. Try telling that to the disciples of power yoga, the souped-up aerobic version of the...
The best big league games I've ever seen were played on the floor of my boyhood bedroom. The players were cards inscribed with a series of black-and-red numbers. When those figures were combined...
April 09, 2001 SuedThe NFL, by former Browns tackle Orlando Brown, over the career-ending injury he suffered in 1999 when struck in the right eye by a referee's weighted flag. Brown seeks $200 million from the...
April 09, 2001 | Anna Holmes How did you get into braiding?
April 09, 2001 Remember the XFL's juicy pledge to encourage its cheerleaders to date its players? So far none of the XFLers are known to have taken the bait—perhaps She Hate Me?—but at least one NFL star has....
April 09, 2001 Australia's National Rugby League suspended John Hopoate for 12 games for inserting his fingers into opponents' rectums during scrambles for the ball.
April 09, 2001 TIE DOMIMaple Leafs enforcer, after grappling with a heckler who tumbled into the penalty box during a game in Philadelphia: "It's nice to see the fans get involved, I guess."
April 09, 2001 Jamaal Williams, CORONA, CALIF.BasketballJamaal, a senior forward at Centennial High, was named Riverside County player of the year after leading the Huskies to a 29-4 record. Jamaal, who averaged...
Clutch three-point shooting was key as coach Mike Krzyzewski completed his own trifecta, leading Duke to its third NCAA title in 11 years)
Notre Dame rode the shoulders of All-America center Ruth Riley to its first NCAA championship
April 09, 2001 This week follow our hole-by-hole coverage of the Masters: complete leader boards, up-to-the-minute scoring and daily reports from the Golf Plus team at cnnsi.com/augusta.
Record-setting scorer Jackie Stiles stole the spotlight and nearly won a title in the process
Despite a dire kidney disease, Alonzo Mourning of the Heat made a surprise return—in plenty of time for the playoffs
Already paying dividends for the Rangers off the field, Alex Rodriguez tripped all over himself during his debut with Texas
April 09, 2001 Bleacher ReachersRangers leftfielder Rusty Greer can't get a glove on a two-run blast by Blue Jays third baseman Tony Batista as fans get ready to lay their mitts on the ball during Toronto's 8-1...
At 38, Capitals captain Adam Oates is on the verge of breaking numerous team and league records, but does anybody really know him?
By winning the Ericsson, a sharply focused Andre Agassi showed that even at 30 his best may be yet to come
April 09, 2001 BASEBALL
Fallen StarsWith a dismaying number of baseball's best players beginning the season on the disabled list, teams scramble to fill the gaps
Don't tell the Red Sox, whose season began unraveling before it started, that March goes out like a lamb. While coping with the absence of Nomar Garciaparra (wrist injury) and the chronic...
The SpoilersEdmonton is the team to avoid in the Western Conference playoffs
BRUINS
Last week's incident in which Tie Domi attacked a fan who had fallen into the penalty box in Philadelphia's First Union Center could have been avoided. The plexiglass behind that box is the lowest...
The Coyotes' veteran, who was unwanted before the season, is a contender for goaltending's top honor
Down to The WireIn the wild Western Conference, there's playoff intensity in the fight for playoff spots
Two general managers say the league should revise its rules for injury exceptions as a result of Alonzo Mourning's return on March 27 The Heat received a $3.92 million exception (using it to...
On the up-and-down play of the Trail Blazers:
April 09, 2001 | Kelvin C. Bias Even rookie guard Mike Penberthy finds it hard to believe he's a Laker
Trade DeficitThe Broncos have a talented running back to deal, but no takers
When they traded defensive end Kevin Carter to the Titans for the 29th pick in the April draft, the Rams were bashed by the media for getting too little for the 1999 NFL sack leader. Carter, whose...
After selling team owners on his plan to turn their league around, quickly led the CBA into bankruptcy
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