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TABLE OF CONTENTS
June 11, 2001 | Volume 94, Issue 24
The Rockies' Larry Walker has all the major league tools, and he wields them like a master craftsman
Never underestimate the power of women. After centuries of men cheapening, exploiting and bloodying the nose of boxing, women are making it even worse.
June 11, 2001 Change of OpinionWhen Barry Sanders (above) retired within reach of the NFL rushing record, I felt he was being selfish and letting down both his fans and teammates. I feel that I owe Barry an...
June 11, 2001 Letters
June 11, 2001 | Sunny Wu JUNE 11, 1979
Ty Cobb's dentures are among the bizarre objects coveted these days by crazed collectors
Highlights
For the budding racing enthusiast, a stable of websites can provide an introduction to the sport
For the better part of a century, man has been devising reasons to stay away from the game. First, radio pulled voices out of the air and into a box in our living room. Then that box sprouted a...
Americans are trying to learn to love soccer, but it's not always easy, especially when, as happened last Saturday, ESPN2 peremptorily decides to show an MLS game between the Mutiny and the...
The unbalanced schedule has Boston's big foes burned out on Pedro
Tom Seaver (11-3) vs. Steve Carlton (3-12)17 games, 1970 to '83. Even in Lefty's 27-10 Cy Young season of 72, Mets' Seaver has upper hand: only pitcher to beat Phillies ace twice that year.
June 11, 2001 The Supreme court's decision last week in PGA Tour v. Martin, in which the high court ruled that the Tour must allow Casey Martin the use of a golf cart during tournaments, was merely the latest...
June 11, 2001 Baseball uniforms are so...uniform. Maybe that's why players seize opportunities to personalize them. Take the pants legs. Like women's hemlines, they've risen and fallen more than the stock...
June 11, 2001 84Batters struck out by opposing softball pitchers Alicia Hollowed of Fairfield (Calif.) High and Kelly Anderson of Woodland in a 30-inning, 1-0 Woodland victory; Hollowed set a national high...
June 11, 2001 (Q) How are home run distances measured?
June 11, 2001 Issued•By the International Skating Union, an order to judges of pairs skating and ice dancing advising them to deduct a tenth of a point for "undignified" moves. Among those subject to penalty...
If you were stoned or sloshed during the Carter or Reagan Administrations, ABC's Battle of the Network Stars may have seemed as funny as anything on TV. In 19 episodes from 1976 to '88, this...
June 11, 2001 It's not easy being green—or purple or yellow or any of the other bright hues that those fuzzy team mascots come in. A study released last week shows that pro mascots suffer remarkably high rates...
June 11, 2001 NFL playbooks have been kept less secret than the details of Giants cornerback Jason Sehorn's wedding to actress Angie Harmon (below). Although it's known that the nuptials will be held on June 9...
June 11, 2001 A Wayne, N.J., company is selling the $19.95 Potty Putter, which includes a tiny portable green, a miniature putter, two plastic balls and a cup and flag, allowing golfers to practice while...
June 11, 2001 JIM THOMEIndians slugger, on tying the Cleveland record with his 242nd homer: "It means even more to me because I did it all with one team."
Baseball and golf: New York politics, Boston's last hurrah and Gentle Ben
As Bill Cleary retires as Harvard athletic director, he rips the ills of college sports
June 11, 2001 Not every sports hero is the subject of trade talks or office-pool calculations. On campuses across the country, the athletic careers of many college stars culminated with a third strike, a...
Stellar Sparks guard Mwadi Mabika is living the girlhood dream she had in Zaire
June 11, 2001 Kala Bowers, WOODWARD, OKLA.BasketballKala, a senior forward at Woodward High, was named the Oklahoma girls' high school player of the year after leading the Boomers to a 26-1 record and the Class...
To be at their frightening best, the Devils need to face the terror of losing
June 11, 2001 For complete coverage of the NBA Finals, including exclusive on-site analysis from Phil Taylor and Marty Burns, go to cnnsi.com/basketball.
In 1999 Southern Hills, the site of next week's U.S. Open, had swastikas and obscenities burned into its greens with acid. The case was hushed up, but last week the man charged with the crime,...
With a mix of power pitching and dugout sorcery, the once-reeling Cubs reeled off an improbable 12-game winning streak
One reason the Cubs have been so successful is that opponents are having trouble making contact against Chicago pitchers. Through Sunday righthander Kerry Wood (above) led all big league starters...
June 11, 2001 Pop StarRockies third baseman Jeff Cirillo goes flat out to catch a foul fly off the bat of Giants catcher Benito Santiago during a 10-4 Colorado victory.
Dikembe Mutombo vindicated a hotly debated trade by powering the 76ers past the Bucks and into the Finals
There's just no accounting for the charmed life of the Lakers' Rick Fox—unless you believe in old-fashioned hard work
June 11, 2001 | John Eisenberg There aren't many great fighters in the Naval Academy's annual boxing tournament, but there are always plenty of great fights
AWOL from Colts workouts, Edgerrin James is cruising through the off-season at a pace worthy of the NFL's two-time rushing champion
June 11, 2001 Baseball
Mis-MannersOld rules of baseball etiquette are taking a bashing from today's young players
Each June the major league team with the worst record in the previous season makes the first selection in the amateur draft. There have been 36 such drafts, and only two teams with the top...
Two advance scouts, one from each league, reflect on what they saw and heard last week:
RED SOX 2, BLUE JAYS 1June 2
Venus FallingAs the star-starved French Open showed, the women's game is suddenly in a swoon
No male player did more in Paris to damage his reputation than Marat Safin. Last year, as a 20-year-old, the Russian prodigy rode a scintillating backhand, a huge serve and an engaging personality...
Sittin' PrettyFree-agent-to-be Martin Lapointe is in prime position to cash in this summer
Alex TanguayAVALANCHE LWThe 12th pick in the 1998 draft, he had a 51-point rookie year in '99-00. Swift and lithe at 6 feet and 190 pounds, he improved his numbers this year to 27 goals and 50...
Don't be surprised if the Flyers sign at least two high-profile free agents this summer. Expect Philadelphia to make a big pitch for centers Joe Sakic and Jeremy Roenick as well as defenseman Rob...
Can anyone at Southern Hills cut down Tiger Woods, who tore up the field at the Memorial?
The key to success at Southern Hills? Avoiding disaster on these three ferocious par-4s, says Nick Price, the last man to win a major there
A narrowly avoided confrontation with Hogan is the author's most vivid recollection of the 1958 Open
June 11, 2001 •Soreslam ThisKarrie Webb has won four of the last seven majors, by an average of six shots.
After two trips to the city playoffs, this bunch of beginners can call themselves the new Bronx Bombers
Getting a 130,000-pound laurel oak out of the ground proves to be a devilish task
Annika Sorenstam's husband chronicles a week that didn't work out for his wife, who couldn't keep Karrie Webb from storming to her second straight U.S. Women's Open win
He doesn't look like a sculptor, this amiable 50-year-old in work shorts and safari shirt, but when George Ross (above) climbs into the cab of his John Deere 750C and straps on his goggles, he's...
Deborah Couples's SuicideUnhappy Ending
There's no better place for a pro to wait out a rain delay than the locker room at Muirfield Village, site of the Memorial. The spread includes shrimp the size of lobsters, crab claws, filet...
What do these players have in common?
Does Greg Norman deserve a special exemption into the U.S. Open?
U.S. courses that have never hosted a major but should: Bandon Dunes, Cypress Point, Muirfield Village, National Golf Links, Pine Valley, Prairie Dunes, Seminole, Sand Hills, The Golf Club, TPC...
The action is always hot at Southern Hills
June 11, 2001 | Stanley Mosk The Tour's fear of carts is the same form of bigotry that caused the Caucasian-only clause
June 11, 2001 Last week the Supreme Court ended Casey Martin's 3½-year crusade against the Tour by ruling that he has a legal right to ride a cart during Tour events. In a 7-2 vote, the justices decided that a...
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