November 26, 2001 | Volume 95, Issue 21

Throat CulturePackers wideout Bill Schroeder shows it's better to give than to receive as he performs a near tonsillectomy on Falcons cornerback Ashley Ambrose during Atlanta's 23-20 win.

The strongest high school field hockey player in all of western Massachusetts stands 6'5", weighs 205 pounds and would look better in his skirt if he shaved his legs. His name is Ryan Sherburne,...

NBA Nit-pickingJack McCallum believes (SCOUTING REPORTS, Oct. 29) Mike Finley, Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki are "a Big Three as good as any since Bird, Parish and McHale." Hmmm. I know the Bulls...

Letters

And vice versa, as the once ubiquitous freebie vanishes from the sports scene

Highlights

If you follow the college hoops Mid-Major Top 25, you will not be shocked come mid-March

It's a Tuesday night at the Brunswick Zone Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick, N.J., and Danny Wiseman is most definitely in the hizzz-ouse. "He's exotic, he's different, he's off the wall!" ESPN...

TNT's Inside the NBA is already only half analysis (the rest is the Charles Barkley-Kenny Smith insult-fest), so last Thursday's shameless in-show promo with drivers Kevin Harvick and Michael...

JULY 6, 1992

Big Mac has a clear path to the Hall, but what about Jose Canseco?

1936Inaugural entry roster reads like a Who's Who of baseball's formative days: Cobb, Ruth, Wagner, Mathewson, Johnson

If anyone should be saying, "I want respect, and I want people to think I've got talent," it's Britney Spears, not an athlete who had just cemented his position at his sport's apex. Still, there...

Dolphins receiver Oronde Gadsden may be fast on the field, but it's when he's on the road cruising on his BMW CI Executive motorcycle that he thinks he's a superhero. 'You just feel that you're...

23Number formed by the jerseys of Bulls rookies Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler as they pose side by side on the cover of the team media guide.

There are only two occasions when it's acceptable for a grown man to cry: while listening to Lou Gehrig's farewell speech and while watching Brian's Song, the 1971 tearjerker about Bears halfback...

If a commercial's success can be measured by the number of underage dorks who quote it feverishly, then few have done better than the original ads for Miller Lite. Indeed, like many who weren't...

Sought•By the Queens County (N.Y.) District Attorney, the extradition from Pennsylvania of Jerome Brandl, 34, on charges including criminal impersonation and grand larceny. The D.A. says that...

Warriors guard Gilbert Arenas is used to turning heads when he cruises down the street blaring rap music out of the six 12-inch Rockford Fosgate speakers and five 1,000-watt amps installed in his...

Paul Chambers, 50, switches the arena surfaces at Boston's FleetCenter between hockey and basketball games.

The parent company of ShopRite supermarkets has agreed to pay $100,000 for the naming rights to a Brooklawn, N.J., elementary school gym.

DEION SANDERSFormer NFL All-Pro, after his seven-year-old son, Deion, was flagged for doing a touchdown dance in a youth football game: "Why you gotta throw a flag? He's doing what Daddy taught...

Elizabeth Pitman, WHITEFISH, MONT.SoccerElizabeth, a senior midfielder at Whitefish High, had 28 goals and 13 assists this season to finish her career with 101 goals and 40 assists and break the...

Campus Cagers

EARLY RISER: a. LSU guard Chris Jackson (now Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf) averaged 30.2 points in 1988-89.

This holiday season it's a three-way race among video-game systems. Your pick?

Ending Hasim Rahman's seven-month joyride as the heavyweight champion, Lennox Lewis regained the title and a measure of respect for his career

A bum knee and a drab offense have Washington's Jaromir Jagr playing as if he's wearing a ball and chain

Buddies Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker are lifting Boston and fueling a debate: Which of the young frontliners is better?

Whether he's screaming or scoring, there's no stopping fiery 49ers receiver Terrell Owens

Linebacker Takeo Spikes has taken the makeover of the perennially woeful Bengals into his own hands

A softy off the field and tough as nails on it, Nebraska's fleet-footed Eric Crouch has emerged as the top Heisman contender

Nebraska Quarterback Eric Crouch may not have eye-catching passing numbers, but he's the leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy because he can run. By rushing for 953 yards and 16 touchdowns in...

The NBAToughest job in the league?Late Pacers' pick dazzles at the pointClippers' salary-cap follies

Catch Peter King's exclusive take on Sunday's action every Monday morning while Dr. Z ranks each and every team each Tuesday at cnnsi.com/football.

Out of OptionsThe Knicks are old and undersized, but rebuilding them could cost a G.M. his job

Further proof that Clippers owner Donald Sterling operates in another universe: Los Angeles acquired Vinny Del Negro from the Suns last Friday in a three-way deal so that his $2.3 million salary...

Turning the TideSuper sub Andrew Zow has led Alabama to back-to-back wins and into the bowl picture

YA GOTTA LOVE THIS GUYMuch of what Georgia fifth-year senior fullback Verron Haynes has done this fall can't be found in a box score. He's the emotional leader of the offense and a good blocker,...

Josh Reed's move from tailback to wideout has been a godsend for LSU

Fast and FuriousWith a dazzling display of speed and power, the Jets have shot to the top of the AFC East

WORD ASSOCIATIONWith the Ravens' Shannon Sharpe, who on Sunday broke Ozzie Newsome's NFL record for career catches by a tight end

This winter the NFL's 10th free-agent class will hit the market, and it may be the weakest crop of available players since unfettered free agency began in 1993. Leaving aside potential salary-cap...

It seems like a year ago, but only two months have passed since Jeff George was the Redskins' quarterback, Marty Schottenheimer was the coach whom his players hated, and the Skins were...

After a road trip to celebrate their bonding as a team, eight University of Wyoming runners made the fateful choice to head home on the state's most treacherous highway

Still scarred by his famously inapt remarks, Fuzzy Zoeller aims for a fresh start on the Senior tour

Karrie Webb may have won the LPGA's season-ender, but Annika Sorenstam refused to cede the spotlight

UBS Warburg CupRyder Lite

When the Hall of Fame ed the bar to induct Payne Stewart, who had only II victories, it greatly improved the chances of induction for many of his contemporaries whose win totals aren't worthy of...

To make the LPGA Hall of Fame, players must have been on tour for 10 years and amassed 27 points: One point is awarded for a victory or for earning the Vare Trophy (low scoring average) or the...

If I learned anything in 2001, it was the true meaning of the term 'rookie mistake'

•World-beatersErnie Els and Retief Goosen give South Africa its first World Cup win in five years.

The World Cup turned out to be a microcosm of Tiger Woods's 2001 season: He was better last year

The U.S. team wasn't alone in coping with bad news back home