September 16, 2002 | Volume 97, Issue 11

'Cane and AbleMiami wideout Andre Johnson showed he had the wherewithal to catch this touchdown pass over Florida cornerback Keiwan Ratliff during the top-ranked Hurricanes' 41-16 win in...

Sweet DealHow happy did it make me to read that my Indians offered Alfonso Soriano $1.6 million, and then the Yankees came in and almost doubled it (He's Arrived, Aug. 26)? About as happy as I am...

LETTERS

JULY 6, 1970

I saw the mystified American basketball team lose last week to teams from troubled Argentina (whose peso is equal in value to those gold-foiled novelty chocolate doubloons) and Yugoslavia (which...

Baseball's new drug testing program is the laughingstock of experts who see it for what it is—a toothless public relations ploy

Former phenom Tamir Goodman switches from college ball to Israel

After much public debate, host Wisconsin allowed West Virginia's Mountaineer mascot (left) to wield his musket during Saturday's game despite a school policy against firearms on campus. Good...

$1,624.02Amount paid by the winning bidder on eBay for the chance to serve as a reporter for USOpen.org for one day at tennis's 2003 U.S. Open.

Quick with a joke, slow with a game plan, Honest Abe did it his way

Why you don't need to remember his nameBecause he goes by Commissioner of Tailgating.

DiedOf complications from Alzheimer's, Frankie Albert, 82, college football's first T-formation QB. A tailback for a Stanford team that won one game in 1939, Albert moved to quarterback in coach...

O.K., by applause, how many of you think the only Grand Slam that really matters is at Denny's?

By finishing Third and pulling in $3,750 with partner Brent Doble at the AVP Shootout last Saturday, the three-time Olympic gold medalist became the first beach volleyball player to earn $3...

SEPTEMBER 13-19

Street Fare, Enberg Gushes, Courier Keeps Mum

How's this for a naked bootleg? After suiting up as quarterback for the Miami Fury of the Independent Women's Football League, Anita Marks briefly ditched her gear for a six-page spread in the...

Most of the players who were waving their arms, yelling and stomping their feet at the World Basketball Championships last week were playing aggressive D. The New Zealand team, however, was doing...

A silver medalist at the World Bridge Championships has been stripped of her medal for refusing to submit to a postmatch drug test.

JOSE LIMAFormer Tigers pitcher, after being lifted from the rotation before his release last Saturday: "This is embarrassing for me. I feel like leftover food you put in the refrigerator, and the...

Carly Patterson, BATON ROUGEGymnasticsCarly, 14, won the all-around junior title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Cleveland. She finished second in balance beam and third in floor...

During a grueling five-game, five-day, 5,520 mile odyssey the author discovered how football has rekindled a nation's spirit

The A's and Angels, baseball's two hottest teams, steamed into a September showdown that will decide who rules the West

The four AL West teams will play within the division for the final three weeks of the season. Although the A's held a two-game lead at week's end, the Mariners had the best intradivision record,...

While Serena Williams blitzed the women's field, Pete Sampras won his fifth U.S. Open and left no doubt that he's the greatest men's player ever

(These guys hate each other. No, really.)

Coming off back surgery and an agonizing decision not to go to the NFL, Maryland linebacker E.J. HENDERSON must prove himself all over again

E.J. Henderson isn't the only NFL-caliber collegian who chose to stay in school for 2002. Here are five others.

Since last Sept. II the traditional sporting virtues of courage, strength and endurance have meant more than ever. Here are the stories of 10 Americans who in that span have overcome personal...

When his world crumbled, the kid from Oakland kept hope alive

In Ohio a top rusher mixes old-school football with small-town values

The star softball pitcher worked through her grief one inning at a time

Get inside the NFL: Peter King gives you his exclusive online take in the Monday Morning Quarterback, and Dr. Z rates every team at cnnsi.com/football.

Living by the sword, this New Yorker has traveled far

Can a high jumper be called disabled when he has taken on all comers and won?

When nothing else could stop the tears, she found comfort with her teammates

Swimming saved his life in World War II. At 84 he still sets records

His lifting career began 19 years ago, when he was 48

This three-sport athlete happens to excel at rodeo

Chasing the high school home run record, he riveted the Hawkeye State

The NFL

Like a Real ProWith his Redskins showing a balanced but opportunistic offense, Steve Spurrier bagged his first NFL win

TRADING E-MAIL WITH ...Ravens coach Brian Billick

It is time to take a thoughtful, dispassionate look at the Houston team that pulled off the biggest opening-day upset in recent years. It shocked me because I was the genius who predicted a Dallas...

Three losses in the worlds exposed fundamental flaws in the U.S. team

All's Not O.K.Preseason No. 1 Oklahoma suddenly has some major problems to fix

Michigan WR Braylon Edwards versus Notre Dame CB Vontez DuffWolverines coach Lloyd Carr has anointed Edwards, a 6'3", 200-pound sophomore, as the next big-play wideout in the David...

It's hard to pick the more impressive aspect of North Carolina's 30-22 victory over Syracuse: junior Dan Orner's tying an NCAA record by making three field goals of 50 yards or more, or that after...

Boston BluesAfter a promising start to the season, the high-priced Red Sox have inexplicably fallen out of the playoff race

NEXT UP IN THE WEEK AHEAD

It's out-and-out discrimination! To be barred from a golf club based on your genitals is an outrage! And for 78 years now!

Neal Lancaster, the Tour's resident comedian, played some funny golf on the final hole in Canada, allowing John Rollins to have the last laugh

The death of a cameraman casts a pall over golf's unseen working class

The Solheim Cup will be a lot more fun than the Ryder Cup. What makes these matches work is bad blood and accumulated grievances, and while the Ryder's edge has been blunted by a year's...

Neal Lancaster's Canadian Open calamity was caused by a crisis of confidence, a problem that afflicts all levels of pros, even Ryder Cuppers

In 54 previous starts on the PGA Tour, Canadian Open winner John Rollins had only one top five finish.... Runner-up Justin Leonard has finished second 12 times in his eight years on Tour and has...

Making an arm swing that's out of sync with the body turn causes all sorts of problems. Here's a simple drill to learn the feel and technique for maintaining this crucial relationship between the...

From the Be Careful What You Wish For Dept.: Augusta National members tell SI that among the new additions to the club are Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who had been campaigning for membership...

If the Solheim Cup is a war, then beware Cristie Kerr, who is sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps. Kerr, 24, will be making her Solheim debut next week at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn.,...

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Robert Karlsson, golf's designated seeker of truth and Winner of last week's European Masters, has taken a New Age route to success