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TABLE OF CONTENTS
May 20, 2002 | Volume 96, Issue 21
DECEMBER 19, 1983
May 20, 2002 Ripped NetKenyon Martin (Good and Nasty, April 29) wonders why he is considered an on-court thug? Well, six flagrant fouls and seven game suspensions may have something to do with it. However, now...
May 20, 2002 LETTERS
If it seems that everyone and his agent is in prison today, they are. Darryl Strawberry, Jim Brown, Dexter Manley, Nate Newton, Willie Mays Aikens, Rae Carruth, Denny McLain and agent Tank Black...
Spelling bees and memory contests are taking on the trappings of big-time sports
Why did the Saints suddenly fire their highly regarded general manager?
May 20, 2002 | Adam White DOES HUMIDITY AFFECT THE FLIGHT OF A BASEBALL?
$133Price of Triumph International Japan's limited-edition lingerie set, which commemorates the World Cup with bra cups covered in faux goal netting and panties with an image of hands catching a ball.
May 20, 2002 Jocks are in demand as commencement speakers
May 20, 2002 Athletes in every sport have long believed in the vexing power of hexes
With the June 8 Mike Tyson-Lennox Lewis bout coming up, we grilled HBO boxing announcer George Foreman.
A quiet winner who carved out a career by following legends
May 20, 2002 AllegedSexual advances and inappropriate comments by boxing promoter Don King, in a civil lawsuit filed by medical technician Deborah Klimo. She says King touched her breast and tried to kiss her...
The Triple Crown winner's greatest moment came in a defeat
May 20, 2002 The onetime home run king takes a queen: On April 20 Mark McGwire, 38, married former pharmaceutical sales rep Stephanie Slemer, 24, in a low-key ceremony at the Mansion at the MGM Grand, an...
May 20, 2002 Mavericks fan Becky Jones clearly had great expectations while I attending her team's May II playoff loss to the Kings at the American Airlines Center, but the 29-year-old mother-to-be didn't know...
May 20, 2002 An Australian Rules football player, Peter Filandia, was suspended for 10 games after admitting he bit an opponent's scrotum during a match.
May 20, 2002 DARIN ERSTADAngels outfielder, upon returning to the lineup after missing seven days with a concussion: "I felt like I hadn't played in a week."
May 20, 2002 More bark and bite: For a Mike Tyson scrapbook packed with past SI covers and stories, plus the latest analysis from Richard Hoffer, go to cnnsi.com/si_online.
May 20, 2002 MAY 17-MAY 23
A Live-wire Act, Real Cowboys, Kicks at Nite
May 20, 2002 Todd Meyer, YORK, PA.BaseballMeyer, a senior shortstop at Alvernia College, batted .589, hit 21 homers and had 74 RBIs in a 23-game span, earning him five straight Pennsylvania Athletic Conference...
May 20, 2002 Just for Kicks
May 20, 2002 GOOD HOSTS: b. although the world cup was held Mexico in both 1970 and '86, Mexico has never won a tittle.
As he storms toward his showdown with Lennox Lewis, is Mike Tyson the ultimate psycho celebrity in the midst of a public breakdown—or the shrewdest self-promoter in boxing history?
Even for one of the most highly paid athletes of this extravagant era, keeping a rein on the of budget can be a challenge. After all, to paraphrase Everett Dirksen, $400,000 in pet expenses here,...
May 20, 2002 Board StiffKimiko Soldati goes parallel (sans bars) during competition last week at the 2002 Speedo Fina/USA Grand Prix in Coral Springs, Fla.
Once again Tim Duncan and San Antonio were overmatched by the Lakers, who pushed the Spurs toward playoff extinction
An ailing Doug Christie rallied to put a hurting on the Mavericks and help Sacramento close out the series
As Ken Griffey Jr. prepares to return, the upstart Reds, with a trio of young outfielders, are holding their own
May 20, 2002 | Jamal Greene A chronicle of Ken Griffey Jr.'s time with the Reds
Goalies, beware. With the rules saying go for it, the surest route to scoring in the playoffs is to skate right smack through the goal crease
Cast into the wilderness by the Ravens, undersized running back Priest Holmes has found a home, and stardom, in Kansas City
After leading four nations to the World Cup, Bora Milutinovic took his magic act to China, saving his toughest trick for last
May 20, 2002 BaseballRockies' Hampton hits low pointRed Sox lose slugger RamirezFuture dim for hapless Devil Rays
Into Thin AirMike Hampton has struggled with his control and lost his confidence in Colorado
RANGERS 2, TIGERS 0May 10
Stevie WonderThough slowed by a nagging knee injury, Steve Yzerman has the Red Wings in tune
In the wake of the bickering over the supplemental discipline handed down in the postseason by NHL director of operations Colin Campbell, one of the suggestions being floated by league executives...
Since firing Ron Low on April 15, Sather, the New York general manager, has interviewed or expressed interest in speaking with the following candidates:
Amarillo Slim once beat Bobby Riggs in Ping-Pong using a skillet. He whipped Evel Knievel in golf using a hammer. He beat Minnesota Fats in pool using a broom.
May 20, 2002 | Harry Hurt III What kind of golfer are you? Fill in the Golf Instruction Profile Scorecard to find out
An overdue truce between ruling bodies unifies the rules—in 2008
If there is a conflict next year, Tiger Woods will play the Byron Nelson Classic, not the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open. Woods reveres Nelson and knows it would be a p.r. disaster to dis Lord Byron in...
May 20, 2002 | Derek Hardy Teenager Natalie Gulbis has star quality, but she must fix her unorthodox swing to avoid meltdowns like the one she suffered on Sunday
How did Shigeki Maruyama prevail at the Byron Nelson Classic? By leading the tournament with 39 one-putt greens....
May 20, 2002 | Derek Hardy To visualize swing plane, imagine a sheet of glass stretching from your eyes down to the ball. During the swing, the club should travel just inside this glass. I often use the Stik swing aid to...
May 20, 2002 The highlight of the LPGA's Electrolux Championship was a May 7 concert featuring tournament hosts Vince Gill and Amy Grant, but it wasn't Nancy Lopez's duet with Gill that had the tour buzzing....
May 20, 2002 Sophie Gustafson speaks freely about finally conquering her stuttering
May 20, 2002 VOTE AT golfonline.com
At the Byron Nelson, an effervescent Shigeki Maruyama put some kick into the start of Open season
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