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TABLE OF CONTENTS
August 19, 2002 | Volume 97, Issue 7
AUGUST 21, 1972
August 19, 2002 Monday Night MaddenBAM! goes my heart. I couldn't be happier that John Madden will be on Monday Night Football (Monday Evening Quarterback, July 29). In recent years I've been watching with the...
August 19, 2002 LETTERS
"When I was a kid of seven or eight," says Vin Scully, in a voice like drawn butter, "we had a big four-legged radio in our living room in New York. And I loved to get a pillow and a glass of milk...
Twenty-five years after he left the building for the last time, SI celebrates Elvis Presley's wide world of sports
The King and the Sultan
August 19, 2002 Why they call her Large MargeDydek, at 7'2", is the tallest player in WNBA history by four inches. In her fifth season playing center for the Utah Starzz she was leading the league in blocks (3.71...
Players who crossed the picket line in 1995 are still searching for acceptance
10Athletes who have played in both the NBA and major leagues, including 6'9" lefthanded pitcher Mark Hendrickson, who made his debut with the Blue Jays last week and who played forward for four...
Beverly Hills 90210 actor Jason Priestley crashes
August 19, 2002 TOP U.S. SURFER HOLLY BECK, REVIEWS THE MOVIE BLUE CRUSH
August 19, 2002 AgreedTo attend anger management counseling, NASCAR driver Tony Stewart, 31, who punched out a photographer after the Brickyard 400 on Aug. 4. Stewart, who's had several previous public eruptions,...
August 19, 2002 | Bill Scheft By applause, how many of you had Aug. 15 in your strike date office pool?
The St. Louis-born rap star—his second album, Nellyville, is at No. 3 and has sold more than 2.3 million copies this year—went into music after a promising high school baseball career that earned...
August 19, 2002 Mix a former Baywatch babe, a tough hockey player and a swank Las Vegas hotel and what do you get? A very mellow wedding. Actress Angelica Bridges (whom you may have seen as Troy Aikman's...
August 19, 2002 Down Under took on a new meaning for this unlucky cowboy during the bareback bronc riding competition last weekend at the Mount Isa Rodeo in Mount Isa, Australia. Held each August in the same...
August 19, 2002 The Class A Mahoning Valley Scrappers are hosting Jim Traficant Night to honor the expelled Ohio congressman who just began serving an eight-year prison sentence for racketeering and bribery.
August 19, 2002 TODD MACCULLOCHNewly acquired 76ers center, on who he'd like to see star in an Anna Nicole Smith-style reality show: "Allen Iverson, because he's entertaining. He's underrated as a funny man."
August 19, 2002 AUG. 16-22
Tyson: Reality Bites, How to Follow a Chick
August 19, 2002 Bill Minahan, TAMPABadmintonMinahan, 73, won his fourth consecutive gold medal in the 60-plus age group at the U.S. Transplant Games, which are held every two years. Minahan, a former high school...
Battle lines are being drawn in football-crazy Texas...welcome to the NFL's rowdy new rivalry
After belting his 500th homer only last season, late boomer Barry Bonds busted another milestone in his run at Hammerin' Hank
No player in major league history has hit more home runs between his 35th and 38th birthdays than Barry Bonds, who turned 38 last month. Here are the only players who have hit as many as half the...
Beach volleyball celebrated its most prestigious event with a rare live TV appearance, spurring hopes that better days—and crowds—are ahead
August 19, 2002 Appreciating Bonds. For more on Barry Bonds's milestone—including a career homer log, scrapbook and time line—go to cnnsi.com/baseball.
Anchored by reluctant closer John Smoltz, the red-hot Braves have made a shambles of the National League
Along with John Smoltz, these relievers have made Atlanta's bullpen baseball's best (stats through Sunday).
Miami's assistant head coach has gone from digging ditches to King of the Trenches and has given the Hurricanes the best offensive line in the country. Again.
August 19, 2002 Snap JudgmentsFrance's Mehdi Baala is shutterbugged after collapsing in exhaustion—and joy—upon hearing that the judges had declared him the photo-finish winner of the 1,500-meter final at the...
Rich, talented and supremely self-assured, Phil Mickelson is a gambling man who has yet to rake in golf's biggest pot—a major title. Is he tormented by that? Don't bet on it
Lefty's quest for the Big One has so far produced only near misses and agonizing failure
August 19, 2002 The NFL
Coming to GripsThe Rams' season could hinge on how Kurt Warner's fragile right thumb holds up
You can't overstate how much the Browns will be hurt by the loss of outside linebacker Jamir Miller, who suffered a season-ending right Achilles tear in the preseason opener at Minnesota last...
Hello, HoustonLed by a makeshift rotation, the Astros quickly climbed into NL Central contention
Although the players' association did not set a strike date on Monday, the possibility of a walkout still existed. The 1994 strike not only led to the first cancellation of a World Series but also...
When the winningest quarterback in NFL history retired, in 1999, he took all that cool, all that glory and all that cash, and he galloped into the sunset.
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