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TABLE OF CONTENTS
December 23, 2002 | Volume 97, Issue 25
December 23, 2002 Bowl-Bound BuckeyesOhio State unstoppable (Next Stop: Fiesta Bowl, Dec. 2)? Let them play Iowa and see how unstoppable they are. This Michigan fan hopes Ohio State gets run over by Miami. Either...
December 23, 2002 LETTERS
December 23, 2002 | Merrill Noden SEPTEMBER 12, 1977
When I was 16, my father, with Wite-Out, rolled forward the odometer on my birth certificate so that I could sell beer at Minnesota Twins games, where the official brand was Schmidt, whose...
The turf is injurious, the fans are obnoxious and the whole place reeks: We're sorry to say farewell to Veterans Stadium
Why so many hockey players are picking up high-tech sticks
December 23, 2002 TRAVELS OF A TWO-SPORT STAR
72Straight losses by the women's basketball team at Division II Minnesota-Morris, an NCAA record, before a 56-40 win over Crown College on Dec. 10.
December 23, 2002 ScopedThe left knee of Tiger Woods, who had fluid around his anterior cruciate ligament and benign cysts removed during a one-hour procedure in Park City, Utah. Woods had been bothered by...
Determined
December 23, 2002 Who's winning the battle, Hootie Johnson or Martha Burk? SI's Hootometer tells all.
December 23, 2002 | Bill Scheft I forgot to get the Sunday papers. Help me out here. How many Heisman votes did Carson Daly get?
The 6'5" host of CBS's Late Late Show played Division I basketball at Montana State from 1981 to '84. He groomed for his current gig by working as a sportscaster, including three years as an...
December 23, 2002 How's this for a lineup: Allen Iverson at the point, rapper Jay-Z on the wing. That's the strategy at Reebok, which has begun a marketing partnership with the rapper called the S. Carter...
December 23, 2002 He's been through the desert...and his horse has a name. Dubai's 53-year-old crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (7) rode Qais, his Arabian gelding, in last Saturday's 120-km...
December 23, 2002 Sylvester Stallone and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. are planning to make Rocky VI.
December 23, 2002 PAUL MAURICEHurricanes coach, on when goalie Kevin Weekes (left), who's out with postconcussion syndrome, would take an NHL-mandated neurological test to determine his return date: "I don't know...
December 23, 2002 DECEMBER 20-26
Heisman Hurrah, Glossing LeBron, A Soccer Story
December 23, 2002 Katie Ridd, FAIRFAX, VA.Field HockeyRidd, a Wake Forest junior goalkeeper, held opponents scoreless in the four rounds of the NCAA championships as the Demon Deacons won their first national title...
December 23, 2002 Reindeer Games
December 23, 2002 POINT SETTER: d. Knicks forward Bernard King lit up the Nets for a Christmas-record 60 points at Madison Square Garden in 1984, but ex-Knick Micheal Ray Richardson scored 36 to lead New Jersey to...
In a showdown of division leaders Green Bay proved that it was ready for the playoffs by stopping the 49ers
Unfazed by the loss of two quarterbacks, coach Andy Reid kept his Eagles on course and now has them closing in on the NFC's top seed
Headed by commanding Syracuse freshman Carmelo Anthony, a bumper crop of fearless first-year players is already making its mark
Since 1972-73, when freshmen first became eligible, here (in order of impact) are the five seasons in which they played their most prominent role.
December 23, 2002 Revisit the top stories and memorable moments of 2002 in our year-in-review package, plus check out sport-by-sport story lines for 2003 from SI's experts.
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Not even Penguins teammate Mario Lemieux can match Alexei Kovalev for on-ice wizardry
All is right again in Georgia, where the beloved Bulldogs have reclaimed their gridiron legacy
December 23, 2002 Water WingsCal goalie Russell Bernstein seems to rise miraculously high as he homes in on a shot by Stanford during the NCAA championship game in Los Angeles. Stanford won 7-6.
Is 28-year-old Theo Epstein—the youngest G.M. in history—ready for one of baseball's most scrutinized jobs, running the Red Sox? He'd better be
Boston's new G.M. has already been hard at work, swinging three trades in his first three weeks on the job and taking three players in Monday's Rule 5 draft of minor leaguers. But he has more...
When they were both 7-foot phenoms at LSU, Stanley Roberts schooled his buddy Shaquille O'Neal. Why, then, was Roberts such a bust in the NBA? And why does everybody still love him?
December 23, 2002 Baseball
If Pete Rose hopes to be reinstated, he must admit he bet on his sport
The Braves' efforts to repair a bullpen that has lost Mike Remlinger, Chris Hammond and Tim Spooneybarger could come to a halt (Atlanta acquired lefthander Ray King from the Brewers on Monday) if...
Strictly BusinessThe Colts' Marvin Harrison quietly added the league's single-season receiving record to an impressive résumé
TRADING E-MAIL WITH ...Cowboys QB Chad Hutchinson, the former Cardinals pitcher
The first time the Broncos and Raiders Met, in a Monday-nighter in November, the teams were headed in opposite directions. Things looked very bright for the hometown Broncos, who were cruising...
Van Hailin'The Nets made Keith Van Horn a goat, but the Sixers sing his praises
On the struggling Lakers, who were 10-15 at week's end:
I love hunting. Man versus nature. My cunning against the animal's. That's why I take only the most basic gear, because I believe in the hunter's code of "fair chase."
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