May 19, 2003 | Volume 98, Issue 20

Ben There, Done ThatSixers guard Allen Iverson has to come up with an answer on the fly for Pistons center Ben Wallace as the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year challenges his shot during Game I...

JANUARY 20, 1992

There is not a surplus of nightlife in Ottawa, whose name derives from the Algonquin otta ("open") and wa ("till 6 p.m."). Or so I'd heard. Ottawa was the only major league city in North America...

After a bout with frostbite, Olympic champ Rulon Gardner wrestles on

2Career Three-home-run games for Reds second baseman Aaron Boone, who hit three homers last Thursday against the Cardinals, bringing his total since 1997 to 78.

CompletedThe 13 laps he failed to finish in the 2001 German 500 CART race, Alex Zanardi. On Sept. 15, 2001, Zanardi, a two-time CART champ and one of the circuit's most popular drivers, lost both...

Yao Ming, who reports for duty with the Chinese national team this week, returned to China on April 26 and was, in the words of his marketing rep, Bill Sanders, "blown away by the impact SARS has...

Bobby French, a high school baseball player in Austin, has asked the public address announcer to introduce him as Bobby Freedom.

MARK GRACEDiamondbacks 39-year-old first baseman, complaining to a stadium disc jockey about Sly (left) & the Family Stone being played over the P.A. during batting practice: "How about...

As part of this country's ongoing efforts to help people from other nations make the All-Madden team, Buccaneers linebacker Shelton Quarles gave a demonstration of the ancient art of blocking to...

MAY 16-22

Along Comes Mary, Horn Swoggle, No Mike for Mike

The former manager of the Mets and the Rangers is an analyst on Baseball Tonight

Sorry I'm late. I had to drop Bob Ryan off at sensitivity training class.

The 300 Club

Brooks McKowen, FAIRBANK, IOWABasketballBrooks, a senior point guard at Wapsie Valley High, brought his career scoring total to 2,831, the most in state history. He also became the first male Iowa...

ROGERS RATIO: b. Lefty Grove wan 300 games and lost 141 for the A's and the Red Sox from 1925 to '41, a .680 winning percentage.

Point guard extraordinaire Jason Kidd and the improved Nets could give the West a test if they make the NBA Finals

Phil Jackson's ticker isn't the only indication that Western teams are vulnerable

Two shocking playoff series comebacks have the hockey-mad fans of Minnesota believing in Stanley Cup miracles

Everyone's a reporter in the world of fan-driven, rumor-mongering college websites, forcing coaches and players to watch their every step

The Rangers' Rafael Palmeiro celebrated his 500th home run—and accepted long overdue recognition—in typically understated fashion

Southern Mississippi running back Derrick Nix was bound for the NFL until he was blindsided by a life-threatening disease

Baseball

Run Out of TownThe go-go Marlins lead the majors in stolen bases, but they couldn't save manager Jeff Torborg's job

BARELY MANAGING

NEW YORK MESS

Star SearchNBA scouts are finding it harder to come by young prospects overseas

One of the more controversial prospects in Europe is 7-foot center Darius Lavrinovic, who averaged 10.3 points in his native Lithuania before serving two years for a rape committed with his twin...

After 12 months of foreign success, Brian McBride is thriving Stateside

If the U.S. hosts the Women's World Cup this fall, as is expected following FIFA's decision to move it from China due to SARS, one effect is clear: The Americans will have a much better chance of...

In 25 years I've been to at least 1,000 press conferences. World Series, Super Bowls, prizefights—huge rooms full of tough guys. But the most gripping press conference, the most unforgettable one,...

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