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Stephen Cannella is a staff writer at Sports Illustrated. Since joining SI in 1995 he has covered baseball, hockey and a variety of subjects for the magazine's Scorecard section. He writes SI's weekly Inside the NHL column and is a regular contributor to SI.com. Cannella grew up in New Britain, Conn., and is a 1995 graduate of Boston College, where he majored in English and math. He considers his piece on David Cone's 1999 perfect game his most memorable story. He currently resides in Manhattan, where his hobbies include reading and playing the guitar.

Stephen Cannella: At 100, Fenway Park is baseball's oldest venue -- and still its best (04/02/2012)
Stephen Cannella: AL East Hot Stove preview: Big moves could re-shape division (11/02/2011)
Stephen Cannella: Time to inter interleague play (06/30/2008)
THE RANT: Wells needs to stop whining (03/17/2006)
Stephen Cannella: NFL is excruciatingly dull to watch (03/03/2006)
Stephen Cannella: It is time for some new blood in USA Hockey (02/24/2006)
Stephen Cannella: NFL should stop using Roman Numerals (02/03/2006)
Stephen Cannella: Thornton, Lidstrom lead my hypothetical West picks (01/26/2006)
Stephen Cannella: Red Sox front office a mess (01/20/2006)
Stephen Cannella: Jagr, Forsberg lead my hypothetical picks for the East (01/19/2006)
Stephen Cannella: Stop whining, Goose (01/13/2006)
Stephen Cannella: Isles struggle, make changes; Bruins could be next (01/12/2006)
Stephen Cannella: Why do Chiefs want Edwards? (01/06/2006)
Stephen Cannella: Oilers make their move up the ladder in the new NHL (01/05/2006)
Stephen Cannella: Miggy just needs to shut up (12/30/2005)
Stephen Cannella: CuJo is playing like a star (12/16/2005)
McNabb criticism way off-base (12/16/2005)
Stephen Cannella: McEnroe becomes gimmick (12/02/2005)
Cannella: Thornton's unfulfilled promise (12/01/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Sprewell ready to retire (11/18/2005)
Cannella: Burnett is the next Chan Ho Park (11/18/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Sports figures always seem to botch their apologies (11/11/2005)
Stars & Stripes goalies (11/10/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Paterno puts foot in mouth (11/04/2005)
Cannella: Year of the Breakout (11/03/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Muscular atrophy (10/27/2005)
Stephen Cannella: The Rant (10/21/2005)
Stephen Cannella: NHL's black eye (10/20/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Three offseason storylines (10/14/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Vatican comes out against boxing (10/14/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Before Crosby (10/13/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Giambi as Comeback player is a joke (10/07/2005)
Prediction time (10/04/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Unlike some teams, Blue Jays didn't quit (09/30/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Red Sox's T-shirt policy is absurd (09/30/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Red Sox should go to Hansen (09/23/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Indians built from ground up (09/16/2005)
D-Rays in spoiler role (09/09/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Rivera, Colon battle for AL Cy Young (09/02/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Top five NL Cy Young candidates (08/26/2005)
Stephen Cannella: What if players remained with their original teams? (08/19/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Padres can't run away with West (07/22/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Is Damon a contract-year wonder? (07/15/2005)
Cannella: Second-half predictions (07/01/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Piniella, Devil Rays need to part ways (06/24/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Ed Whitson Syndrome strikes again (06/17/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Is Manny showing his age? (06/10/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Parallel careers of Big Hurt, Juan Gone (06/03/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Top teammate tussles of all time (05/27/2005)
Stephen Cannella: The most exciting player in baseball (05/13/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Reyes leads All-Misfit team (04/29/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Garciaparra's frequent injuries are spawning ugly rumors (04/22/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Time for Yankees-Red Sox to chill (04/15/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Opening week observations (04/08/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Predictions for '05 MLB season (04/01/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Hall will be steroids' greatest casualty (03/25/2005)
Stephen Cannella: What we learned from steroid hearings (03/18/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Congress is right to get involved in the steroid scandal (03/11/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Ornery vets keep Santo, Hodges out (03/04/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Lockout's biggest mistake (cont.) (02/18/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Bettman taking NHL's few fans for granted (02/18/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Bettman, Goodenow disgrace the NHL (02/16/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Let's talk Super Bowl halftime show (02/04/2005)
Cannella: Clemens' act old (01/19/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Lockout only thing that can stop NHL's next great star (01/07/2005)
Stephen Cannella: Weighing Rose's misdeeds vs. Bonds' (12/10/2004)
Cannella: Agent Boras must adjust (11/12/2004)
Cannella: What's a Red Sox fan to do now that the Curse is over? (10/29/2004)
Cannella: Martinez's career doing a fade pattern (10/15/2004)
Cannella: Joe Torre has become the man who 'you'-ed too much (10/01/2004)
Cannella: Watch a football game at Vanderbilt ... and don't forget room service (09/17/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Last call for hockey? (09/03/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Coughlin and Co.'s stirring record (08/20/2004)
Questions trailing Garciaparra leave scent of spurned Red Sox (08/06/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Josh Beckett's blistering fastball is also his curse (07/23/2004)
Steve Cannella: Bonds, life of a superhero (07/06/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Caps stock up as 'Canes create a buzz (06/27/2004)
Cannella: Ovechkin, Malkin only sure things (06/25/2004)
Stephen Canella: Ovechkin will turn one team into a contender (06/23/2004)
Cannella: Lightning tightly wound with Flames nearing title (06/05/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Lightning will seize momentum (06/03/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Breaking down the conference finals (05/05/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Bruins' Bergeron serves notice (04/21/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Kovalev's Hand of Fraud (04/14/2004)
Cannella: It's not just goalies who need to shine through (04/07/2004)
Cannella: Rethinking postseason awards (03/31/2004)
Cannella: Deadline trades often shams (03/24/2004)
Stphen Cannella: In wake of Bertuzzi tempest, ignorance -- not violence -- is biggest problem facing NHL (03/17/2004)
Cannella: 10 to watch at trading deadline (03/08/2004)
Cannella: Busy trading season under way (03/03/2004)
Cannella: Team meeting transforms Stars' season (02/25/2004)
Cannella: Clarke's gamble in goal (02/11/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Great goaltending was highlight of All-Star Game (02/08/2004)
Cannella: Richter a true Blueshirt (02/04/2004)
Cannella: Three questionable All-Star picks (01/28/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Gaborik's struggles stem from contract holdout (01/21/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Flames, Sharks among surprising teams in West (01/14/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Osgood quietly putting together Hall of Fame credentials (01/07/2004)
Stephen Cannella: Maurice overstayed his welcome (12/16/2003)
Stephen Cannella: Holiday dealing deadline means players could move soon (12/10/2003)