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Faces In The Crowd
FACES IN THE CROWD
Golf Plus
MISS FORTUNE AFTER ANOTHER CLOSE CALL IN A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP, STAR-CROSSED COLIN MONTGOMERIE WAS PUT IN THE FAMILIAR POSITION OF QUESTIONING HIS DESTINY
By Gary Van Sickle
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT THE KILLER PAR-4 HOLES AT CONGRESSIONAL TURNED OUT TO BE A LOT TOUGHER THAN ANYONE HAD EXPECTED
By William F. Reed
BULLISH ON GOLF DAVID WHITE'S PRO CAREER WAS REJUVENATED BY A SPECIAL WEEK AT CONGRESSIONAL
By Kelli Anderson
THE RULING CLASS WORKING THE OPEN IS THE ULTIMATE ASSIGNMENT FOR GOLF'S RULES GURUS
By John Garrity
ON STRANGE TURF PETER TERAVAINEN, AN AMERICAN WHO PLAYS ABROAD, FELT LIKE A FOREIGNER AT HIS COUNTRY'S OPEN
By Michael Bamberger
NOT HALF BAD SOME COMPELLING PERFORMANCES IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF '97 GOT LOST IN TIGERMANIA
By Gary Van Sickle
NEWS AND NOTES
BOTTOM LINES
COMPILED BY Gary B. Smith
SECRET AGENT
By Adam Lenkin
A HARD LESSON THE COST OF HIS WAYWARD DRIVES MAY HAVE SET TIGER WOODS STRAIGHT
By Michael Bamberger
Catching Up With...
U.S. OPEN CHAMPION BILLY CASPER JUNE 27, 1966
By Seth Davis
Television
SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS
By John Walters
NBA Finals
To the Top
By winning a fifth NBA title, the Bulls attained the imperial stature of the Celtics' and the Lakers' dynasties
By Phil Taylor
JORDAN'S HIT PARADE HERE ARE MICHAEL JORDAN'S 10 MOST MEMORABLE POSTSEASON PERFORMANCES
By Marty Burns
Hockey
CRUSHING BLOW CHEERS TURNED TO PRAYERS IN DETROIT AFTER A CAR CRASH LEFT RED WINGS STAR VLADIMIR KONSTANTINOV IN A COMA
By Austin Murphy
Golf
EASY DOES IT SWEET-SWINGING ERNIE ELS OUTLASTED A TRIO OF CHALLENGERS TO WIN A RAUCOUS AND RIVETING U.S. OPEN
By Rick Reilly
Pro Basketball
WHY BOTHER? EVEN IF YOUR TEAM GETS A STELLAR PLAYER LIKE TIM DUNCAN IN THE NBA DRAFT, IT PROBABLY WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE LONG RUN
By Jackie MacMullan
Track And Field
YOUTH MOVEMENT EYE-POPPING PERFORMANCES BY MARION JONES AND MAURICE GREENE BROUGHT NEW LIFE TO THE NATIONALS
By Tim Layden
Baseball
NICE TO MEET YOU EVEN PURISTS HAD TO CONCEDE THAT INTERLEAGUE PLAY WAS A BIG HIT IN ITS INAUGURAL WEEKEND
By Gerry Callahan
SPRING CLASSIC THE ORIOLES OUTDUELED THE BRAVES IN A POSSIBLE SNEAK PREVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S WORLD SERIES
By Tom Verducci
Inside Baseball
L.A.'S BICKERING PLAYERS DON'T LOOK LIKE CONTENDERS ONE PITCHER HAS GRIFFEY'S NUMBER REDS BECOME CHESSMATES
By Tim Crothers
GIVE ME THE WIDE-OPEN SPACES AS BASEBALL'S FENCES MOVE IN, SOME OF THE GAME'S MOST EXCITING PLAYS MOVE OUT
By Merrell Noden
Departments
LETTERS
MINNESOTA'S STADIUM STAREDOWN...UNFAIRNESS FOR AN AUSSIE BASKETBALLER?...COMPARING WINNERS' SHARES... HIGH-TECH THERAPY FOR SHOULDER INJURIES...THE BOXING HALL OF FAME
EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Hank Hersch
CANASTOTA, N.Y., JUNE 14, 1997 BOXING'S HALL OF FAMERS SHOWED THEY CAN STILL DELIVER A KO--IF ONLY OFF THE TEE
By David Fleming
