June 30, 1997 Table Of Contents

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Environment

DOWN FOR THE COUNT THE NEWLY POPULAR ANNUAL FISH CENSUS TELLS A TROUBLING STORY

By TOM CUNEFF

Golf Plus

SHOT TO THE TOP BY WINNING FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW, ERNIE ELS TOOK OVER AS THE NO. 1 PLAYER IN THE WORLD

By Alan Shipnuck

NEWS AND NOTES

BOTTOM LINES

COMPILED BY Gary B. Smith

KNOCK ON WOOD

By DAVIS LOVE III

THE INVISIBLE MAN OVERLOOKED JEFF MAGGERT MIGHT BE JUST THE TICKET IN THE BRITISH OPEN

By Gary Van Sickle

Catching Up With...

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS OUTFIELDER WALLY MOON APRIL 22, 1957

By Ron Fimrite

Television

SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS

By John Walters

Track And Field

HER FUTURE IS UP IN THE AIR POLE VAULTER STACY DRAGILA IS NOT A HOUSEHOLD NAME, BUT SHE'S NO LONGER ANONYMOUS

By Cameron Morfit

Faces In The Crowd

FACES IN THE CROWD

Boxing

LOVESTRUCK HEADING INTO HIS REMATCH WITH MIKE TYSON, EVANDER HOLYFIELD IS A HEAVYWEIGHT KING WITH A NEW $15 MILLION CASTLE AND A WIFE WHO HAS BROUGHT ROMANCE AND ORDER TO HIS LIFE

By Richard Hoffer

LONG ROAD BACK MIKE TYSON'S CAREER WENT AWRY WHEN HE WAS STUNNED BY EVANDER HOLYFIELD. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE FROM HIS LAS VEGAS CAMP WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ARDUOUS GRIND HE HOPES WILL LEAD TO THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

Baseball

EXPOSED MONTREAL HAS PIECED TOGETHER ANOTHER WINNING TEAM, BUT THE TIGHTFISTED FRONT OFFICE KEEPS THE PLAYERS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE

By Michael Farber

DYNAMITE TONY PHILLIPS, ANAHEIM'S DIMINUTIVE AND EXPLOSIVE STAR, BOOMS OUT HITS AND INVECTIVE

By Johnette Howard

Pro Basketball

THEY GOT NEXT TIPPING OFF TO LARGE CROWDS AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS, THE HYPER-HYPED WNBA FELL SHORT ONLY ON THE COURT

By Steve Lopez

Hockey

THE FIRST TO GO FOURTH ROBERTO LUONGO WAS DRAFTED EARLIER THAN ANY OTHER NETMINDER IN NHL HISTORY. DOES THAT MEAN THE LEAGUE IS FINALLY CHANGING THE WAY IT SIZES UP GOALIES?

By David Fleming

Pro Football

FINALLY HE'S GOT THE POINT TRENT DILFER, THE BUCS' VALUABLE QUARTERBACK, SAYS HE ERRED OFTEN. BUT HE ALSO LEARNED FROM HIS MISTAKES

By Michael Silver

Inside Baseball

THE MARINERS' JUNIOR PARTNERSHIP THE FALLOFF AT LEADOFF AS SALMON'S WIFE RECOVERS SO DOES HIS STROKE

By Tim Crothers

Business [bonus Piece]

Is Jerry Reinsdorf, the belligerent union buster he appeared to be during the baseball strike,

...the turncoat who signed Albert Belle to a $55 million contract to play for the White Sox, the lunatic who might break up the Bulls' dynasty, the malcontent who sued the NBA to protect his own TV Revenues? Or is he simply misunderstood? Is he, in fact, one of the smartest owners in pro sports, a businessman whose teams are powerful and profitable and whose employees are deeploy loyal?

By E.M. Swift

THE LAST FRAME AFTER 36 YEARS ON ABC, BOWLING AND ANNOUNCER CHRIS SCHENKEL GOT TOSSED INTO THE GUTTER

By Gerry Callahan

Departments

LETTERS

NASCAR IN GOLDEN STATE...HEAVYWEIGHT REMATCHES...FOX TV DEAL...RODMAN'S A DOLL...NHL EXPANSION...WIMBLEDON ON THE WEB...DENNIS MARTINEZ RETIRES

EDITED BY Richard O'Brien AND Kostya Kennedy