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Golf Plus
THE ROARING 20S WITH THE MASTERS AND THE U.S. OPEN ALREADY IN HAND, THE TOUR'S GENERATION NEXT CAN MAKE HISTORY WITH A WIN AT ROYAL TROON
By Alan Shipnuck
NOTHING FANCY UNMEMORABLE TROON IS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A TEST NO ONE WILL FORGET
By Gary Van Sickle
FOUR BETTER, FOUR WORSE IN WAYS LARGE AND SMALL, THE THREE PARTICIPANTS IN GOLF'S FIRST FOUR-HOLE PLAYOFF WERE CHANGED FOREVER
By John Garrity
THE OPEN AT TROON
By MATTHEW RUDY
SECOND TO NONE
By MATTHEW RUDY
HOME TO THE STARS AN INFLUX OF GOLF GREATS AND CELEBRITY JOCKS HAS MADE ORLANDO THE BEST ADDRESS IN SPORTS
By C.W. Nevius
NEWS AND NOTES
BOTTOM LINES
COMPILED BY Gary B. Smith
SAY CHEESE
By Billy Joe Tolliver
Baseball
SAFETY DID NOT COME FIRST EVEN AFTER A FATAL 1920 BEANING, PLAYERS WERE SLOW TO ADOPT BATTING HELMETS
By Kate Ledger
SEE IT, HIT IT ROCKIE LARRY WALKER'S PHILOSOPHY AT THE PLATE IS AS DOWN-TO-EARTH AS HIS PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
By Gerry Callahan
Catching Up With...
TENNIS CHAMPION IVAN LENDL SEPTEMBER 15, 1986
By JON WERTHEIM
Television
SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS
By John Walters
Trampoline
THE LEAPING WIZARD NO ONE EXECUTES FLIPS LIKE 15-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION KARL HEGER
By Dan Morse
Faces In The Crowd
FACES IN THE CROWD
Tennis
ALONE AT THE TOP WIMBLEDON, WHICH HE WON WITH MAJESTIC EASE, SHOWED THAT PETE SAMPRAS MAY BE THE BEST TENNIS PLAYER EVER--AND THAT THERE'S NO AMERICAN REMOTELY LIKE HIM ON THE HORIZON
By S.L. Price
Golf
CHARGE! A REVIVED TIGER WOODS BROKE FREE OF THE PACK, BUT NOT HIS ARMY OF ADMIRERS, TO WIN THE WESTERN OPEN
By Alan Shipnuck
Pro Basketball
SWEET LIBERTY WITH ATTITUDE APLENTY, NEW YORK IS DOMINATING THE WNBA
By David Fleming
Inside Baseball
OUR ROSTER OF THE BIGGEST FLOPS SO FAR IN 1997 A GIANT GROWS UP HIGGINSON BLASTS, AND JUDEN ROCKS
By Tim Crothers; Tom Verducci
Kickboxing [bonus Piece]
MARTIAL MADNESS KICKBOXING IN THAILAND IS A TRADITIONAL ART, BUT IN ITS EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN, IT IS ALSO A DISTURBING ONE
By Robert Horn
Pro Football
OFF BROADWAY JOE JOE NAMATH, ERSTWHILE SUPER BOWL HERO AND PLAYBOY AND SOMETIME ACTOR, NOW HAS THE BEST ROLE OF HIS LIFE: FAMILY MAN
By Leigh Montville
WHO DA MAN? SADLY, THE APPLE OF THE PUBLIC'S EYE IS RARELY AN ADMIRABLE CHAMPION LIKE PETE SAMPRAS
By Michael Farber
Departments
LETTERS
DON KING'S SHRUNKEN STABLE...PLUMMETING 10,000-METER MARK...SABRES CUT COACH OF THE YEAR...PROTESTING NATIVE AMERICAN NICKNAMES...EWING'S EMPTY GUARANTEES
EDITED BY Hank Hersch AND Kostya Kennedy
RIGHTING A WRONG IN WHOSE HONOR? DIRECTED BY JAY ROSENSTEIN; JULY 15, 10 P.M., PBS
By Jeff Pearlman
