July 21, 1997 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

LIGHTING IT UP LARRY GILBERT MIGHT NOT BE A HOUSEHOLD NAME, BUT HE SMOKED THE STARS AT THE SENIOR PLAYERS

By William F. Reed

NEWS AND NOTES

BOTTOM LINES

COMPILED BY Gary B. Smith

MR. ANONYMOUS

By Steve Jones

SNEAK PREVIEW A SPECIAL ROAD TRIP TO VALDERRAMA KICKED OFF THE RYDER CUP SEASON

By Gary Van Sickle

Faces In The Crowd

FACES IN THE CROWD

Catching Up With...

QUARTERBACK VINCE FERRAGAMO JULY 20, 1981

By Jeff Pearlman

Television

SI VIEW THE WEEK IN TV SPORTS

By John Walters

Baseball

Magnetic

Hideki Irabu proved to be an attraction in every way as he made his long-awaited debut with New York an evening to remember

By Tom Verducci

TRULY FOUL ONCE-MIGHTY TORONTO, WHICH NOW CAN'T HIT A LICK, IS IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF A NEAR-RECORD SLUMP

By Tom Verducci

NOW THE GOOD NEWS AS HE SHOWED IN A DAZZLING RETURN TO BOSTON, ROGER CLEMENS IS THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE BLUE JAYS

By Gerry Callahan

THE JET SET AN AVID JET SKIER DEFENDS A SPORT SCORNED BY MAINSTREAM BOATERS

By Jack McCallum

Pro Football

MASS TRANSIT AN ABUNDANCE OF NEW QUARTERBACKS AND COACHES IS ARRIVING DAILY AT NFL TRAINING CAMPS

By Peter King

Golf

OPEN AND SHUT PLAYING LIKE HER OLD SELF, NANCY LOPEZ HAD A CHANCE TO WIN THE ELUSIVE U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN TITLE, BUT THEN LITTLE ALISON NICHOLAS SLAMMED THE DOOR

By Alan Shipnuck

Nostalgia [bonus Piece]

LASTING IMAGES

Inside Minor League Baseball

FOUR STARS BLOSSOMING IN THE BUSHES A DIAMONDBACK IN THE ROUGH J.D. DREW: A $10 MILLION MAN?

By David Fleming

Departments

LETTERS

BASEBALL PONDERS REALIGNMENT...TYSON WILL BE BACK... SAFER SPRING FOOTBALL...SUSPICIOUS STOCKHOLM FIRES... AN AGENT'S NIGHTMARE NIGHT...BOXING'S STRANGEST BOUTS

EDITED BY Hank Hersch AND Kostya Kennedy

A WELCOME THUD

By Ivan Maisel EDITED BY Hank Hersch AND Kostya Kennedy

MARIETTA, GEORGIA, JULY 10, 1997 EVEN IN HIS UNFAMILIAR COACH'S GARB, LARRY BIRD WAS COMFORTABLE AT COURTSIDE

By Jackie MacMullan