Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

BASEBALL
The Mariners' foundering season
How the Bash begat the Bone
A's Henderson is growing old fast

PRO FOOTBALL
New stadium, old problems for Ravens
Packer Freeman's gamble
Giants' Hamilton on the hot seat

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Special teams play not so special
Stanford's money-back guarantee
A center with bite

MOTOR SPORTS
Gordon outrolls a tire controversy
Record NASCAR schedule for 1999
Fernandez's tragic CART career

TENNIS
The repackaging of Kournikova
Safin, the young gun of the men's tour
Tempest in a Davis Cup

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY MELCHIOR DIGIACOMO Back off! Wayne Ferreira took an unorthodox view of his return to Greg Rusedski, who won this first-round U.S. Open match.