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Back In Business Greg Norman ended a seven-month layoff in style by teaming with Steve Elkington to win the Shark Shootout
By Alan Shipnuck
News & Notes
By Cameron Morfit Edited by Kevin Cook
My Caddies And Me
By Jeff Sluman
This Week
By Cameron Morfit
Catching Up With...
Rickey Green, Point Guard November 29, 1976
By Jamal Greene
Faces In The Crowd
Faces In The Crowd
Si View
SI View The Week in TV Sports
By John Walters
The Grass Is Greener Finding serious news highly frivolous, Keith Olbermann returns to fun and games
By Steve Rushin
College Football
Kansas Statement Quarterback Michael Bishop redeemed himself brilliantly after three early fumbles and kept K-State's perfect season alive with a historic win over Nebraska
By Tim Layden
Pro Football
Atlanta On Fire The Falcons are now much tougher birds, as the 49ers found out in losing a battle for the NFC West lead
By David Fleming
College Basketball 98
The 50 Reasons Why College Basketball Is Better Than Pro Basketball
Got the NBA lockout blues? Relax, and let us count the ways that the college game is superior
By Steve Rushin; Jack McCallum; Tim Crothers
...The Stars Of Tomorrow Keep an eye on these five cosmic performers, four freshmen and a junior college transfer, who are set to launch careers that could send their teams rocketing up the rankings
By Tim Crothers
Wally World He might as well be on another planet given the scant attention he gets, but Miami of Ohio forward Wally Szczerbiak just may be the best player in the nation
By Alexander Wolff
Scouting Reports In what promises to be a season of surprises, Stanford is the pick to take the title
1. Stanford There's only one thing in short supply for the deep, physical and experienced Cardinal: tickets
By Kelli Anderson
2. Duke Last year the timid young Blue Devils ended their season in disastrous fashion; this year they're older, bolder and wiser
By Tim Crothers
3. Connecticut Gifted sophomore Khalid El-Amin has revised his priorities at the point: lead by passing, especially to Richard Hamilton
By Lars Anderson
4. Maryland Three top-flight starters are back for the Terps, but it may be a well-traveled newcomer who carries them to St. Petersburg
By Tim Crothers
5. Michigan State Where once was Earvin Johnson, there's now Mateen Cleaves, another Spartan guard sparking talk of magic in March
By Grant Wahl
6. Kentucky After an off-season rife with ugly incidents, what kind of season can the damaged Wildcats expect? Merely to repeat as champs
By Seth Davis
7. Temple John Chaney has the talent to run his trusty three-guard lineup, which means hell to pay for somebody in the NCAAs
By B.J. Schecter
8. Washington Mixing a sweet-shooting center with a sugar-shunning guard, the Huskies are anticipating a honey of a season
By Kelli Anderson
9. Massachusetts They're strong and deep, but if the Minutemen can't learn to hit the three-pointer, their Final Four hopes are a long shot
By Lars Anderson
10. North Carolina For the Tar Heels to reach a 25th straight NCAA tournament they'll have to turn to a less traditional source: freshmen
By Tim Crothers
11. UCLA Coming back after knee surgery and a burger binge, guard Baron Davis leads the best cast of young players in the land
By Kelli Anderson
12. Georgia In Athens they're talking of dethroning SEC king Kentucky, and thanks to one super sophomore, they very well might
By Seth Davis
13. Utah If you listen to coach Rick Majerus, his depleted Utes don't stand a chance this season. Don't listen to him
By Kelli Anderson
14. Oklahoma State The Cowboys may be small, but they figure that by season's end they'll be standing tall as Big 12 champs
By Grant Wahl
15. Tennessee Fresh from its first NCAA bid in nearly a decade, Knoxville's "other basketball team" is ready to turn heads on campus
By Seth Davis
16. Syracuse If everything goes right, a trio of promising juniors could hand Jim Boeheim his most balanced team in more than a decade
By Jack McCallum
17. Rhode Island The Rams are loaded with talent--and much of it belongs to Lamar Odom, who at 6'10" has the skills of a point guard
By Seth Davis
18. Xavier James Posey is ready to leave his sixth-man role and join the distinguished fraternity of Musketeers power forwards
By B.J. Schecter
19. New Mexico Kenny Thomas, a.k.a. Baby Shaq, is 25 pounds lighter and eager to shed his reputation as a postseason folding act
By Tim Crothers
20. Arkansas Nolan Richardson says he wants to turn his smallish Hogs into nasty little dogs. Then he can unleash his devilish plan
By Tim Crothers
21. Indiana How long is Bob Knight likely to keep his new cool? Until his undersized squad, led by A.J. Guyton, comes up short
By L. Jon Wertheim
22. Kansas The Jayhawks appear destined for another early exit from the NCAAs. This year, though, their fans won't be so shocked
By Grant Wahl
23. Miami (Ohio) Last year the RedHawks waited for the other shoe to drop (it did); this year they're ready for Cinderella's slipper
By B.J. Schecter
24. TCU With high-scoring Lee Nailon returning after a near jump to the NBA, Billy Tubbs is dreaming of a 200-point game
By Grant Wahl
25. UNLV Deep, balanced and free of the off-the-court distractions of the past, these unrebellious Rebels are up and running again
By Kelli Anderson
The Rest of the Best
The Alltime Alumni Weekend Imagine that the best players from all the top colleges magically came together to decide which program had the greatest team of all. We did, and we'll tell you who won
By Jack McCallum
Billy The Kid After two banner recruiting classes in a row, Florida's hotshot young coach Billy Donovan has this to say to the skeptics: I'm no outlaw
By S.L. Price
Can Anyone Stop Tennessee? Despite an opening-week loss on Purdue's home court, the mighty Lady Vols are still SI's pick to roll to their fourth straight title, in San Jose
By Richard Deitsch
Now Hear This In becoming an instant star for Tennessee, Tamika Catchings also became a role model for the hearing impaired
By Kelli Anderson
Inside
Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS
Inside College Football
Inside College Football
By Ivan Maisel; Ian Thomsen
Possessed By Possession Just try to take the ball from Travis Prentice, the nation's No. 2 rusher
By B.J. Schecter
Inside The NHL
Inside The NHL
By Kostya Kennedy
In The Crease
By Pierre McGuire
Inside The NFL
Inside The NFL
By Peter King
Dr. Z's Forecast
By Paul Zimmerman
Inside Baseball
Inside Baseball
By Tom Verducci
Hot Stove Report
By Tom Verducci and Jeff Pearlman
The Life Of Reilly Uphill Battle for a Downhill Skier
By Rick Reilly
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By Tom Verducci; Phil Taylor Edited By Richard O'Brien And Bob Roe
