March 15, 1999 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

The Week March 2-8

All's Well That Ends Well Steve Elkington's final-round 64--and a couple of 72nd-hole disasters--made for a dynamite Doral

By Gary Van Sickle

Finally Smokin' After years of frittering away his talent, John Jacobs rekindled an old romance and began to light up the Senior tour

By John Garrity

Notebook

By John Garrity Edited by Cameron Morfit

Heal Thyself

By Gary Player

Rick Hvizdak A Pittsburgh-area real estate magnate has built the course of his dreams

By Gary Van Sickle

It Takes Two To Tango A Woods-Duval rivalry sounds like fun, but don't count on a showdown soon

By Alan Shipnuck

Faces In The Crowd

Faces In The Crowd

Catching Up With...

Jimmie Heuga And Billy Kidd, Skiers February 5, 1968

By Mark Beech

Si View

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By John Walters

That Magic Moment A look back at the '79 NCAA title game recalls the days when TV didn't overwhelm the sport

By Steve Rushin

Pro Basketball

A Turn For The Better All it took were missteps, harsh critics and a switch to a new position to help the 76ers' Allen Iverson develop into the NBA's most explosive scorer

By Phil Taylor

Baseball

Red Alert Refusing to concede to teams with far bigger payrolls, Cincinnati G.M. Jim Bowden has assembled a ball club that might actually have a shot at making the playoffs

By Tom Verducci; David Sabino

Joe Dimaggio, 1914-1999

All The Tools There were more powerful hitters, flashier fielders and speedier runners, but nobody combined those skills as efficiently, elegantly and effortlessly as the Yankee Clipper

By Robert W. Creamer

No Ordinary Joe

Through the years the enigmatic DiMaggio endured as both a cultural icon and an American hero.

By Ron Fimrite

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside The NHL

Inside The NHL

By Kostya Kennedy; E.M. Swift

In The Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Peter King

Inside Motor Sports

Inside Motor Sports

By Ed Hinton

Here's The Buzz IRL star Buzz Calkins is also an M.B.A. candidate and a marathoner

By Jeff Pearlman

Inside The NBA

Inside The NBA

By Jackie MacMullan

No. 1, But Definitely Not With The Bullets

By David Sabino

Don't Bogart That Joint Opponents are tired of blocking Dikembe Mutombo's elbows with their noses

By Marty Burns

Ncaa Tournament Preview

Up For Grabs

Anatomy Of An Upset

Though this may not be the year that a No. 16 seed finally knocks off a No. 1, rest assured that, just like death and taxes, upsets will happen. Herewith is our surgeon general's list of the 10 leading causes

By Jack McCallum

East March 12, 14 Charlotte

East March 12, 14 Boston

South March 11, 13 Indianapolis

South March 11, 13 Orlando

Midwest March 12, 14 Milwaukee

Midwest March 12, 14 New Orleans

West March 11, 13 Denver

West March 11, 13 Seattle

Guys And Vols When Tennessee's Lady Vols practice, they face some real volunteers--a team of undergrads who help sharpen their game but share little championship glory

By Jack McCallum

Blocking The Way To San Jose Can anyone keep the Lady Vols from another title?

By Kelli Anderson

A Low-Rent League Of Their Own These clubs were mathematically eliminated from the pennant races just after pitchers and catchers reported.

By Rick Reilly

Departments

Leading Off Joe DiMaggio, 1914-1999

Letters

Scorecard

By Frank Deford; Richard Hoffer Edited by Kevin Cook and Mark Mravic