August 9, 1999 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

The Week July 27-Aug. 2

Unharried Karrie With a rush to victory in the du Maurier, Karrie Webb cleared a major hurdle

By Jaime Diaz

Lifer Almost a decade after his defining moment, Mike Donald soldiers on

By Michael Bamberger

Notebook

By Tom Hanson Edited by Cameron Morfit

My Shot It shouldn't take a near fatality for the Tour to allow caddies to wear short pants to work

By Andy Martinez

Money Can't Buy You Love The players who want to cash in on the Ryder Cup are selling out the game

By Jaime Diaz

Boxing

Fighting Back Hall of Fame heavyweight Jimmy Bivins is on his feet again, only a year after he was found neglected and near death, a virtual prisoner of his own family

By William Nack

Catching Up With...

Michael Spinks, Champion Boxer March 28, 1983

By John O'Keefe

Si View

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By Franz Lidz

Projecting The Winners It's easy to pick the greatest sports movies ever made: Just keep your eye on the ball

By Steve Rushin

Pro Football

Out Like A Lamb Proving even more elusive off the field than on it, Barry Sanders made a quiet but stunning exit from the NFL

By Peter King

Baseball

Single Minded As they closed in on magic hit number 3,000, Tony Gwynn and Wade Boggs looked back on eerily similar careers that established them as the top contact hitters of their time

By Tom Verducci

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Austin Murphy; Michael Silver; David Fleming; Peter King

Inside Olympic Sports

Inside Olympic Sports

By Brian Cazeneuve

Inside Baseball

Inside Baseball

By Jeff Pearlman And Stephen Cannella

Team Of The Century One man's ballot for baseball's best starting nine

By Daniel Okrent

Cycling

Tour De Amerique Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong used a triumphant whirlwind return to the U.S. to peddle a message of hope

By Leigh Montville

Roller Coasters [bonus Piece]

High Rollers Corkscrews, death dives, knife-edge turns: A new generation of roller coasters raises the stakes for those in search of cheap thrills

By Steve Rushin

Not Looking Out For No. 1

By Rick Reilly

Departments

Arbitration's New Age More sports disputes are being settled out of court

By L. Jon Wertheim

Out Of The Shadows In Confederations Cup, the U.S. showed it's the most improved team in the world

By Grant Wahl

Leading Off

Books

By Ron Fimrite

Split Personality Reporter Lisa Guerrero-Coles isn't a villainous vamp, but she plays one on TV

By John Walters

Letters

Scorecard

By Tom Verducci; Luis Fernando Llosa; Scott Gummer Edited by Kevin Cook and Mark Mravic

Faces In The Crowd