September 13, 1999 Table Of Contents

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Catching Up With...

Chuck Muncie, Cal Running Back November 24, 1975

By Bryan Lee

Si View

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By John Walters

The Best Defense Are you an athlete in a heap o' trouble? The solution: an all-out media counteroffensive

By Steve Rushin

Special Report

Every Parent's Nightmare The child molester has found a home in the world of youth sports, where as a coach he can gain the trust and loyalty of kids--and then prey on them

By William Nack And Don Yaeger

College Football

Streak Buster After 28 straight losses, Swarthmore finally won a ball game, but that wasn't what made the day special

By Jack McCallum

Pro Basketball

Coop De Grace Overcoming a season filled with adversity, not to mention a stunning buzzer beater, Cynthia Cooper powered the Houston Comets to a third straight WNBA title

By Kelli Anderson

Baseball

In The Dust That's where the reviled Diamondbacks, only two years old but already contenders, left the mighty Braves

By Tom Verducci; David Sabino

Pro Football [bonus Piece]

How The Browns Were Built A behind-the-scenes look at the way a billionaire owner, a seasoned NFL architect and their crew assembled a new franchise in Cleveland

By Peter King

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside Tennis

Inside Tennis

By S.L. Price; L. Jon Wertheim

Inside College Football

Inside College Football

By Ivan Maisel; John Walters; B.J. Schecter

Matt Hartl, 1976-1999 Northwestern's Battling Fullback

By Tim Layden

Turning The Corner Michigan State's Amp Campbell is no ordinary Spartan, in more ways than one

By B.J. Schecter

Inside Baseball

Inside Baseball

By Stephen Cannella and Jeff Pearlman; David Sabino

Inside Motor Sports

Inside Motor Sports

By Ed Hinton

An Irresistible Force John Force, king of funny car drivers, closes in on another title

By Franz Lidz

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Peter King

Kurt Warner The former Iowa Barnstormer has the Rams' fate in his hands

By David Fleming

Dr. Z's Forecast

By Paul Zimmerman

You Call This A Tennis Mom?

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

Scorecard

By Richard Hoffer; Kostya Kennedy Edited by Kevin Cook

Faces In The Crowd