December 6, 1999 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

The Week Nov. 23-29

Railroaded After ending what began as a special year with a desultory showing in the Skins Game, David Duval wondered if it was he or his critics who had gotten off track

By Alan Shipnuck

The Absolutely, Positively Final Quiz Of The Millennium Take our test, and you will see that 1999 was more than just the Year of the Tiger

By Gary Van Sickle

Notebook

By Jaime Diaz

My Shot When my friend Winnie Palmer (above) died, golf and the world lost a great, gracious lady

By Barbara Nicklaus

Catching Up With...

Dave Meyers, UCLA Captain February 17, 1975

By John O'Keefe

Si View

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By John Walters

The Surfer

By John Walters

The Blind Leading The Blind What with the mugging, maiming and mouthing off, NFL '99 has been tough to watch

By Steve Rushin

Pro Football

Coming On Strong The Buccaneers grounded the Seahawks' high-flying offense with a performance that showed they're ready for the stretch run

By Michael Silver

College Football

Special Team Unbeaten and unabashed Virginia Tech has proved itself worthy of playing for the national title

By Tim Layden

College Basketball

Austin Power Shedding his rep for playing soft, Chris Mihm, a rare true center, led improved Texas past No. 3 Michigan State

By Tim Crothers

Pro Basketball

Heady Lamar With poise and polish that belie his spotty past, rookie Lamar Odom has opened big in L.A.

By Phil Taylor

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside Baseball

Inside Baseball

By Alan Shipnuck; Jeff Pearlman

The Hot Corner

By Jamal Greene

Inside The NBA

Inside The NBA

By Jackie MacMullan

Inside College Basketball

Inside College Basketball

By Seth Davis; Tim Crothers

Inside College Football

Inside College Football

By Ivan Maisel; Elizabeth Newman

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

Pro Football [bonus Piece]

Shall We Dance? When Cincinnati's John Copeland and Cleveland's Orlando Brown collide on Dec. 12, it will be the 10th time these Goliaths have performed their violent minuet in the trenches

By Leigh Montville

A Yankee Screwdle Dandy

By Rick Reilly

Departments

Leading Off

Letters

Scorecard Tyson's Over--Pete's Petition--Basketball and Sex--Laffit's Feat

By Richard Hoffer; Mark Beech Edited by Kevin Cook

Faces In The Crowd