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The Week June 13-19
Euro Trash-Talking A new generation of European players is ready and eager to put its stamp on the U.S. Open
By Alan Shipnuck
Taking The Fifth The new number 5 hole at Pebble, a deceptively nasty par-3, forced many players to hit shots that were self-incriminating
By Gary Van Sickle
Let's Go Met As they proved by their numbers at Pebble Beach, pros who can make it in the Metropolitan PGA can make it anywhere
By Michael Bamberger
Power, Politics And Pebble Beach It took a decade of debate to get a new golf course project off the ground on the Monterey Peninsula
By Alan Shipnuck
Crew Cuts Tiger Woods was the story of the U.S. Open, but Pebble Beach was the star, and it took a grounds crew of 70 to make sure the course was ready for its close-up
By Scott Gummer
Notebook
By Jaime Diaz; Ivan Maisel; Kelley King
My Shot Not many teenagers can say they have played in the U.S. Open, as I did last week
By Ricky Barnes
Leaving a Lasting Impression The exits of John Daly and Jack Nicklaus could not have been more different
By Michael Bamberger
College Baseball
The Untamable Tigers Resilient LSU came from behind to win its fifth College World Series in 10 years
By Tim Crothers
Inside Baseball
From Mad Dog to Mentor His days as a major league hothead are just a memory to Triple A skipper Garry Templeton
By Jeff Pearlman
Inside Baseball
By Stephen Cannella; David Sabino
Catching Up With...
George McGinnis, Indiana Icon October 27, 1975
By Kelvin C. Bias
Si View
SI View The Week in TV Sports
By John Walters
Knight's Sites
By John Walters
Twilight of The Scribes Sportswriters will soon be dinosaurs, driven to extinction by the Ice Age of the Internet
By Jeff MacGregor
NBA Finals
It's A Wrap Though they weren't swift in closing teams out during the playoffs, the Lakers beat the Pacers and won the title with a rousing show in Game 6, when it mattered most
By Phil Taylor
Mosley-De La Hoya
L.A. Glory In a stirring bout that ennobled both fighters, Sugar Shane Mosley beat hometown rival Oscar De La Hoya and assumed the role of boxing's standard-bearer
By Richard Hoffer
U.S. Open
Open and Shut With a record-breaking 15-shot win at the 100th U.S. Open, Tiger Woods made an indisputable case for his dominance of the golfing world
By John Garrity
Baseball
Storm Center By angling for a rich new contract, Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa stirred up a hurricane that may blow him clear out of the Windy City--but to where?
By Tom Verducci; David Sabino
Inside
Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS
Inside The NBA
Inside The NBA
By Ian Thomsen
Inside Motor Sports
Inside Motor Sports
By Mark Bechtel
The Mommy Track After taking a break to have kids, Shawna Robinson is back behind the wheel
By Mark Bechtel
Josh Gibson [bonus Piece]
Laughing on the Outside The greatest slugger never to play in the major leagues, Josh Gibson, was a jovial teammate but, in the end, a tragic mystery to almost all who knew him
By John Schulian
Tiger, This Time You've Gone Too Far
By Rick Reilly
Departments
The High (Schoolers) And Mighty The sport's future and present in the U.S. crossed paths in Raleigh, N.C.
By Tim Layden
Books A buffet of summer browsing for readers whose taste buds yearn for the esoteric
By Ron Fimrite
Live From New York! The Heavyweight Explosion, staged monthly at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom, is a bacchanal of break dancing, massages and big left hooks
By Rich O'Brien
Leading Off
Letters
Scorecard Gone to Pot--Saving Chavez--Bungling Bengals--Cast of Castaways
By Michael Farber; Tim Layden Edited by Mark Mravic
Faces in the Crowd
