September 4, 2000 Table Of Contents

Author:
SI Staff

Golf Plus

Tiger Rules Tiger Woods blasted through the field at NEC Invitational, confirming that when he's on, everyone else is playing for second place

By Gary Van Sickle

Master Of Disaster To win a wild U.S. Amateur, Jeff Quinney was forced to scramble from behind as well as hang on for dear life

By Alan Shipnuck

Notebook

By Jaime Diaz

My Shot They call me Tiger Tamer because in '95 I gave Woods a defeat he apparently hasn't forgotten

By Gary Wolstenholme

Our Cups Runneth Over For the top U.S. Tour pros, the Presidents Cup is one team event too many

By Walter Bingham

In trying to become the first hitter since Ted Williams to bat .400, Todd Helton of the Rockies is battling long odds, his psyche and 59 years of futility

By Tom Verducci

College Basketball

Domino Effect Bill Guthridge's resignation as North Carolina's coach set off a chain reaction that changed the lives of scores of people in the game

By Tim Crothers and Grant Wahl

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside Baseball

Inside Baseball

By Stephen Cannella

The Lineup for Down Under The U.S. Olympic team features strong young arms and one veteran catcher

By Stephen Cannella

Inside The NBA

Inside The NBA

By Ian Thomsen

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Peter King

Dr. Z's Forecast

By Paul Zimmerman

Inside College Football

Inside College Football

By Ivan Maisel; Tim Crothers

Olympics 2000 [bonus Piece]

Scenes from a Marriage Russian

Russian-born Viktor Chistiakov and Tatiana Grigorieva, who will pole-vault for Australia in Sydney, gave up their homeland—and almost each other—for their sport

By Gary Smith

Bare in Mind

By Rick Reilly