October 23, 2000 Table Of Contents

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Catching Up With...

Greg Pruitt, Sooners Rusher OCTOBER 2, 1972

By Lars Anderson

Si View

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By John Walters

No. 3, With A Bullet Allen Iverson's controversial rap CD blares an ugly worldview at odds with his cushy lifestyle

By Steve Rushin

Buck's Up

By John Walters

Pro Football

Just Winning, Baby With a last-minute victory over the archrival Chiefs, the surprising 5-1 Raiders showed that they are once again a force to be reckoned with

By Michael Silver

Soccer

Double Time Playing with a painful knee injury, Chris Armas gave his all in a World Cup qualifier and the MLS final--and came up empty

By Grant Wahl

League Championship Series

N.Y., N.Y. With Gotham transfixed by the prospect of a Subway Series, the Mets got through the turnstile by beating the Cardinals while the Yankees took command over the Mariners

By Tom Verducci

Fall Guy, at Last Roger Clemens Delivers a Gem in the Postseason

By Stephen Cannella

Subway Series

N.Y., N.Y. The Mets dusted the Cardinals, then the Yankees extinguished the Mariners to set up the first Subway Series in 44 years

By Tom Verducci

How They Match Up

Borough Ball The intracity World Series is a New York phenomenon: The Yankees, the Dodgers and the Giants played 13 of them from 1921 to '56. Here are some images to remember them by

College Football

Sooner Rather Than Later In only its second season under Bob Stoops, Oklahoma knocked off No. 2 Kansas State, serving notice that it's back on the road to glory

By Austin Murphy

Baseball

Bang for the Bucs Bill Mazeroski's epic home run 40 years ago capped the wackiest World Series of them all

By William Nack

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside College Football

Inside College Football

By Ivan Maisel; Kelley King

Following His Dream Notre Dame's Shane Walton chose football over a promising soccer career

By Marty Burns

Inside The NHL

Inside The NHL

By Michael Farber; Kostya Kennedy

In the Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Inside College Basketball

Inside College Basketball

By Seth Davis

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Peter King; Josh Elliott

The King's Corner

By Peter King

Dr. Z's Forecast

By Paul Zimmerman

Duck, You Sucker! Frank Garza is the poor bastard who will be trapped inside the ring with Tyson and Golota for 12 rounds of malice at The Palace.

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

Scorecard Duke Booted--Pitch Primer--Running Men--Kobe Closes In

Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic

Bag Men

By Alfred Dyer Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic

Ask The Coach Guidance for those lost in sports

Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic

Faces in the Crowd

Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic