February 12, 2001 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

The Week Jan. 30-Feb. 5

Hard Line Written off as too soft during a long winless streak, Davis Love III came on strong to overpower Pebble

By Gary Van Sickle

Look Out Below! There's more to the upcoming renovation at Florida than meets the eye

By John Garrity

Notebook

By Jaime Diaz

My Shot Shame on Kenneth Green and SI for launching an ill-informed personal attack against my brother

By Cameron Martin

Dueling Swing Gurus

By Andy Brumer

Catching Up With...

Gerry Faust, Notre Dame Coach NOVEMBER 5, 1984

By Richard Deitsch

Si View

Poetry in Motion If three noted bards had rendered the sporting scene in verse, it might have gone something like this

By Steve Rushin

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By John Walters

The Up And Up A video that exuberantly celebrates hip-hop hoops soars to the top of the best-seller list

By John Walters

For Putts Nuts

By John O'Keefe

XFL

The X Factor The XFL drew big crowds and boffo ratings on its debut weekend, but can it keep the ball rolling with a mix of babes, bombast and barely adequate football?

By Leigh Montville

Hey, Look Me Over! BIG BROTHER'S WATCHING, BUT ONLY A HANDFUL OF XFL PLAYERS SEEM LIKELY TO HAVE AN NFL FUTURE

By Peter King

College Basketball

Out-Duking the Devils With a defeat of Duke, fiery new coach Matt Doherty guided North Carolina to the No.1 ranking

By Tim Crothers

College Football

Butch League Butch Davis left Miami scrambling when he betrayed his players and bolted for a big-money deal with the Browns

By Tim Layden

Pro Football

Jury's Out Can Mark Chmura, acquitted of sexual assault, rebuild his reputation?

By S.L. Price And Lester Munson

Pro Basketball

Sultan of Swat Theo Ratliff has gone from awkward child to the NBA's most intimidating shot blocker

By Jeff Pearlman; David Sabino

Baseball [bonus Piece]

Birdbrained Under the misguided stewardship of Peter Angelos, the once-proud Orioles have become the laughingstock of baseball--and the worst may be yet to come

By Tom Verducci; David Sabino

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside College Basketball

Inside College Basketball

By Tim Crothers; Seth Davis

Rush to the Fore Missouri's Kareem Rush is quietly escaping the shadow of big brother JaRon

By Seth Davis

Inside The NBA

Inside The NBA

By Ian Thomsen; David Sabino

Inside The NHL

That Old Magic Mike Keenan showed he still has the touch by getting Boston on track

By Kostya Kennedy

In The Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Kids Are Trying This at Home!

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

Scorecard

By Daniel G. Habib; Lars Anderson; Michael Farber; Mark Mravic 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