February 19, 2001 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

The Week Feb. 6-12

Seoul Sisters Fearless, focused and led by a pair of surefire stars, Korean golfers are taking charge on the LPGA tour

By Gary Van Sickle

Notebook

By Jaime Diaz

My Shot Take it from somebody who knows: Even the greatest putters occasionally lose their touch

By Don Pooley

Si View

Money Players Sports stars and business moguls now share the same language--and the same sort of media coverage

By Steve Rushin

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By John Walters

Wave Rave Surfers will have a lot to wax enthusiastic about when they lock on their sport's swell new site

By John Walters

Mike Mania

By John Walters

Pro Basketball

NBA Midseason Report All-Star Game MVP Allen Iverson has the 76ers soaring toward the Finals. Here are the other players and teams that have made a mark so far--for good or ill

5 Predictions

By Phil Taylor

SI Player Ratings

By David Sabino

Coach...or First Class?

Westward, Ho!

By David Sabino

The Big Five-0

By David Sabino

Awards

By Phil Taylor

Booms...and Busts

By Phil Taylor

NBA's To-Do List Helpful Hints on Ways to Improve the Game

By Ian Thomsen

Long Live the Kings Need a cure for the NBA blues? Watch Sacramento play and be reminded that the fast break and fun can still be part of the game

By Phil Taylor

Wells Spring Third-year guard Bonzi Wells has added pep to Portland

By Chris Ballard

Golf

Grating Expectations Seven tournaments without a victory isn't a slump, but Tiger Woods has set the bar so high that even a good year can look bad

By Alan Shipnuck

College Basketball

Manual Labor With a savvy trio from Manual High in Peoria doing the heavy lifting, Illinois knocked off Michigan State and worked its way to the top of the Big Ten

By Alexander Wolff

Hockey

Teen Angel Can the Islanders' latest wunderkind goaltender, cocky 19-year-old Rick DiPietro, raise the woeful franchise from the dead? He certainly thinks so

By Michael Farber

Baseball

Wet 'n' Wild Last October precocious Cardinals lefty Rick Ankiel couldn't throw the ball in the ocean. This spring he will learn if his inaccuracy was temporary--or career threatening

By Tom Verducci

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside The NHL

Inside The NHL

By Kostya Kennedy

In the Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Inside College Football

Inside College Football

By Ivan Maisel

Last, But Not Least As Pittsburgh discovered with Antonio Bryant(above), a final signee can become a leading man

By Ivan Maisel

Inside Olympic Sports

Inside Olympic Sports

By Brian Cazeneuve; Kelley King

Inside College Basketball

Inside College Basketball

By Tim Crothers; Grant Wahl; Seth Davis

A Man Among Boys William Paterson's Horace Jenkins has taken a long road to stardom

By Jeff Pearlman

Flying In The Face Of Reason

By Rick Reilly

Departments

Small Town, Big Winners A hoops dynasty is the glue that holds the community of Bingham, Maine, together

By Chris Ballard

Gear Innovations designed to raise the heart rate of couch potatoes and sweat addicts

By Mark Beech

Leading Off

Beware The Black Rhino Heavyweight Clifford Etienne found his calling in prison. Now he stalks a title

By Franz Lidz

Letters

Scorecard

By Josh Elliott; Ian Thomsen; Kostya Kennedy 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