March 12, 2001 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

The Week Feb. 27-March 5

Choke Of Araby Tiger Woods was in charge going into the last day of the Dubai Desert Classic, but he coughed up the tournament to Thomas Bjorn with a spray of bad shots on the 18th hole

By John Garrity

Hefty Lefties Not long ago left-handed golfers were taken lightly. Today a half dozen of them are throwing their weight around on Tour

By Gary Van Sickle

What's My Line? The tools have changed, but creating the holes remains a designer's biggest thrill

By John Garrity

Notebook

By Jaime Diaz

My Shot Having been on both sides of the mike, I know that calling shots is easier than hitting them

By Terry Mauney

Catching Up With...

Mark Aguirre, DePaul Forward DECEMBER 1, 1980

By Albert Chen

Si View

Pardoner's Tale In an era of officially bestowed forgiveness, the sports world offers a lineup of likely excusees

By Steve Rushin

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By John Walters

Top Ranking

By John Walters

Rookies Again At the Craig James Broadcast School, players tackle the basics of a whole new ball game

By John O'Keefe

Pro Basketball

Internal Combustion Led by talented but hot-tempered Rasheed Wallace, the volatile Trail Blazers could win it all--or blow up trying

By Phil Taylor

College Basketball

My Three Sons What a long, strange trip it was when the author hooked up with the ol' Deadhead Redhead, Bill Walton, to see a trio of Walton kids play the family sport

By Grant Wahl

Hockey

League of His Own Less than three months into his comeback, Mario Lemieux has gone from mere boss of the Penguins to undisputed king of the NHL

By Michael Farber

Baseball

Boyz II Aces The Marlins have enough strong young arms to form a hot boy group--one that specializes in chin music but doesn't want any hits

By Jeff Pearlman

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside College Basketball

Inside College Basketball

By Seth Davis; Tim Crothers

The Old Professor His painful stint at Duke behind him, Pete Gaudet again teaches the game

By Mark Bechtel

Inside The NBA

Inside The NBA

By Ian Thomsen; Chris Ballard

Inside The NHL

Inside The NHL

By Kostya Kennedy; Brian Cazeneuve

In The Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Inside Soccer

Inside Soccer

By Grant Wahl

Hockey [bonus Piece]

Blood on the Ice A year ago an accidental high stick forever changed the lives of two of the NHL's brightest young stars

By E.M. Swift

Victim Of His Own Foul Play

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

Scorecard

By Peter King; Mark Beech 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