May 7, 2001 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

The Week April 24-30

Right On Cue Young and sassy, Generation Y is making a welcome--and perfectly timed--climb up the ranks of the European tour

By Alan Shipnuck

Tearing Up the Back 40 Hal Sutton is an anomaly among Tour players: He isn't getting older, he's getting better

By Ivan Maisel

Not Out of the Woods Yet With groundbreaking set to start, preserving a rare plant threatened to stop the project

By John Garrity

Notebook

By Jaime Diaz

My Shot I broke my back and almost died, but I never doubted that I would play--and win--again

By Reilley Rankin

Si View

The Day The Roundball Died With apologies to Don McLean--the songwriter, not the journeyman forward--we lament a long-lost NBA

By Steve Rushin

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By Chris Ballard

Chuckle On!

By Chris Ballad

Lax Standards Power ratings on lacrosse's most influential website dare to differ with the national polls

By John O'Keefe

Catching Up With...

Marcus Stroud, Star Recruit FEBRUARY 19, 1996

By Albert Chen

NBA Playoffs

No Contest The Blazers spent big to become worthy challengers to the Lakers, but Kobe, Shaq and Co. toyed with them in a first-round sweep

By Richard Hoffer

Sweet Revenge Coach Paul Silas and the Hornets settled old scores with lopsided new ones in a sweep of the favored Heat

By Tim Crothers

T-Mac Attack Even as the Bucks took the series lead Magic forward Tracy McGrady, all of 21, ran--and talked--them ragged

By L. Jon Wertheim

Baseball

The Posada Adventure

How Jorge Posada went from a too slow infielder to a starring role behind the plate for the Yankees

By Tom Verducci; David Sabino

Pro Football

End to End With newly arrived Kevin Carter anchoring one flank and Jevon Kearse the other, the Titans' pass rush will pack a fearsome one-two punch

By Jeffri Chadiha

NHL Playoffs

The Moose Is Loose The Penguins' hopes don't rest merely on Mario Lemieux but also on little-known goalie Johan (Moose) Hedberg

By Michael Farber

Post-Nfl Pain [bonus Piece]

The Wrecking Yard

As they limp into the sunset, retired NFL players struggle with the game's grim legacy: a lifetime of disability and pain

By William Nack Special Reporting by Lester Munson

Inside Baseball

Inside Baseball

By Stephen Cannella; Jeff Pearlman

Catching On at Last Late-blooming L.A. backstop Paul Lo Duca is a hit behind and at the plate

By Jeff Pearlman

Inside

Inside THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Inside The NHL

Inside The Nhl

By Kostya Kennedy; Brian Cazeneuve

In the Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Inside Soccer

Inside Soccer

By Grant Wahl

The Spirit of St. Louis

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

Scorecard

By Daniel Okrent; William Nack Edited By Albert Kim and Mark Mravic

Faces In The Crowd

Edited By Albert Kim And Mark Mravic