October 1, 2001 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

The Week Sept. 18-24

Sacre Blues Near Paris, an ambivalent European tour played on despite an uncertain future

By John Garrity

Unsettling Site At Laurel Valley, minds were 20 miles away

By Gary Van Sickle

Taking a Stand Stretched to the max, the Florida layout highlights the divide within the golf industry

By John Garrity

Notebook

By Alan Shipnuck

My Shot Even before I became Mr. 58, I was known as the Luckiest Man in Golf

By Jason Bohn

Si View

Fists Of Flash Using technology to the max, two boxing mavens have produced a fun website on the fight game

By John O'Keefe

The Rites Stuff

By Richard Deitsch

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By Richard Deitsch

Pro Football

Flying Start With their typically stingy defense and a new-look passing game, the Dolphins eked out a last-gasp victory over the Raiders

By Jeffri Chadiha

No Forward Progress With his Seahawks unable to score and unsure how to handle his rebukes, Mike Holmgren may see his dream job become a nightmare

By Michael Silver

Baseball

Wild Card

While powering St. Louis toward a playoff berth, MVP candidate Albert Pujols may be having the greatest rookie year ever

By Tom Verducci

College Football

Brute Strength Relying on an uncharacteristically deep and determined defense, UCLA stymied Ohio State and improved its record to 3-0

By Austin Murphy

Pro Basketball

Air Worthy Though he'd have to contend with losing, old age and his own legacy, a successful return would seem likely for Michael Jordan

By Jack McCallum

Starting Over

By David Sabino

Inside

Inside The Week in Sports

Inside Baseball

Inside Baseball

By Stephen Cannella

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Peter King

Dr. Z's Forecast

By Paul Zimmerman

Inside College Football

Inside College Football

By Ivan Maisel

Sweet Scientist Calvin Carlyle has found success on the field and in the lab at Oregon State

By Austin Murphy

Ben Sheets [bonus Piece]

Learning Curve It's been a season of dizzying highs and lows for Ben Sheets, the Brewers' All-Star rookie pitcher, and SI charted his progress all the way

By Tom Verducci

Golden Boys

By Jamal Greene

It's a Whole New Ball Game

By Rick Reilly

Departments

Follow The Bouncing Cowboy During the Mesquite bounty bull ride, one thing is all but guaranteed: The beast wins

By Michael Shropshire

Leading Off

Letters

Scorecard

By Jack McCallum Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic

Faces in the Crowd

Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic

Playing Hardball

Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic