December 3, 2001 Table Of Contents

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Si Adventure

SI Adventure

It's A Jungle Out There A torturous three-day bike race across Costa Rica, an annual event called La Ruta, has always been won by a Costa Rican. This year a U.S. rider pushed the hosts to the limit

By Abrahm Lustgarten

Slippery Slopes U.S. skiers crashed and cried at the women's World Cup slalom in Colorado, but one renegade kept her Olympic flame burning

By Kelli Anderson

The One And Only Unicyclist Kris Holm is taking his sport out of the big top and up to the mountaintop

By Chris Ballard

The Fugitive In the '70s Michael Lund earned fame as a freestyle skier--and then he was implicated in a huge drug smuggling plot and disappeared. He left his legend behind and, for 23 years, lived another life. A few months ago, it all finally came unrave

By Kostya Kennedy Special Reporting By Don Yaeger

The End Of The Ride For another adventurous fugitive--a mountain biking pioneer--the jig is up

By Franz Lidz

Inside Out NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE SPORTS

By Brion O'Connor; Alan Shipnuck

Livin' It Two Kiwis rowed, rowed rowed their boat across the Atlantic, wearily, wearily...

By Franz Lidz; Steve Westlake

Notes From The Trail

By Austin Murphy

Catching Up With...

Johnny Musso, Halfback DECEMBER 6, 1971

By Lars Anderson

Si View

Different Strokes Tiger Woods plays a game apart from that of the common hacker--in more ways than one

By Steve Rushin

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By Richard Deitsch

Hit And No-Hit A pair of hot-stove baseball DVDs showcase batters and pitchers at the top of their games

By John O'Keefe

Voice Of Eagles Play-by-play from Philly fixture Merrill Reese furnishes an aria's worth of emotions.

By Richard Deitsch

Pro Football

About-Face Grousing and winless six weeks ago, the Redskins are the hottest team in the NFC East. How in the name of Marty Schottenheimer did they do it?

By Peter King

Brownie Points With a defense playing up to its new coach's high standards, the Browns are still in the race for the playoffs

By Jeffri Chadiha

College Football

Run To Glory Onrushing Colorado scrambled the national title picture by stepping all over No. 2 Nebraska

By Austin Murphy

Hockey

Stuck Duck Although he's being held back by a lack of talented teammates, Paul Kariya of Anaheim hasn't lost his ardor for the game or his club

By Michael Farber

Pro Basketball

Killer Looks All Wally Szczerbiak wanted was a few more shots a game. He's getting them now, and the Timberwolves are on a tear

By L. Jon Wertheim

Boxing [bonus Piece]

Almost A Hero FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP MAX SCHMELING WAS MERELY HUMAN IN AN ERA OF GREAT INHUMANITY--A GERMAN WHO WAS A LOYAL FRIEND OF JEWS BUT ALSO A WILLING PAWN OF HITLER

By Frank Deford Special Reporting By Anita Verschoth

Inside

Inside The Week in Sports

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Peter King; Josh Elliott; Bruce Matthews

Dr. Z's Forecast

By Paul Zimmerman

Inside College Football

Inside College Football

By Ivan Maisel; Gene Menez

Inside Olympics

Inside Olympics

By Brian Cazeneuve

Driver's Education Texan Todd Hays played football and kickboxed on his way to bobsleds

By Jeff Pearlman

Inside College Basketball

Inside College Basketball

By Seth Davis

In Order Of Importance

By Rick Reilly

Departments

Anatomy Of A Comeback It seems that no lead is safe these days, and here are the reasons

By Alexander Wolff

Want To Do Skateboarding Tricks On The White Stuff? The Snowskate Is The Way To Go

By Mark Beech

Leading Off

Tiger Woods's first-person instructional is--unlike its author--under par

By Alan Shipnuck

Wild About The Wild In only its second year, expansion Minnesota is a model NHL franchise

By L. Jon Wertheim

Letters

Scorecard

By Ian Thomsen; Grant Wahl Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic

Faces In The Crowd

Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic

Heisman Hopefuls

Edited by Albert Kim and Mark Mravic