March 25, 2002 Table Of Contents
Golf Plus
By Ivan Maisel
By Gary Van Sickle; Sal Johnson EDITED BY Alan Shipnuck
By Gary Smith
Si View
Double Drivel Tournament upsets Rendered in couplets? Beware the March muse, For Madness ensues
By Steve Rushin
SI View The Week in Television
TV Talk Actor Dennis Quaid won't knuckle under to our heat
By Richard Deitsch; Dennis Quaid
Ncaa Tournament
By Grant Wahl
Golf
Pro Football
Steve Spurrier "I came here to see if we can pitch it around in the NFL. I don't see why we can't."
By Tim Layden
Inside
Inside The NBA
By Ian Thomsen
Hudson's Flowing Two ingredients in Troy Hudson's emergence for the Magic: oil and rap
By Kelley King
Inside The NHL
Wily Coyotes By trading expensive stars for younger and cheaper players, Phoenix has risen quickly
Baseball Preview
Hitters Rule Armed with better tools and new techniques, today's batters have taken over the game.
By Tom Verducci
By Phil Taylor
Good Wood PREMIUM VINTAGE LUMBER
By Projected rosters, Player Value Rankings and defensive ratings compiled by David Sabino
1 New York Yankees Who could be the breakout Yankee this year? Would you believe Mike Mussina?
By Tom Verducci
2 Boston Red Sox It's shaping up as more of the same: Pray for Pedro and wait till next year
By Tom Verducci
3 Toronto Blue Jays Once they've endured their growing pains, the New Jays should improve with age
By Tom Verducci
4 Baltimore Orioles For the O's to improve, the kids have to keep up with ageless Jeff Conine
5 Tampa Bay Devil Rays An out-with-the-old, in-with-the-new plan offers hope--just not for this year
1 Chicago White Sox Good young arms plus scary veteran bats add up to a team to be reckoned with
By Phil Taylor
2 Minnesota Twins They smoothly field questions about their future--and every ball hit their way
By Mark Bechtel
By Mark Bechtel
4 Detroit Tigers There may be less bickering in Detroit, but not more bang from a popgun offense
By Mark Bechtel
By Mark Bechtel
By Tom Verducci
By Tom Verducci
3 Anaheim Angels Nothing would be more heavenly than a return to form by two pivotal sluggers
By Tom Verducci
1 Atlanta Braves The addition of a renowned Sheff adds much-needed spice to a bland offense
By Josh Elliott
2 New York Mets No team made more changes this winter, but will they turn out to be for the better?
3 Florida Marlins This talented young bunch needed a leader. They got themselves a Rock
4 Philadelphia Phillies Last year was nice, but the status quo won't be enough for Philly to move up
By Josh Elliott
5 Montreal Expos A team teetering on the brink of extinction is pondering what might have been
By Josh Elliott
2 Houston Astros A suddenly younger team will count on a superb staff and that old offensive pop
By Josh Elliott
3 Chicago Cubs Will baseball's longest championship drought finally end? Don't count on it
4 Milwaukee Brewers Wanted: a spark at the top of the order and power in the middle of the lineup
5 Cincinnati Reds How bad are the Reds? Two years ago their ace was a minor leaguer--in Japan
By Phil Taylor
By Phil Taylor
4 San Diego Padres Think there's nowhere to go but up for the NL's worst defensive team? Think again
By Phil Taylor
5 Colorado Rockies Bank on more cost cutting if a pair of aces fails to rebound from a poor 2001
By Phil Taylor
By David Sabino
By Rick Reilly
Departments
Happy Holiday A monster move in the Florida Derby gave focus to a fuzzy Kentucky Derby picture
By Mark Beech
Vive La Revolution! No MLS team benefited more from the league's contraction than New England
By Mark Bechtel
Stone-cold Wonderful For Donnie MacMillan, there is nothing finer than to be Carolina's king of ice
By Mark Bechtel
By Jim Bouton; Don Yaeger; Daniel G. Habib; Amy Ruth Levine; Kelley King