April 15, 2002 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

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Playing Along Scott McCarron is one of the nicest guys on the Tour--until the time comes to step on your neck

By Chris Hodenfield

The Week

By Jane Frost; Sal Johnson; Gail Graham Edited By Alan Shipnuck

Fresh off a storybook season in which he quarterbacked the Patriots to a Super Bowl victory at age 24, Tom Brady is learning to cope with the blitz of newfound fame

By Michael Silver

Prisoner of Conscience In a jailhouse interview Jim Brown sounds off about his life behind bars, the NFL and do-nothing sports stars

By Don Yaeger; Jim Brown

Baseball

Would You Believe 80? With five homers in his first four games, Giants slugger Barry Bonds seems set to prove that his home run record of a year ago was made to be broken

By Josh Elliott

Hockey

The Wait Is Over Minnesota, which had stubbornly stayed with homegrown talent, won its first NCAA title in 23 years by turning to an outsider

By Michael Farber

Pro Basketball

Ahead of the Game Once the heir to Jerry West as a player, Geoff Petrie has succeeded him as the NBA's preeminent collector of talent, molding the high-scoring Kings in his image

By Jack McCallum

Motor Sports

After the Miracle Having barely survived a horrific crash in which he lost both legs, Alex Zanardi is attacking rehab with the same passion and purpose that made him a racing champion

By William Nack

Inside

Inside The Week in Sports

Inside The NBA

Inside The NBA

By Ian Thomsen

Inside Baseball

Inside Baseball

By Stephen Cannella

Inside The NHL

Inside The NHL

By Daniel G. Habib

In The Crease

By Pierre McGuire

The Matador in FootJoys

By Rick Reilly

Departments

Dreams on the Line Coach Bruce Arena faces hard choices as he finalizes the U.S. World Cup roster

By Mark Bechtel

Books

By Gary Van Sickle

Leading Off

Extremely High Hopes Full-contact hoops played on trampolines? The idea's so crazy that it might work

By Jack McCallum

Harvard Can Wait As he abets U.S. Davis Cup efforts, James Blake studies the good life

By L. Jon Wertheim

Letters

Scorecard

By Jack McCallum; Tim Layden; Adam White; Brian Cazeneuve Edited by Albert Kim and Kostya Kennedy

Faces in the Crowd

Feeling a Draft