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Si Adventure
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Pie in the Sky? Welcome to the new space race, in which three rival highfliers are vying to be the first to skydive from 25 miles above the earth--a long-shot feat they hope won't turn them to bacon
By Franz Lidz
Hot & Cold At the Marathon des Sables, billed as the world's toughest footrace, even the stoutest of competitors couldn't avoid getting Saharan sand kicked (and blown) in their faces
By Kelli Anderson
Cold The inaugural South Pole Marathon was a subzero struggle that ended in bitter arguments, threatened lawsuits and even a complaint to the FBI
By Austin Murphy
As Tough As It Gets Challenge comes in many forms, but these four tests have this in common: Each is the cruelest of its kind
Inside Out NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE SPORTS
By Richard Deitsch; Charles Hirshberg; Albert Chen
Livin' It Nearly 50 years after Hillary, there are still plenty of firsts to be bagged on Everest
Invasion of the Trout-snatchers
By Austin Murphy
Unforgiving Mountain Four seasoned adventurers had a bold vision: to set a record by skiing from the peak of Alaska's Mount St. Elias to the sea. But after two of them reached the summit, something went terribly wrong
By L. Jon Wertheim With special reporting by George Dohrmann and Yi-Wyn Yen
Golf Plus
Golf Plus golfonline.com
Growing Pains As sprawling golf communities devour South Carolina's Low Country, some residents ask, How much is too much?
By Alan Shipnuck
The Week
By Sal Johnson Edited by Gary Van Sickle
Big Play Justin Leonard putted brilliantly at the WorldCom Classic, but it was the 18-incher he missed that led to his victory
By David Glenz
Q&A Former PGA champ Mark Brooks is a kitchen magician
By Mark Brooks
Catching Up With...
Carroll Shelby, Auto Racer MARCH 25, 1957
By John O'Keefe
Si View
Shrink City Its population in decline and its fans wracked by anxiety, Detroit is desperate for a winner
By Steve Rushin
SI View The Week in Television
By Richard Deitsch
On Your (Book) Marks
TV Talk
By Tom Durkin; Richard Deitsch
Pro Basketball
Good and Nasty
To beat the Pacers, the Nets will need some intimidating play from bruising Kenyon Martin, who walks the line between tough and dirty.
By Chris Ballard
Pro Football
Anatomy of a Draft The inside story of how owner Jerry Jones and the Cowboys nearly botched things up in the first round--but ended up scoring big
By Peter King
Baseball
Prize Catch With his fearless fielding and a suddenly sizzling bat, Twins centerfielder Torii Hunter has been a gem for his endangered ballclub
By Jeff Pearlman
No Friends in High Places If baseball were just a game and not big business, the Twins would be safe and the Brewers would be out
By Tom Verducci
Inside
Inside
Inside Baseball
Inside Baseball
By Jeff Pearlman
Inside The NHL
Inside The NHL
By Daniel G. Habib; Michael Farber
In The Crease
By Pierre McGuire
Inside Motor Sports
Inside Motor Sports
By Mark Bechtel
Here's Looking Up at You Because luxury boxes hog much of the prime viewing area, most other fans have a view only a mountain goat could love.
By Rick Reilly
Departments
Turning Gold into Gold Olympic champ Kurt Angle is making a mint in the WWF--and ending a taboo
By Daniel G. Habib
Books Two Tales of Baseball, About As Far from the Major Leagues As You Can Find It
By Charles Hirshberg
Leading Off
In Search of the Straight Line Wilson sparks controversy by claiming its new balls are the first to roll true
By Gary Van Sickle
Letters
Scorecard
By Kostya Kennedy; Pete McEntegart Edited by Albert Kim and Kostya Kennedy
Faces in the Crowd
Working Overtime
Edited by Albert Kim and Kostya Kennedy
