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The Great PretenderChris Smith claims to be a man of many interests, but he mainly just wants to have fun
By Chris Lewis
New WaveVijay Singh won the Tour Championship, but all the fresh faces were the talk of the tournament
By Gary Van Sickle
Always on Sundays
By Steve Rushin
The Week
Edited By Alan Shipnuck
Bottom Lines
By Sal JohnsonEdited By Alan Shipnuck
Big Play The belly putter helped Vijay Singh, who holed this 82footer at East Lake, turn the flat stick from a weakness into something he can stomach
By Jim SuttieEdited By Alan Shipnuck
Q+A Michael MurphyThe celebrated author of Golf in the Kingdom waxes philosophic on the 30th anniversary of his mystical--and occasionally mystifying--novel about the game
By Michael MurphyEdited By Alan Shipnuck
The One and Only
By Cameron Morfit
Catching Up With...
Tom Cousineau, LinebackerAUGUST 30, 1982
By Bill Syken
NFL Midseason Report
These Kids Can Play With Tom Brady of the Patriots showing the way, a new generation of explosive young quarterbacks is lighting up the NFL
By Peter King
Detroit's Darling Rookie Joey Harrington has all the tools--the talent, the toughness and the moxie--to bring real hope to the fans of the long-lost Lions
By Michael Silver
Champs or Chumps? Realignment's worst nightmare: An 8--8 division winner could go to the playoffs while a 10--6 wild card stays home
By Peter King
Dr. Z's Forecast Working overtime is just one of the factors going against the Raiders in Denver
By Paul Zimmerman
Horse Racing
The $3 Million Sure thingOne horseplayer defied astronomical odds to hit the Pick Six jackpot on Breeders' Cup day. Was he unbelievably lucky--or did he pull off a scam?
By L. Jon WertheimSpecial Reporting by Mark Beech
College Football
Upset Saturday Four unbeatens were toppled last weekend--more evidence that the gap between the top teams and the rest of the pack has narrowed
By Austin Murphy
Hockey
Sweet SorrowGordie Howe, one of his sport's fiercest warriors, can only watch and grieve as his wife--the smarts behind Mr. Hockey--slowly succumbs to a rare brain disorder
By Allen Abel
Pro Basketball
Hello, New Orleans! The NBA returned to the Big Easy after a 23year absence, but how long is the buzz about the Hornets likely to last?
By Jack McCallum
Demolition Derby
Crash Courses For nasty rivalries, earsplitting noise and bone-rattling collisions, nothing beats the mud-caked, low-staked, high-speed, steel-and-horsepower free-for-alls of demolition derby
By Kevin Conley
Inside
Inside The Week in Sports
Inside College Football
Back in VogueIn a year of spread offenses, the running back has reemerged as the most important position on the field
By Ivan Maisel
Inside The NHL
Inside the NHL
By Daniel G. Habib
In The Crease
By Pierre McGuire
Robbing Darren to Pay Paul
By Rick Reilly
Departments
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Letters
Scorecard
By Christina Asquith, Alan ShipnuckEdited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
By Bridgette Wilson-Sampras; Richard Deltsch Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deltsch
The Show
By Bill Scheft Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deltsch
Sports Beat
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deltsch
Faces in the Crowd
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch