November 18, 2002 Table Of Contents
Scorecard Extra
The Continental Basketball Association, which went bankrupt in '00, will tip off this week as strong as ever
Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis is just 5' 7 ½", but his height hasn't kept him from being a top NHL scorer
The fresh playmaking of midfielder Aly Wagner, 22, has the U.S. steaming toward the 2003 World Cup
The 1969 Texas-Arkansas title game may have signaled the end of the God-Family-Football era
By Charles Hirshberg Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deltsch
Australia's Todd Woodbridge is practically a lock to break the record for men's doubles championships
By L. Jon Wertheim Editied by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deltsch
Alcorn State coach Dave Whitney imparts the wisdom of his five illustrious decades in sports
Si Adventure
What Places Brothers Reggie And Zach Crist Among The Planet's Top 10 Big Mountain Skiers? Dozens Of Daring First Descents, Innovative Filmmaking And One Helluva Steep Learning Curve
By Tim Layden
While covering 300 miles of jungle in seven days, racers in the latest Eco-Challenge overcame a raft of new hardships
News and notes from the world of adventure sports
By Kelli Anderson; Yi-Wyn Yen
Too cold to venture outside? Hit the couch and bask in the warm rays of your TV screen as you check out the cream of the winter video game crop
By Mark Bechtel
Is pint-sized Mitchie Brusco skateboarding's next big thing?
By Franz Lidz
Catching Up With...
June 20, 1983
Pro Football
With Brett Favre playing as well as ever--and on track for a fourth MVP award--Green Bay has won seven straight and emerged as the team to beat in the NFC
Hockey
Toronto, the hockey capital of the world, is home to the NHL's most notorious band of whiners, divers and cheap-shot artists
Boxing
A pair of brawny, brainy Ukrainian Ph.D.'s, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, hope to soon divide and conquer the heavyweight division
By Franz Lidz
Baseball
Back home in Venezuela, Angels postseason phenom Francisco Rodriguez revealed some secrets of his success
By Stephen CannellaSpecial Reporting by Luis Fernando Llosa
College Football
In pummeling Tennessee, Miami reasserted itself as the team to beat in the race to the national title
Texas A&M ran off with Oklahoma's title hopes
By Kelley King
Fifteen years ago SMU's powerhouse football program was obliterated by a pay-for-play scandal and the NCAA's first "death penalty." Since then 20 other college programs--including Alabama football this year--have qualified for the ultimate sanction, but all have been spared. Why hasn't the NCAA dropped the death bomb again? Much of the answer lies in the athletic rubble at SMU.
By Tim Layden
Special Report
They are stronger and more skilled, but year-round commitment to a single sport and far-flung travel for more and better competition are isolating our best young athletes from their communities and changing the all-around athletic experience that has been at the heart of American sports for generations. Part one of a four-part series
The Vanishing Three-Sport Star
Bucking a powerful trend toward specialization, two athletes in Louisville are excelling in multiple sports--and savoring the challenge
A three-sport sensation 28 years ago, Bruce Hardy is not sure he could pull it off were he a teenager today
By Albert Chen
For Carolyn Rauen of Cincinnati, happiness is competing hard in four varsity sports, including two in the fall
By Albert Chen
Basketball so consumed Stefanie Schilling's life that she lost her love for the game and walked away
By Albert Chen
Inside
Inside The NBA
Zydrunas Ilgauskas has put his injuries out of mind to carry the Cavs
By Ian Thomsen
Inside The NFL
By Peter King
By Peter King; Sam Wyche
Inside Motor Sports
The Winston Cup gets some long-overdue final-weekend drama, with Tony Stewart in the driver's seat
By Mark Bechtel
By Rick Reilly
Departments
By Steve Rushin; Hootie Johnson
By Alexander Wolff; Tom Verducci; Mark BeechEdited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
An accomplished archer (she has ranked as high as 13th in the U.S.) and a trustee for the Women's Sports Foundation, the 46-year-old Academy Award winner had her first child, Alizeh, in April.
By Pete McEntegart; Geena Davis Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
By Bill Scheft Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch