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Golf Plus
Perp Prep At Glen Mills, a school for troubled teens, a golf course helps change lives
By Jeff Silverman
Captain Courageous Ripped after the Ryder Cup, Curtis Strange held the high ground at the Warburg Cup rematch
By Gary Van Sickle
The Week
By Tom Cunneff Edited By Alan Shipnuck
Big Play With the shot that won the Hyundai Team Matches, Rich Beem showed that the best way to play is to get a grip--way down on the club
By Craig Shankland Edited By Alan Shipnuck
Bottom Lines
By Sal Johnson Edited By Alan Shipnuck
Planet Notre Dame
By Steve Rushin
Q+A Donald Trump The real estate tycoon dishes on his burgeoning golf empire and his unlikely marriage with the LPGA
By Donald Trump Edited By Alan Shipnuck
The Book on Tiger
By Kevin Cook
Scorecard Extra
Toast of the Ivies By routing Harvard, Penn avenged last year's loss and won at least a share of another Ivy League title
By Michael Bamberger Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
Winn-Win Deal? Trading a manager (in this case Lou Piniella) for a player (Randy Winn) has produced lopsided results
By Michael Bamberger Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
Fast-Forward North Dakota's high-scoring Zach Parise is off to the best start by a freshman since Paul Kariya
By Lars Anderson Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
The Replacement Paul Sunderland has the difficult task of succeeding the legendary Chick Hearn as voice of the Lakers
By Richard Deitsch Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
Catching Up With...
Ron Darling, Pitcher AUGUST 25, 1986
By Kristin Green Morse
College Football
Winning Ugly Ohio State is doing just enough to get to the Fiesta Bowl. Now for the toughest part: Michigan
By Kelley King
Pro Football
So ... How's It Going, Steve? Redskins coach Steve Spurrier doesn't have the personnel to make his wide-open offense click, but he keeps flinging it anyway
By Peter King
Pro Basketball
Reappearing ACT For two seasons Orlando has waited for Grant Hill to get healthy. Now he's back, though many worry that--poof!--he could be gone again
By Jack McCallum
Special Report
The Ultimate Jock school The education is intensive--and expensive--at IMG Academies, where sports come first and classes are fit into training regimens designed to help students reach their athletic goals
By Kelley King
School's Out For up-and-comer Ally Baker, there's no room in a hectic tournament and training schedule for classes
By Albert Chen
College Basketball Preview 2002-03
Just Do It Right College basketball has a fundamental problem: lousy fundamentals. Everybody can jam, nobody can hit a jump shot. How to fix it? Go back to basics
By Alexander Wolff
The All-Old-School Team Fundamental Five A quaint quintet in this hip-hop world, these players have textbook moves and a back-to-basics attitude. Dressed in vintage unis that symbolize their throwback values, this group would feel at home in any era
By Grant Wahl
Basically Dazzling Kansas' Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich play the game the right way. And, make no mistake, it's fun to watch
By Grant Wahl
Professor Hoops When coach Charlie Coles teaches his basketball course at Miami (Ohio), it's a full-court test
By Grant Wahl
Scouting Reports
1 Arizona Plain and simple, it will be an upset if this mix of skilled, seasoned starters and talented, ready reserves does not win it all
By Grant Wahl
2 Kansas With the bench thin and untested, the nation's strongest starting five must carry the Jayhawks--but it has the potential to take them all the way
By Grant Wahl
3 Oklahoma After tasting success with an appearance in the Final Four, the Sooners have set their sights even higher
By Seth Davis
4 Florida If the running, gunning Gators can find an inside game to match their sharpshooting, they'll be awfully tough to beat come tournament time
By Seth Davis
5 Duke This season marks a changing of the guard in Durham--Jason Williams is gone, and a ballyhooed crop of freshmen must help pick up the slack
By Seth Davis
6 Texas With every starter back from last year's Sweet 16 squad, no one should take these Longhorns lightly this season
By Phil Taylor
7 Pittsburgh With five returning starters and a sparkling new arena, the scrappy Panthers are moving up in the world
By Seth Davis
8 Alabama With help from a masterly young guard orchestrating at the point, the Tide's rock-steady anchor is ready to go from unknown to unstoppable
By Phil Taylor
9 Xavier The Musketeers boast a two-time Atlantic 10 player of the year, a hot shooter from Africa and an agile center
By Phil Taylor
10 Georgia Undersized but no longer underdogs, these rabid Dawgs will have their day the Wright way
By Kelli Anderson
11 Michigan State The Spartans are counting on a sophomore star who can't stomach losing--or sometimes even playing--to lead them back to the Final Four
By Phil Taylor
12 UConn The Huskies have the talent to recapture their past glory. The big question is, Do they have the fire?
By Chris Ballard
13 Oregon With their Lukes in the limelight, the Ducks are hoping that an upgraded front line will help them live up to their billboard reputation
By Kelli Anderson
14 Western Kentucky When star center Chris Marcus decided not to go into the NBA draft, a good team got even better
By Chris Ballard
15 Gonzaga Big schools keep wooing coach Mark Few, but he's happy in Spokane, turning his Zags into the nation's unlikeliest perennial power
By John O'Keefe
16 Kentucky After cleaning house in the off-season, the Wildcats are ready to put a turmoil-filled year behind them
By Kelli Anderson
17 Virginia Shored up by a trio of talented imports, the Cavaliers should have ample staying power this season
By Chris Ballard
18 Marquette A surprising star and a ready-for-impact transfer figure to have the Golden Eagles flying high
By Seth Davis
19 Villanova With an exciting freshman class joining a solid group of veterans, the Wildcats have heightened expectations--and the tools to meet them
By Chris Ballard
20 Tulsa Lacking big names and big players, the Golden Hurricane gets the job done by sticking together
By Seth Davis
Filling Out The Field Here are the other 45 schools that SI projects will get berths in the 65-team NCAA tournament, which includes 31 automatic bids and 34 at-large selections
Devil's Due Overlooked by mighty UConn and Tennessee, Duke's determined do-it-all guard, Alana Beard, is out to make them pay this year
By Kelli Anderson
Fast Times As the women's game gets quicker and quicker, watch for Duke to sprint to the top this season
By Kelli Anderson
The Olden Rules
When James Naismith first committed to paper his 13 precepts of basketball in 1891, he could not have foreseen how well those commandments would hold up--or how fiercely the document itself would be coveted
By Alexander Wolff
Inside
Inside The Week in Sports
Inside College Football
Inside College Football
By Daniel G. Habib; Albert Chen
Faces in the Game
By Gene Menez
Inside Baseball
Inside Baseball
By Tom Verducci
Inside The NFL
Inside The NFL
By Jeffri Chadiha; Josh Elliott
King's Corner
By Peter King; Keyshawn Johnson
Dr. Z's Forecast
By Paul Zimmerman
Dribblephilia
By Rick Reilly
Departments
Leading Off
Kickin' It Old School
Letters
Scorecard
By Franz Lidz; Stephen Cannella; Mark BechtelEdited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
The Show
By Bill Scheft Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
Sports Beat
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
Faces in the Crowd
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
