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Klitschko's Glitch A desultory 10-round TKO by Wladimir Klitschko did not boost his image as a heavyweight power
By Richard Hoffer
Renaissance Man Warriors center Adonal Foyle has more on his plate--politics, poetry, a master's degree--than just hoops
By Chris Ballard
Unstoppable Leak Colleges have lined up by the score to sign the country's best player, quarterback Chris Leak
By Richard Deitsch
Just Say No Hard-charging IOC veteran Dick Pound has a new mission--to end drug use in the Games
By Frank Deford
Busting Out Considered a flop his first four years, Olli Jokinen of the Panthers is finally playing like a No. 3 draft pick
By Michael Farber
Must-See NFL TV Edge NFL Match-Up, the thinking man's highlight show, is essential viewing for players and coaches
By Josh Elliott
Hitting 400 Coach John Gagliardi of Minnesota's St. John's won his 400th game--and he shows no signs of slowing
By Austin Murphy
Seamheads, Rejoice Baseball-Reference.com is the ultimate online statistical source for fans with a sense of history
By Stephen Cannella
Golf Plus
Class Acts (of 2003)If you make the number at the Tour's Q school, you have a chance to make a name. Here are some of the players who tried
By John GarrityAdditional Reporting By Farrell Evans
The New Math The big news of 2002 boiled down to a few simple equations
Tribal Warfare How a wildly successful golf development split the Las Vegas Paiutes into spiteful, bickering factions
By John Garrity And Chris Lewis
Creative Type Even at age 85, prolific inventor Tony Antonious never stops searching for his next bright idea
By Seth Davis
The Week
Edited by Alan Shipnuck
Easier Does It
By Steve Rushin
Big Play Tiger Woods blew a chance at victory at his own tournament because of a handsy hook, but most amateurs could learn from his miscue
By Brad Redding
Bottom Lines
By Sal Johnson
Ben Wright The politically incorrect TV announcer discusses his return to the booth and his sympathy for Hootie
By Ben Wright; Edited by Alan Shipnuck
Getting Religion
By Jeff Silverman
Si Adventure
Board Brothers Andy's the world champion, Bruce the party-boy prodigy--and together the two Irons boys are surfing's new wave
By Kostya Kennedy
What Were They Thinking? For the athletes on these pages, the adventure never ends. But when we asked them to put some of the most over-the-top moments of 2002 into their own words, even they were left wondering...
Inside Out NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE SPORTS
By Craig Vetter
What It Takes Five top adventurers tell us the gifts they've gotta have this holiday season
An Extremely Trying Year
By Austin Murphy
Mascot School
Tricks of the Trade Never take off your head in public--and other important lessons I learned at mascot school
By Mary Roach
Catching Up With...
Bruce Jenner, Decathlete AUGUST 9, 1976
By Brian Cazeneuve
Sportsman Of The Year
Lance Armstrong For his courage and commitment--not to mention his fourth straight Tour de France victory--SI salutes the ultimate road warrior
By Rick Reilly
Sportsmen of the Year 1954-2002
Pro Football
Tamp Bay Takes Charge On a Sunday of pivotal division matchups, the Bucs made the biggest statement by battering the Falcons and looking ripe for a postseason run
By Michael Silver
Passing Fancy With their throw-first, run-later philosophy, the Raiders have emerged as the team to beat in the AFC
By Josh Elliot
Flash Of The Titans Multitalented quarterback Steve McNair has carried Tennessee to the top of the AFC South
By Jeffri Chadiha
Hockey
Mighty Marty With his aggressive, high-risk style, the Stars' Marty Turco is playing goalie like nobody else
By Daniel G. Habib
College Basketball
Another Surprise from South Bend Forget about football: Notre Dame toppled three Top 15 teams in the span of six days to prove it belongs in the upper echelon in hoops
By Alexander Wolff
College Football
Ready for a Fiesta Record-setting Willis McGahee carried Miami past Virginia Tech and into the national title game
By Kelley King
Pro Basketball
Passion Player No one in the NBA competes harder than Ron Artest, who makes his feelings about hoops--and everything else--refreshingly clear
By L. Jon Wertheim
Tribute
Roone Arledge 1931-2002 In presenting the Olympics, Wide World, Howard Cosell and much more, this visionary revolutionized sports television
By Frank Deford
Top 100 Sports Books
The Top 100 Sports Books Of All Time
By Pete McEntegart; L. Jon Wertheim; Gene Menez; Mark BechtelCompiled by the staff of Sports Illustrated
Inside
Inside The Week in Sports
Inside The NFL
Inside the NFL
By Peter King
King's Corner
By Peter King; Eddie George
Dr. Z's Forecast
By Paul Zimmerman
Should You Read This Column?
By Rick Reilly
Inside The NBA
Lousy at a Luxury Price Scottie Pippen sees a grim season for the overpaid, disaffected Blazers
By Ian Thomsen
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By Eric Crouch; Richard Deitsch; George Dohrmann; Mark Beech Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Richard Deitsch
Q+A Andres Cantor
By Richard Deitsch; Andres Cantor Edited 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
