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A Striking Pair America's futbol future rests at the feet of unlikely partners Landon Donovan and Clint Mathis
By Grant Wahl
Tony's Town The new man in the dugout at San Diego State is the city's most familiar major league face
By Kelli Anderson
King of Chance The man behind those big-money make-a-shot promotions is a card sharp who knows his odds
By Albert Chen
Wrong Answer A new biography argues, dubiously, that Allen Iverson is a "heroic moral exemplar" among today's athletes
By Charles Hirshberg
Si Adventure
"A Wall Of Snow And Then Blackness..." In an instant a wilderness ski trip became a nightmare as British Columbia's second fatal avalanche in 12 days claimed seven young lives
By George Dohrmann
Deep Freezing With ice water in her veins, famed ultraswimmer Lynne Cox took the plunge near Antarctica
By Kelli Anderson
How She Trained Before hitting the water, this swimmer frequently hit the weight room
By Andrea Woo
Indoor Adventure At the Sundance Film Festival, documentaries about two fallen 'boarders looked to get airborne
By Kelvin C. Bias
Livin' It For one sailing team, a Jules Verne legend came to life
By Franz Lidz
What It Takes A 1,100-mile Alaskan trek demands light gear and 15,000 calories a day
By Dimity McDowell
Higher, Faster, Louder
By Austin Murphy
Fear and Clothing in Atlanta The conspicuous consumption in Atlanta was so over-the-top that it would've made Caligula do a spit-take.
By Steve Rushin
Golf Plus
Branded When the dreaded word sandbagger is attached to your name during the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, your number's up
By Alan Shipnuck
The Week
Big Play Davis Love III played brilliantly at Pebble Beach, but he probably wouldn't have won without the luckiest bounce I've seen on Tour in almost 20 years
By Mike Perpich
Catching Up With...
Sam McDowell, Pitcher MAY 30, 1966
By Jeff Pearlman
Pro Basketball
Going out in Style
As Michael Jordan's 40th birthday approached, the NBA's finest turned out in Atlanta to celebrate his myriad achievements (and to squeeze in an All-Star Game)
By Jack McCallum
Rare Forty-tude These five stars have played long enough to leave lasting legacies but stayed strong enough, as they faced the Big Four-O, to perform at a level that still approaches their top form
By David Sabino
Hockey
When All Hull Breaks Loose Hey, if you can score 700 goals, you can say anything you want
By Nicholas J. Cotsonika; Brett Hull
College Basketball
Wild Cards Spurred by the frenzied play of guard Reece Gaines and the coaching of Rick Pitino, the Louisville Cardinals are the nation's hottest team
Olympics
The USOC: Just Fix It Racked yet again by scandal and infighting, the U.S. Olympic leadership needs a complete overhaul and a new boss. Here's SI's plan
By Tim Layden
Baseball
Brave New World Mike Hampton, whose career fell to pieces in Colorado, began the reconstruction last week with Atlanta's pitching guru, Leo azzone
By Tom Verducci
Under the Microscope Keep a close eye on these pitchers this spring. Their managers will
By Daniel G. Habib
Basketball
It All Starts Here Hatched in New Jersey decades ago by irascible genius Pete Carril, the intricate ballet of the PRINCETON OFFENSE is suddenly the height of hoop fashion, winning games and converts from sixth grade to the NBA
Inside
Inside The Week in Sports
Running For Cover Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery ditched their steroid- sullied coach
By Tim Layden
Inside The NBA
Inside The NBA
By Ian Thomsen
Inside College Football
Inside College Football
By Kelley King
Funny You Should Ask
By Rick Reilly
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Top Banana At the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Bill Murray stole clothing, threw fruit--and once again demonstrated the importance of not being earnest
By Gary Van SickleEdited by Kostya Kennedy and Pete McEntegart
Scorecard
By L. Jon Wertheim; Mark Bechtel; Kelley KingEdited by Kostya Kennedy and Pete McEntegart
Q+A Mariel Hemingway
By Richard Deitsch; Mariel HemingwayEdited by Kostya Kennedy and Pete McEntegart
The Show
By Bill ScheftEdited by Kostya Kennedy and Pete McEntegart
Sports Beat
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Pete McEntegart
Champs and Chumps Entering the ring against Muhammad Ali served to test--and to reveal--character
By Charles HirshbergEdited by Kostya Kennedy and Pete McEntegart
Faces in the Crowd
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Pete McEntegart