April 7, 2003 Table Of Contents

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Catching Up With...

Jeff Float, Olympic Swimmer JULY 16, 1984

By Brian Cazeneuve

Ncaa Tournament

Final Foursome A quartet of the nation's best players--including a dynamic freshman--delivered their teams to the brink of a national title

By Alexander Wolff

Old School Twenty-six years after Al McGuire brought home a title, his tireless protege and a do-it-all guard have returned Marquette to glory

By Tim Layden

Baseball

Hey, Chicago Wait Till This Year LONG-SUFFERING CUBS AND WHITE SOX FANS HAVE THEIR HOPES UP AGAIN (SORT OF)

By Rick Telander

Golf

Master Of His Universe Augusta National chairman HOOTIE JOHNSON is a private man embroiled in a very public tussle, and he's conducting himself--for good or ill--like a Southern gentleman

By Alan Shipnuck

Hockey

Unhappy Ending His financially strapped Penguins can't compete and his back hurts like hell. Is this any way for the great Mario Lemieux to finish his career?

By Alec Wilkinson

Supplements

Jolt of Reality Following the lead of elite athletes, teenagers are increasingly juicing their workouts with pills and powders-sometimes with tragic results

By L. Jon Wertheim Special Reporting by Luis Fernando Llosa and Lester Munson

Risky Business Olympian Curt Clausen researches the more than two dozen products he uses, but labels may not tell the whole story

By Brian Cazeneuve

Fearless Factor The Eagles' John Welbourn doesn't see the use of ephedra or other energy boosters as a big issue for the NFL

By Peter King

Inside

Inside The Week in Sports

Inside Tennis

Inside Tennis

By L. Jon Wertheim

Inside The NHL

Inside The NHL

By Stephen Cannella

In The Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Peter King

Inside Baseball

By Daniel G. Habib

Inside The NBA

Inside the NBA

By Ian Thomsen

Must-Not-See TV

Eskimos need more ice. Liz Taylor needs more chins. And we need more sports cable networks. Five more-Ice Channel, Black Belt TV, Football Network, Tennis Channel and College Sports Television-debut within the next six months. What can they possibly show when everything is already on TV? You'd be amazed.

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

Milwaukee's Finest

By Steve Rushin

Scorecard

By Mark Bechtel; Richard Deitsch; Phil Taylor; E.M. Swift; Kelley King; Alexander WolffEdited by Hank Hersch and Mark Bechtel

Q+A Michael Chang

By Michael Chang; Richard DeitschEdited by Hank Hersch and Mark Bechtel

Sports Beat

Edited by Hank Hersch and Mark Bechtel

Faces In The Crowd

Edited by Hank Hersch and Mark Bechtel