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On the Money Three new books trace the insidious rise of the cash culture in baseball over the past five decades
By Charles Hirshberg
Staying Power Though lacking a knockout punch, lightweight Paul Spadafora thrives on guile and determination
By Franz Lidz
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Back To Golf Off the course Vijay Singh couldn't have had a worse week. On it his performance at the Nelson couldn't have been better
By Gary Van Sickle
Can The Clothes Make You Da Man? In a desperate bid to improve his game, the author tries outfitting himself like some of the Tour's most distinctive dressers
By Jim Gorant
The Week
By Alan Shipnuck
Resident Alien in Red Sox Nation
By Steve Rushin
Big Play A masterly wedge shot on 12 keyed Vijay Singh's win at the Nelson, and his controlled power makes him my choice to win next month's U.S. Open
By T.J. Tomasi
Coming Up
By Sal Johnson
Golf Herstory 101
By Jeff Silverman
Remembering Mark McCormack
By Walter Bingham
Catching Up With...
Mark Randall, Forward APRIL 1, 1991
By Richard Deitsch
Tennis
The Serena Show
Serena Williams, who defends her French Open title next week, is now tennis's biggest star, and no one could be happier on the grand stage
By L. Jon Wertheim
Hockey
The Last Laugh With the retooled Mighty Ducks going for the Cup, the joke--finally--is no longer on them
By Michael Farber
The Other Guy J.S. Giguere is getting all the raves, but Martin Brodeur's play has the Devils clicking
By Stephen Cannella
Horse Racing
Hands Down Putting a baseless accusation behind him, Jose Santos rode Funny Cide to an easy Preakness win and closed in on the first Triple Crown since 1978
By Tim Layden
From The Back Tees After the heated, and often silly, debate over her playing the Colonial, Annika Sorenstam is at last ready to test herself against the men
By Seth Davis With Reporting By Art Stricklin
Pro Basketball
Texas Tornado For Dallas to win its cross-state showdown with San Antonio, sixth man Nick Van Exel has to keep up his whirlwind scoring
By Jack McCallum
Prince of The Palace A seldom-used rookie is a key to the Pistons' fortunes
By Chris Ballard
Tribute
The Visionary He created sports marketing and changed the worlds of golf, tennis and television. How will IMG survive the loss of its brilliant founder? Mark McCormack 1930-2003
By S.L. Price Compiled by Luis Fernando Llosa
Baseball
Five At Bats, 18 Pitches, 10 Swings, Two Hits, Two Runs...And No Walks Rocco Baldelli, the Devil Rays' free-swinging rookie centerfielder, isn't about to let a hittable pitch--or his shot at stardom--go by
By Albert Chen
Golf
Pssst... Wanna Buy Some Clubs? Golfers spend millions a year on counterfeits and knockoffs. To find out how this burgeoning industry works, we went right to the source: southern China
By E.M. Swift; Don Yaeger
Inside
Inside The Week in Sports
Inside Baseball
Inside Baseball
By Albert Chen
Tom Verducci's View
By Tom Verducci; Derek Jeter
Inside Track And Field
Inside Track and Field
By Grant Wahl
Takin' His Whuppin' like a Man
By Rick Reilly
Departments
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Letters
Hurricane Watch Two conferences are wooing Miami Athletic Director Paul Dee, whose decision--stay in the Big East or bolt for the ACC--could shake up the college sports landscape
By Kelley King Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Blood, Sweat and Magic Dave DeBusschere, 1940-2003, gave his all, every night
By Bill Bradley Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Go Figure
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
For The Record
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
A Yen for Speed
By Lars Anderson Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
The Show
By Bill Scheft Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Q+A Helio Castroneves The 28-year-old Brazilian driver, nicknamed Spider-Man for his fence-climbing victory celebrations, is the two-time defending Indy 500 champ.
By Richard Deitsch; Helio Castroneves Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Sports Beat
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
The Week In Television
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Under Review Stark and the Stork--Mo' Bettor Blues
By Richard Deitsch Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Faces in the Crowd
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
