June 9, 2003 Table Of Contents

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What's Old Is New With prominent veterans on the move or coming out of retirement, the WNBA has a different look

By Trisha Blackmar Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Reality Bytes Cool features aside, this year's baseball games are best judged by how well they mirror the Show

By Mark Bechtel Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Goal of a Lifetime The world's lowliest national teams are winners in the inspiring documentary The Other Final

By Rick Lipsey Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

A Big Web Catch A new online service enables fans to watch their favorite teams in real time almost all season long

By Bill Syken Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

New Perspective John Starks, who never met a shot he didn't want to jack, preaches discipline as a USBL coach

By Pete McEntegart Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Catching Up With...

Ferguson Jenkins, Pitcher August 30, 1971

By Kelvin C. Bias

Beege And Bags Forever

By Steve Rushin

Horse Racing

The Golden Gelding As Funny Cide closes in on Triple Crown history, we asked where all that horsepower came from. The answer will make you squirm

By Tim Layden

Stanley Cup Finals

Bedeviled In Jersey They're a smart, tough hockey team battling for their third championship in nine years. So why don't the Devils have more admirers?

By Michael Farber

Pro Football

Seeing Is Believing An errant penalty flag nearly blinded him in one eye and it idled him for three years, but Orlando Brown returns to the field a more forgiving man

By Phil Taylor

Baseball

Felipe Alou Has the Midas Touch If you thought the 68-year-old manager was over the hill, guess again. He has the rebuilt Giants in first place in the NL West

By Phil Taylor

Alou You Need To Know The Alous made their mark in the major leagues--brothers Felipe, Matty and Jesus combined for more than 5,000 hits in 47 total seasons--and Felipe's son Moises still carries the family banner

Compiled by David Sabino

Track And Field

Catch Her If You Can

California sprinter Allyson Felix will soon be giving Marion Jones a run for her money

By Tim Layden

NBA Finals

The Big Fundamental To prevail in the championship series, the Nets will have to exploit flaws in the game of Spurs star Tim Duncan--if they can find any

By Jack McCallum

A Tall Order For The Nets Some helpful hints for anyone hoping to slow Tim Duncan

By Chris Ballard

Inside

Inside The Week in Sports

Inside Baseball

Inside Baseball

By Daniel G. Habib David Sabino

Big Boys with Big Numbers

By Albert Chen

Tom Verducci's View

By Tom Verducci

Inside Tennis

Inside Tennis

By L. Jon Wertheim

Inside College Basketball

Inside College Basketball

By Kelli Anderson

Taking One For The Team

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

Man vs. Machine Pitchers are swinging away and umpires are crying foul, but QuesTec, baseball's high-tech strike zone evaluator, is good for the game

By Tom Verducci Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

There's Something about Larry Why NBA teams look to Larry Brown for salvation

By Jack McCallum Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Go Figure

Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

For The Record

Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

The Man from Brazil

By Alexander Wolff Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

L[o]ve Train

Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Monsieur Butterfly Hockey's greatest goaltender, Patrick Roy, changed the shape of the game

By Michael Farber Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Liquid Gold

By Julia Morrill Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Of A Certain Age CHECKING OUT AMERICA'S HOTTEST THREE-YEAR-OLDS

Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

The Show

By Bill Scheft Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Q+A Jimmie Johnson The 27-year-old NASCAR phenom swept last month's Charlotte races, the Winston and the Coca-Cola 600, and sits seventh in the Winston Cup points standings.

By Richard Deitsch; Jimmie Johnson Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

The Week In Television

Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Under Review Courting Collins -- Going for the Gold

By Richard Deitsch Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Sports Beat

Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Faces in the Crowd

Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch

Trivial Matters

By David Sabino Edited by Mark Mravic and Richard Deitsch