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All-Star Attitude Hank Blalock, the hero of the midseason classic, is admired in Texas for his skill and work ethic
By Daniel G. Habib
Sports Illustrated Bonus Section: Golf Plus
Startling Start Turned wicked by the weather, St. George's was a royal pain during one of the wildest--and weirdest--opening rounds ever
By Gary Van Sickle
Toasted Open rookie John Rollins had much to celebrate and rue as he got a rude introduction to links golf and missed the birth of his first child
By Seth Davis
Qualified Success Philip Golding, a veteran of 16 trips to Q school on the European tour, has finally seen his persistence pay off
By John Garrity
Stamp Out Ring Rage
By Steve Rushin
Hooked Up At the opulent Westfield Junior PGA Championship, young golfers enjoyed an array of perks while others were left to fret about the amateur game's loss of innocence
By Chris Lewis
Ready For Her Close-Up On the eve of her big week in Hartford, Suzy Whaley, the first woman in 58 years to qualify for a Tour event, was ever the realist
By Franz Lidz
The R & A's Flying Circus Monty tumbled? Tiger fumbled? The glass slipper fit, but rules officials did not acquit? Here's our report from one of the wildest British Opens ever
By Alan Shipnuck
Big Play Thomas Bjorn's temper led to two inexcusable gaffes in the sand, including one on Sunday that resulted in the double bogey that cost him the title
By Carl Lohren
Monty Never Saw the Sign
By Alan Shipnuck
Coming Up
By Sal Johnson
My Shot: Wally Uihlein Antitechnology reporting, such as unsubstantiated allegations in SI, could lead to ill-conceived policy
By Wally Uihlein
Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary
Bucking Tradition The West doesn't get any wilder than the Frontier Days rodeo and festival in CHEYENNE
By E.M. Swift
Making Hay Farm life and a local track star helped shape the state's Olympic wrestling champion
By Rulon Gardner
The Poll Wyomingites weigh in on sports*
Compiled By Bill Syken
Pro Basketball
The Dark Side of a Star
Kobe Bryant's carefully cultivated image has been badly stained by his admission of adultery, and a charge of sexual assault
By Jack McCallum with reporting by George Dohrmann
Golf
A Major Major Upset Playing like a hardened vet, unknown and untested Hooters Tour escapee Ben Curtis won the British Open
By Michael Bamberger
Baseball
Eight Men In BOUND FOR THE HALL OF FAME
By Tom Verducci
Swimming
The Next Golden Girl Versatile NATALIE COUGHLIN, who qualified for seven events at this week's world championships, is on course to be a star at the Olympics
By Kelli Anderson
Pro Football
The Revenge of Jeremy Shockey Or, how a fatherless boy from Oklahoma poured his rage into football, stuck it to doubting coaches, made himself into the most explosive young player in the NFL and became the toast of New York
By S.L. Price
Inside
Inside The Week In Sports
Inside Baseball
Makeover The Phillies' pitching staff, mediocre last year, is this year's strength
By Albert Chen
Coming Soon... Chin-hui Tsao
By Albert Chen
The Man Who Can't Stay Whole Ken Griffey Jr.'s Fallen Star
By Tom Verducci
Tom Verducci's View
Inside Motor Sports
Family Affair Ralf Schumacher is giving famous brother Michael a run for the F/1 title
By Lars Anderson
Johnson Makes Most of Chance Who's the Boss?
By Lars Anderson
Rookie Ratings With 19 of the 36 Winston Cup races in the books, here are SI's midterm grades for the top rookies.
By Lars Anderson
Wanna Get Teed Off?
By Rick Reilly
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Letters
Tour de Force In these heady times for cycling, Lance Armstrong has company in the spotlight as U.S. rider Tyler Hamilton rides on courageously, broken bones and all
By Kelli Anderson Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Arresting Developments Breakthroughs in the Dennehy case
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
The First Cowboy TEX SCHRAMM | 1920-2003
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
The Show
By Bill Scheft Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Q+A Bernie Mac
By Bernie Mac; Richard Deitsch 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 Bernie Goes Easy--Writer is Bidder
By Richard Deitsch; Steve Futterman Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Shrine Time
By David Sabino Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
Faces in the Crowd
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel
