August 18, 2003 Table Of Contents

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Sports Illustrated Bonus Section: Golf Plus

Peak Performance As the Tour pros are reminded every year during the International, golf is a different game at 6,400 feet

By Gary Van Sickle

Rumors Ruin A Great Year Davis Love III's best season on the course has been his worst off it

By Rick Lipsey; Gary Van Sickle

Big Play Thanks to a couple of adjustments in his driver swing, Davis Love III is bombing it long--and straight--off the tee, as he did at 12 on Sunday

By Mike Lopuszynski

Seve: I Get No Respect

By Rick Lipsey

Coming Up

By Sal Johnson

Q+A: Young-Kwan Han The father of a Korean LPGA player says that cheating allegations are nothing but discrimination

By Young-Kwan Han; Rick Lipsey

Catching Up With...

Elroy Face, Reliever June 24, 1963

By Stephen Cannella

Emerald Isle Hopping

By Steve Rushin

Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary

This Ain't Baywatch Beach life turns serious at the Jersey Shore's fierce, feisty LIFEGUARD CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Jack McCallum

An Amazing Band A Pop Warner team inspired both the New Jersey rock star and his beloved Giants

By Jon Bon Jovi

The Poll New Jerseyites weigh in on sports*

Compiled By Bill Syken

Pro Football

Summer School Class is in session for the Dallas Cowboys, and no-nonsense Bill Parcells is doing more teaching than he ever has as he embarks on his fourth, and perhaps toughest, reclamation project

By Peter King

Baseball

Those Darned Sox! Two trades and the resurgence of two big sticks have finally given Chicago more than hope

By Daniel G. Habib

Pro Hockey

On the Wild Side From a tiny Canadian town 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle, Jordin Tootoo hunts seals, whales and caribou for food. The hard-nosed forward will soon be in Nashville, trying to become the first Inuit to play in the NHL

By E.M. Swift

High School Basketball

They Got Next For high schoolers pursuing NBA dreams, summer is the time to shine, and none shone more brightly than three stars on the mighty Atlanta Celtics

By Alexander Wolff

Sports Illustrated Exclusive

What Really Happened to Ted Williams

A year after the jarring news that the Splendid Splinter was being frozen in a cryonics lab, new details, including a decapitation, suggest that one of America's greatest heroes may never rest in peace

By Tom Verducci Special Reporting By Lester Munson

Inside

Inside The Week in Sports

Inside The NFL

Sea Change Seattle corner Shawn Springs has a new coordinator--and a new outlook

By Michael Silver

Rookie Watch

By Michael Silver

Inside Baseball

Well-Healed The Marlins come up winners in a gamble on Ivan Rodriguez's fitness

By Albert Chen

Who Is This Guy?

By Albert Chen

Get-Even Time For Veteran Aces Braves Starters on Track

By Albert Chen

Tom Verducci's View

By Tom Verducci

Inside College Basketball

Bliss Out Baylor coach Dave Bliss's reliance on juco transfers and troubled castoffs helped cost him his job

By George Dohrmann

All or Nothing for Kobe

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

Crazy Talk Everyone wants to know if Jeremy Shockey is out of his mind. The answer is complicated

By S.L. Price Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Mr. Mascot A Ph.D. studies the art and science of wearing blue fur

By Julia Morrill Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Follow Up SPORTS MOVIES

Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Go Figure

Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Miracle Man HERB BROOKS | 1937-2003

By E.M. Swift Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

For The Record

Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Bernie Double

Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

The Show

By Bill Scheft Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Q+A Matt Kenseth

By Matt Kenseth; 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 --Edgy Playmakers --Sadler in the Saddle

By Richard Deitsch Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Faces in the Crowd

Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Star in Stripes?

By David Sabino Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel