March 8, 2004 Table Of Contents

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Fugitive On Tour On the lam for more than a decade, Robert Atwater blew his cover and ultimately lost his freedom when he couldn't resist the opportunity to live his dream of playing with the pros

By Lawrence Donegan

More Bark Than Bite Sure, Tiger enhanced his rep as a merciless match player with his win at La Costa, but his wayward drives left lots of questions about his game

By Gary Van Sickle

Special Considerations Tiger claimed the champion's trophy, but he wasn't the only winner at the Match Play. Here are some others who deserved special prizes

By Gary Van Sickle

Grand Plan Limiting her '04 schedule to focus on the majors, Annika could go out with a bang

By Jim Gorant

Big Play With Dana Rader

By Dana Rader

Heard on the Range

By Jim Gorant; Farrell Evans

Top 100 Poll

Sal Stats

By Sal Johnson

Doral's Blue Monster

By Gorjus George Lucas*

2¢ With Stuart Appleby

By Stuart Appleby

Say What?

Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary: Sports In America

A Dogged Race With sled teams mushing 1,112 miles, the Iditarod celebrates Alaska's history and makes the state even more distinctive

By Chris Ballard

Ice Buckets Growing up in Anchorage, the author developed his hot hand in extreme cold

By Trajan Langdon

Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary

The Poll Alaskans weigh in on sports*

Compiled by Bill Syken

Who & Where

Compiled by Bill Syken

Alltime Best For Alaska's top 50 homegrown sports figures, go to SI.com/50

Compiled by Bill Syken

Memorable Quote

Compiled by Bill Syken

Greatest Moment

Compiled by Bill Syken

Numbers

Compiled by Bill Syken

High School Basketball

Ready for the Big Time

Already a polished star, Brooklyn hoops phenom Sebastian Telfair is set to become the first point guard to jump from high school to the NBA

By Chris Ballard

Pro Basketball

Uh-Kay, You Have A 70-Year-Old Coach Named Hubie NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Hubie Brown's trademark patter and boundless energy have helped turn the sad-sack Grizzlies into a team that's roaring toward the playoffs

By Jack McCallum

Pro Football

Ride Of His Life Though he fell short in the Super Bowl, the Panthers' Jake Delhomme played with a passion that captivated fellow Cajuns

By John Ed Bradley

Baseball

Bird Watching The downtrodden Orioles have a new manager and three free-agent sluggers, but in the star-studded AL East, will anyone notice?

By Albert Chen

Hockey

A Little Bolt Of Lightning A 5'7" dynamo with a big heart, Martin St. Louis has emerged as a prolific scorer and helped make Tampa Bay a Cup contender

By Michael Farber

Inside

Inside The Week in Sports

Inside College Basketball

Bracketeers Late rushes have Missouri and Alabama on the brink of Madness

By Seth Davis

Three Pointer

By Seth Davis

Inside The NBA

Heat Seeker Thanks to rookie Dwyane Wade, Miami is back in the playoff hunt

By Ian Thomsen

Scout's Take

By Ian Thomsen

Inside The NHL

What's the Deal Here? With labor strife in the air, deadline deals are made for different reasons

By Stephen Cannella

In The Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Inside Olympic Sports

Little Hope Two Cincinnati flyweights stood out at the uninspiring U.S. boxing trials

By Richard Hoffer

The Road To Athens

By Brian Cazeneuve

Late Hit from a Con Artist

By Rick Reilly

Departments

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Letters

This Is CourtsCenter

By Steve Rushin

A Changed Man How did Colorado's Gary Barnett--once a cornball coach on a slow career track--wind up in the center of a college sports scandal?

By Rick Telander Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

My Life As A Buffalo Colorado quarterback Joel Klatt feels under siege

By Joel Klatt Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

My Agent Did What? A procedural slip could cost Terrell Owens millions. He's not the only one

By Sridhar Pappu 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

Szuminski Watch

Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Guess Their Weight

Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

The Show

By Bill Scheft Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Q+A Bernard Hopkins

By Bernard Hopkins; Richard Deitsch Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Sports Beat

Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

The Week Ahead What To Watch And Watch For

By Julia Morrill Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Under Review

By Sridhar Pappu Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Faces in the Crowd

Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel

Training Days

By David Sabino Edited by Kostya Kennedy and Mark Bechtel