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April 26, 2004 Table Of Contents

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Designing Women Only a special few female course architects have broken through the craft's grass ceiling

By Jeff Silverman

Good Call Armchair rules officials kept Stewart Cink honest at the MCI Heritage

By Jim Gorant

Big Play WITH MITCHELL SPEARMAN

By Mitchell Spearman

Heard on the Range

By Jim Gorant; Farrell Evans

Top 100 Poll

By Jim Gorant

Sal Stats

By Sal Johnson

Redstone Golf Club

By Gorjus George Lucas*

The New List

By Jim Gorant

2¢ With Ty Tryon

By Ty Tryon

Tiger's Got Mail

By Gary Van Sickle

Back On Track

By Steve Rushin

The Lineup

The Lineup

Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary: Sports In America

Spring Fling In April and May daredevils go to Mount Washington to hike up, and hurtle down, the steep slopes of Tuckerman Ravine

By E.M. Swift

The Simple Life In a climate not suited to baseball, a future big leaguer learned small-town values

By Carlton Fisk

The Poll New Hampshirites weigh in on sports*

Compiled by Bill Syken

Who & Where

Compiled by Bill Syken

Greatest Moment

Compiled by Bill Syken

Numbers

Compiled by Bill Syken

Memorable Quote

Compiled by Bill Syken

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

Compiled by Bill Syken

Baseball

Throwing Fuel On The Fire It's only April, but the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry was in late-season form as newcomer Curt Schilling joined the fray and Boston won three of four

By Tom Verducci

Pro Basketball

Rooked? He may not be Rookie of the Year, but Denver's Carmelo Anthony can use the playoffs to show he's the cream of the first-year crop

By Chris Ballard

Hockey

Do You Know The Names In San Jose? Jonathan Cheechoo, of distant Moose Factory, is leading the anonymous but dangerous Sharks in pursuit of the Stanley Cup

By Michael Farber

Pro Football

Dr. Z's Mock Draft

By Paul Zimmerman

River's Edge Forget the awkward throwing motion and the lack of mobility. N.C. State quarterback Philip Rivers has the moxie to succeed in the NFL

By Peter King

In A League Of His Own Iowa's Robert Gallery, an old-school tackle with All-Pro potential, is the best lineman to come out of college in years

By Peter King

Dr. Z's Three Big Threes SI's resident expert ranks the most talented players at the richest positions in the draft and identifies hidden gems

By Paul Zimmerman

The Pictures

The Pictures

Fifty years of SI photography

By Frank Deford

Play With Time The best sports photography stops the clock, forever: On these pages Joe Namath is still No. 1 and Jackie Robinson is still stealing home

By Richard B. Woodward

That Magic Moment

By Gene Menez

Flash Of Inspiration From fish-eyes to black boxes, SI photographers have pushed their craft to its limits, and beyond--often to a whole new way of seeing

By Lisa Altobelli

We Shoot Horses, Don't We?

By Lisa Altobelli

The Appeal of The Peel

By Daniel G. Habib

The Pictures: 50 Years Of Si Photography

Best of the 50s

Best of the 60s

Best of the 70s

Best of the 80s

Best of the 90s

Best of the 00s

Inside

Inside The Week in Sports

Inside College Football

Snap Count Three QBs are vying to start at Miami, but Brock Berlin is still No. 1

By Kelley King

The Coach's Door Is Open Mike Stoops at Arizona

By Kelley King

Mark Beech's Sidelines

By Mark Beech

Inside Baseball

The Natural Just 21, Florida's Miguel Cabrera is getting better with every at bat

By Albert Chen

Three Up Three Down

By Albert Chen

Who Is This Guy?

By Albert Chen

Swinging a Hot Bat, at Last Oakland's Jermaine Dye

By Albert Chen

Tom Verducci's View

By Tom Verducci

Inside The NBA

Alpha Wolf Kevin Garnett, the heady leader of the West's top team, should be MVP

By Ian Thomsen

Let Us Pray/Play

By Rick Reilly

Departments

No Questions This Time The Notre Dame resume scandal behind him, George O'Leary has taken charge at Central Florida

By Kelley King

Letters

Crack of the Bat, and the Bindings April always brings a shower of new baseball books--here are five of note this spring

By Ron Fimrite; Charles Hirshberg; Daniel G. Habib

Rivals

Hundred Years' War In their centennial game, Johns Hopkins bested archrival Maryland

By Julia Morrill

Monsters of the Midwest Unlikely power Illinois is top-ranked and unbeaten--and has an exuberant following

By L. Jon Wertheim

Getting the Picture

Letters

A New Pitch Famed hurler Dave Stewart has gone from ace to agent

By Stephen Cannella

Stroke Of Genius Quite simply, he was the greatest swimming coach who ever lived. But Doc Counsilman knew even more about people

By Kelli Anderson Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

One Last Chance Can Jayson Williams turn the tide at his manslaughter trial?

By Lester Munson Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

Go Figure Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

For The Record

Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

League Of Their Own

By L. Jon Wertheim Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

Killer Instinct? The FBI busts Blues center Mike Danton for allegedly hiring a hit man

By Stephen Cannella Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

Who Is ... Larry Ellison Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

The Show

By Bill Scheft Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

Q+A Jim Caviezel

By Jim Caviezel; Richard Deitsch Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

Sports Beat

Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

The Week Ahead What To Watch And Watch For

By Julia Morrill Edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu

More Is Less

By Mark Bechtel Edited by Sridhar Pappu

Headroom For Max

By Sridhar Pappu Edited by Mark Bechtel

Faces In The Crowd