Cover

HITTING PRETTY

The Sweet-Swinging Days of Manny Ramirez BY CHARLES P. PIERCE

Cover Art: Manny Ramirez

Credit: Color Photo: Clay Patrick McBride

Additional Images[s]: Color Photo: Dusansmetana.com [fisherman] -- Color Photo: Gilbert Iundt/Tempsport/Corbis [1984 Summer Olympics in L.A.]

Additional Text: A FISH STORY by Thomas McGuane
How Anna Kournikova Saved Tennis BY L. JON WERTHEIM
Football vs. Futbol BY GRANT WAHL
SPORTS IN AMERICA
1954-2004
50 States in 50 Weeks
THIS WEEK: CALIFORNIA
Why It's the Runaway Winner As America's Greatest Sports State
BY MICHAEL SILVER
PLUS
California Sports Poll: The North vs. the South
Enemy of the State
Greatest Sports Moment
Who & Where Map
The 1984 Summer Olympics at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum