June 6, 2005 Table Of Contents
Sports Illustrated Bonus Section: Golf Plus
After hanging on to win the FedEx Classic by a shot, Leonard reflected on fear, weightlifting and diapers
What golfers are talking about
The NCAA Championships are to be held Wednesday through Saturday at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. Here are the 10 teams we think have the best shot at the title.
By Jim Gorant
Sixteen years after the meltdown that came to define his career, Mike Reid made amends by finishing like a champion and finally laying claim to a PGA
After last year's embarrassment at Shinnecock Hills, the USGA is taking pains to make sure that the same thing doesn't happen at Pinehurst
As the Euro tour roils, the question is, What will become of Colin Montgomerie?
By Jim Gorant
LIFE AND TIMES ON THE PGA TOUR
Olympics
The IOC is voting on whether to eliminate some events and add others--a contentious first step toward freshening up the Games
By E.M. Swift
As for that Other Big Vote ...
With a month to go before the 2012 host city is selected, Paris looks golden, but London is gaining
AIR AND SPACE
By Steve Rushin
SCORECARD
By Mark Bechtel
SI Players
Seattle Storm Guard
Edited By Kostya Kennedy and B.J. Schecter
Edited By Kostya Kennedy and B.J. Schecter
Tinted contacts are giving players a new lens on life
Detroit Pistons Edition
Edited By Kostya Kennedy and B.J. Schecter
The Questions with Pat Day/Hall of Fame Jockey
Edited By Kostya Kennedy and B.J. Schecter
HOW IT FEELS...Hitting a Walk-Off Homer
Edited by Kostya Kennedy and B.J. Schecter
Baseball
Bedeviled by the Big Apple last year in his first try as a Yankee, Alex Rodriguez is stress-free and gaining acceptance from teammates and fans. It helps to be leading the majors in homers, RBIs and runs
By Tom Verducci
SOFTBALL
As the Women's College World Series opens in Oklahoma City, softball is soaring in popularity thanks to taut games, TV and a U.S. gold medal
NBA Playoffs
With Detroit's big men looming large in the Eastern final, Shaquille O'Neal was trying to rise to the challenge for Miami, aided by a new 6'10" friend
By Ian Thomsen
Tim Duncan led the Spurs to the brink of the Finals with cool efficiency and amazingly little fanfare
American Speed
Despite finishing fourth behind Dan Wheldon, 23-year-old DANICA PATRICK was a big winner at the Indy 500
By E. M. Swift
Forget racing. Indy turned Danica into a one-name celebrity, a hot pinup and the object of marketers' affections
Slowed by a record number of yellow flags but capped by a furious finish, the COCA-COLA 600 highlighted NASCAR's big questions heading into the second half of the regular season
The U.S. hasn't had an F/1 driver since 1993, but the deliberate development of young SCOTT SPEED is about to change that
Many of the best drivers in NASCAR and Indy racing first proved their worth in the grit of ELDORA SPEEDWAY, pushing sprint cars to the limit
Inside
The Week In Sports
Inside Tennis
Week 1 of the French Open belonged to the Spanish men, whose all-surface game was just right for the red clay
Inside the NFL
As he makes one more run in '05, the Steelers' Jerome Bettis hopes to see the Pats' Tedy Bruschi across the line
By Peter King
By Peter King
Inside Baseball
The probable No. 1 pick in the draft, teenage shortstop Justin Upton looks like a natural to make the big leagues
MIKE SWEENEY TRADE?
ROCKIES' JEFF FRANCIS
By Albert Chen
By Tom Verducci
LIFE OF REILLY
By Rick Reilly
Departments
A Japanese expansion team turned to an American G.M. to bring new blood to the game. He didn't last long
By Bill Syken
In an accomplished new memoir, the first woman of Indy recounts the twists and turns of her life in racing
After being snubbed by two NFL clubs, former Heisman winner Eric Crouch is relearning an old position
Two-time Olympian Hunter Kemper credits an improved diet for his sudden rise to the top of the world rankings
By Bill Syken
Their counterparts in other sports fuss and fight, but the NFL commissioner and union chief often act like teammates. Can this be good for the game?
By Josh Elliott
Hockey caught a glimpse of its future-and perhaps the best junior team ever-during the Memorial Cup tournament
It's a new day in a new league for 46-year-old Rickey Henderson
By Chris Mannix
By Mark Bechtel
Edited by Mark Bechtel
Edited by Mark Bechtel
By Bill Scheft
The 51-year-old director's Cinderella Man, about boxer James Braddock (SI, May 9), stars Russell Crowe.
By Adam Duerson
What to watch and watch for