August 8, 2005 Table Of Contents
Leading Off
SCORECARD
The Diamondbacks have built 17 minireplicas of Bank One Ballpark for use by Arizona youth leagues
Catching Up With
SEPTEMBER 18, 1972
AIR AND SPACE
By Steve Rushin
SI Players: Life On and Off the Field
Cubs manager, and his famous son, Darren
SI Players
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
A loquacious lefty gives the lowdown on eats and umps
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
Twins Closer
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
How the pros are coping with the broiling summer of 2005
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
Pro Football
As TRAINING CAMPS open across the nation, the ever-more-popular NFL is looking at a season like no other
By Peter King
Five NFL Vets Demonstrate What They Go Through to Prepare for Training Camp: The Toughest Off-Season Workouts
Mired in last place two months ago, the youthful A's have turned up their intensity, gone on a 40-14 tear and moved into the playoff picture
By Albert Chen
Golf
Out of a swarm of U.S. teen sensations comes record-breaking amateur Morgan Pressel, who is dead set on becoming the No. 1 women's pro. (Look out, Michelle)
By E.M. Swift
Motor Sports
Returning to live in the Indiana town of his boyhood has given Tony Stewart, once NASCAR's stormiest driver, a new calm and put him on track for a second Cup title
Baseball
Rapid Robert Can Still Bring It
Like his legendary heater, Bob Feller comes at you fast and hard--and he's got a lot on his mind
By Frank Deford
Inside
The Week In Sports
Inside Swimming
Individual medley star Katie Hoff, 16, led the way as a new generation of U.S. female talent surfaced at worlds
Inside Baseball
The Red Sox held on to Manny Ramirez as the trade deadline passed. Now they only hope he's as happy as he says he is
By Tom Verducci
By Tom Verducci
LIFE OF REILLY
By Rick Reilly
Departments
Forget Fauvism. This is Favreism
Tim Laun draws artistic inspiration from his passion for the Green Bay Packers--and a certain quarterback
By Jaime Lowe
After pointedly telling Congress he was clean, and joining the 3,000-hit club, Rafael Palmeiro got busted for steroids. His denials, without details, don't mean much
By Tom Verducci
A Pennsylvania Tee-ball coach is charged with conspiring to injure a disabled child
Edited by Mark Bechtel
Edited by Mark Bechtel
Edited by Mark Bechtel
Three years after Arkansas fired him, Nolan Richardson gets a job in Panama
If soccer stars really acted as they do in a new show, the game might catch on here
Edited by Mark Bechtel
The 49-year-old actor plays coach Morris Buttermaker in Bad News Bears
By Adam Duerson
What to watch and watch for
Edited by Mark Bechtel