
The Lineup
AUGUST 8, 2005
VOLUME 103, NO. 5
 
Departments
4 Leading Off
10 Catching Up With ...
13 Letters
15 Air and Space
There are sports heroes and there are just plain heroes. Capt. Dan Rooney is one of the latter by Steve Rushin
16 Scorecard
• Palmeiro suspended for steroids
• T-ball coach to stand trial
• Q&A: Billy Bob Thornton
28 Faces in the Crowd
30 Players
76 The Life of Reilly
Allow me to pay tribute to the long-suffering forecaddie. With cartoons, of course by Rick Reilly
 
Inside ...
73 Swimming
• Katie Hoff, 16, is new IM star
• Hackett has most worlds medals
74 Baseball
• Manny stays in Boston after all
• More second sackers in the Hall?
 
PRO FOOTBALL
38 Bigger Than Ever
As camps open, the NFL's popularity is at an alltime high
by Peter King
• Stronger Than Ever: How five vets got ready for camp
 
BASEBALL
50 Bottom's Up!
The young Oakland A's turned up their intensity, moving from last place to playoff contention
by Albert Chen
 
GOLF
52 Make Way for Morgan
Out of a swarm of U.S. teen sensations comes Morgan Pressel, who is dead set on becoming the top woman pro
by E.M. Swift
 
MOTOR SPORTS
56 Bringing It Home
Returning to live in his native Indiana has calmed NASCAR's Tony Stewart and put him on track for a second Cup title
by Lars Anderson
 
BASEBALL
Rapid Robert
Like his legendary heater, Hall of Famer Bob Feller comes at you hard and fast
by Frank Deford
 
Cover
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN BIEVER
INSET PHOTOS: Andy Altenburger/Icon SMI (Palmeiro); Michael J. LeBrecht II/1Deuce3 Photography (Barber)
 
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COLOR PHOTO
DAMIAN STROHMEYER
BLOCK PARTY
The Pats hit the pads (page 38).
COLOR PHOTO
MICHAEL O'NEILL (INSET)