October 17, 2005 Table Of Contents
SI Bonus Section: Golf Plus
Everyone's welcome at John's Golf Course, where a young man's dream came true
He doesn't feel good about the way the AmEx ended, but he likes what it says about his game
By Jim Gorant
By with Michael Breed
Mr. Wie, can Michelle come out and play?
Michelle Wie might be giving up as much as she's getting
Catching Up With
OCTOBER 15, 1990
By Ben Reiter
Air and Space
By Steve Rushin
SI Players: Life on And off The Field
CARDINALS SHORTSTOP
As told to Albert Chen
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
WITH Jerry Porter Raiders wide receiver
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
Pro Football
With premier sack artist and quarterback baiter Dwight Freeney on the attack, the Colts finally have a defense worthy of a Super Bowl contender
COLLEGE FOOTBALL MIDSEASON REPORT
The two-time defending champion Trojans have won 27 straight, but they can be knocked off ... can't they?
By Gene Menez
After lobbying its way into a BCS berth last season, No. 2 Texas could be left out of this year's championship game
By Mark Beech
Stewart Mandel's Two-Minute Drill
BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
Houston went the distance--18 innings, to be exact--to bounce the Braves and set up a League Championship Series rematch with the mighty Cardinals
Behind hard-throwing Jose Contreras and Bobby Jenks, the White Sox swept Boston and reloaded for the Angels, hell-bent on reaching their first World Series in 46 years
By Tom Verducci
HOCKEY
In his debut week of NHL games, 18-year-old Sidney Crosby didn't just score his first goal. He also showed why expectations of him are so absurdly high--and how he will handle them
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
When Darius Washington missed the biggest shots of his life, costing Memphis a trip to the NCAA tournament, his emotional collapse became a moment of TV infamy. But Tigers fans, instead of vilifying him, have embraced their fallen star
By Grant Wahl
College Basketball
Patrick Sparks's miracle three nearly took Kentucky to the Final Four. He'll try again
By Julia Morrill
Inside
By Peter King
By Peter King
Inside
Dr. Z's Forecast: Air Parcells
Life of Reilly
By Rick Reilly
Departments
Las Vegas's first taste of sumo wrestling proved the U.S. is not quite ready for the big boys By Richard Hoffer
The larger-than-average athletes who dominate the sport of sumo wrestling have generated some larger-than-life legends
By Franz Lidz
DeAngelo Williams has rejuvenated Memphis football as he takes his shot at the NCAA rushing record
His windbreakers are older than his players, but at 78 Joe Paterno has picked up new coaching tricks--and made Penn State relevant again
What should have been the fight of the year instead showed us all that's wrong with boxing
Edited by Mark Bechtel and Stephen Cannella
By Chris Mannix
Dude, want stock market advice? The well-known analyst Lenny Dykstra has a column on the Web
By Mark Beech
The 68-year-old actor and two-time Oscar winner plays gangster Meyer Lansky in the upcoming film The Lost City
By Adam Duerson
What to watch and watch for
By Chris Mannix
By David Sabino
