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44 End of the Chase
While fans cheered and jeered, Barry Bonds took their breath away with the homer that tied the alltime record
By Chris Ballard
• Bonds's year-by-year evolution
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54 Battering Ram
Outproducing even LT (!) last year, Steven Jackson crashed the ranks of the NFL's elite running backs
By L. Jon Wertheim
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60 Trouble in Paradise
Montana State is coping with a crime wave—and with Bozemanites who feel the school's recruits are endangering their idyllic town
By George Dohrmann
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66 Hello, Boston
The arrival of Kevin Garnett instantly revived the Celtics. But it's too early to celebrate their 17th title
By Jack McCallum
Olympic China
Lost in transition, the writer ponders revolutionary ideas and harmonious thoughts from deep inside the Bird's Nest
by S.L. Price
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10 Leading Off
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19 Players
• For a Boston fan, 82--0 is O.K.
• First Person: David Carr
• Dara Torres, going strong at 40
• A brief history of Julio Franco
• Shaping up with Matt Hasselbeck
• Me and my no-hitter
• Man U signs a nine-year-old
39 Faces in the Crowd
88 Life of Reilly
The owner of a boxing gym for kids squares off against politicians and developers. Guess who's losing this fight
by Rick Reilly
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84 NASCAR
• First a race in Canada, then what?
• Robby Gordon self-destructs
86 Baseball
• Tom Glavine's milestone victory
• 300 wins: Will it happen again?
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66 BIG TICKET, BIG PAPI Celtics newcomer Kevin Garnett said hello to Red Sox mainstay David Ortiz at Fenway Park on Aug. 1, when Garnett celebrated his arrival in Boston by throwing out the first pitch at Fenway Park.
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