February 25, 2008 Table Of Contents
SI Bonus Section: Golf Plus
A local's knowledge and a cool commute helped Phil Mickelson earn bragging rights at Riviera
By Damon Hack
Annika serves notice in Hawaii
By Jim Gorant
For some Tour players, the drug-policy devil is all in the details
SI Players: LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD
In voting for Best Picture or MVP, awards experts often make the same mistakes
By Junior
Monica Seles peaked early but still went out on top
As told to Ben Reiter
A sharp new documentary recalls Joe Louis
By Adam Duerson
What to watch and watch for
By Sarah Kwak
By Dan Patrick
More sports issues on which Congress should hold hearings paid for by taxpayers
BASEBALL
Johan Santana has yet to throw a pitch for the Mets, but his arrival in camp has lifted the gloom from last season's historic collapse and given New York a reason to believe again
By Lee Jenkins
Baseball Prospectus analyzes some of the big off-season moves and how they'll give a boost to the teams that made them
By Joe Sheehan
Long before testimony at a congressional hearing cast doubt on his claim that he has never used steroids or HGH, Roger Clemens convinced himself that he has done no wrong
By Tom Verducci
MOTOR SPORTS
When the 50th Great American Race came down to a final-lap dash, Ryan Newman used a teammate's bump to roar by on the outside and give owner Roger Penske his first Daytona 500 win
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Brothers Brook and Robin Lopez, a pair of 7-footers consumed by all things Disney, are proving that Stanford's latest story line—from unranked to the top of the Pac-10—is no fairy tale
HOCKEY
A former star athlete herself, Tatiana Ovechkina made sure her boy Alexander, the high-scoring Capitals winger, got what he deserved—a record NHL deal, that's what
BET YOU WISH YOU COULD DUNK
Though it may be reaching the end of its evolution, the jam—or stuff, windmill, skywalk, throwdown, 360, boomshakalaka—is still the most admired and, for many of us, elusive shot in hoops