March 31, 2008 Table Of Contents
SI Bonus Section: Golf Plus
A three-putt here, a too-early click of a camera there, and suddenly someone like Geoff Ogilvy is slamming home the hard reality of golf: Even Tiger Woods can't win them all
Tour dreams come true in Puerto Rico
By Jim Gorant
By Dom DiJulia
New audio technology lets us listen and learn from a veteran pair
SI Players: LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD
Cheerleading has become a 'serious' sport. Think sweat, blood, drugs
Why some top college hockey players dropped out this season
By Sarah Kwak
Bob Knight finds that media life agrees with him
As told to Chris Mannix
What to watch and watch for
By Sarah Kwak
By Dan Patrick
2008 NCAA TOURNAMENT
Joey Dorsey powered Memphis into the Sweet 16, but the Tigers' mercurial star is just one of several key players left in the field who have something to prove
By Grant Wahl
With a sweet stroke, Stephen Curry made Davidson the tournament darling
By Gene Menez
Revised bracket, same pick: UCLA shows Kansas all you need is Love
By Grant Wahl
2008 Baseball Preview
How great was the '05 draft? Six teams passed on shortstop Troy Tulowitzki—and even after he led Colorado to the World Series, only one of them regrets it
By Tom Verducci
Five more phenoms from the best draft ever are about to show what all the excitement is about
By Albert Chen
By Albert Chen
By Ben Reiter
By Tom Verducci
The Red Sox and Yankees made a major strategic shift in 2005, battling in a new arena: the draft. Now their moves are paying off
By Tom Verducci
"HOW EFFECTIVE WILL THE YOUNG PITCHERSBE WHEN THEY GET TO THAT SEVENTH MONTH?"
By Tom Verducci
"THERE'S ONLY ONE MISSION HARDER THAN HAVING A DREAM SEASON LIKE '07: TO DO IT AGAIN."
By Tom Verducci
"THEY MIGHT HAVE THE DEEPEST PITCHING STAFF, YET THEY NEED NEW YORK OR BOSTON TO FALTER."
By Tom Verducci
4 Tampa Bay Rays
"THEY'LL WIN (GULP) MORE THAN 70 GAMES."
By Tom Verducci
"IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE RECOGNIZING THE BIRDS, THAT'S EXACTLY HOW THE CLUB WANTS IT."
By Tom Verducci
1 Detriot Tigers
"THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT OFFENSES THAT ANY TEAM HAS FIELDED IN 10 YEARS."
By Ben Reiter
"A RETURN TO FORM BY TRAVIS HAFNER ISPARAMOUNT FOR ANOTHER RUN AT THE PENNANT."
By Ben Reiter
"THEY COVERED THE LITTLE HOLES THEY HAD, BUT THERE ARE SOME GAPING ONES TO BE FILLED."
By Joe Lemire
"I'VE HAD PEOPLE APPROACH ME AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW, A .500 SEASON WOULD BE JUST GREAT.' "
"PEOPLE OVERLOOK WHAT THEY STILL HAVE."
By Ben Reiter
By Lee Jenkins
"ANYTHING SHORT OF MAKING THE PLAYOFFS WILL BE A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT."
"BILLY BEANE HAS BEGUN ANOTHER RENOVATION--THIS ONE MASSIVE EVEN BY HIS STANDARDS."
By Lee Jenkins
By Jon Heyman
"THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR REDEMPTION UNLESS JOSE REYES RETURNS TO FORM."
By Albert Chen
"FORGIVE ROLLINS FOR FEELING AS IF HE'S BEING HUNTED; THE METS ARE SEEKING VENGEANCE."
By Ben Reiter
"I'LL TAKE THEIR MIDDLE OF THE ORDER."
By Albert Chen
"'THE GOAL IS CLEAR: TO WIN MORE THAN WE LOSE.' THAT GOAL'S STILL A YEAR AWAY."
By Ben Reiter
"YOU GET CHANCES YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY."
By Albert Chen
"YOUNG STARTERS ARE THE REASON THEY COULD MAKE THE JUMP THE ROCKIES DID LAST YEAR."
By Albert Chen
"OFF-SEASON FIXES WILL AID RUN PRE VENTION. RUN GENERATION WON'T BE A PROBLEM."
"BOURN, PENCE AND TOWLES AT LEAST BRING A FRESH IDENTITY TO A THIN, AGING ROSTER."
"THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED AS AN AGING FRANCHISE BUILT AROUND FRAGILE STARS."
By Albert Chen
"THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT ARE WORTH THE FRONT OFFICE'S PATIENCE."
"THIS SEASON SHOULD PUT THE SERENDIPITY OF LAST FALL INTO CONTEXT."
By Tom Verducci
"WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN, NOT ONLY THIS YEAR, BUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS."
By Joe Lemire
"GREAT STUFF, GREAT MAKEUP—I WILL PUT MY REPUTATION ON HIROKI KURODA."
By Albert Chen
"WE PUT OUR PITCHERS IN A LOT OF TIGHT GAMES, A LOT OF HIGH-PRESSURE SITUATIONS."
By Lee Jenkins
"A POOR RUN OF DRAFTS, COUPLED WITH AN OVERRELIANCE ON VETERANS, CREATED THIS MESS."
By Jon Heyman
Point After
By S.L. Price