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TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 05, 2001 | Volume 94, Issue 10
March 05, 2001 If Rick Reilly writes one more sappy article with a title like The Real Super Bowl Winner, I suggest you fire him.—WILLIAM WALLBANK, Howell, Mich.
March 05, 2001 LETTERS
To a 10-year-old who knew his sports backward and forward, a guy named Otto had special appeal
Highlights
With tough love, a Houston fan translates his obsession with Steve Francis and Co. to the Web
The sportswriter never gets the girl. The sports-writer never solves the crime. He never files his story and then rides off into the sunset. FBI agent Clarice Starling stalks serial killer Buffalo...
During roundtable discussions on HBO's On the Record, host Bob Costas has used newspaper columns to illustrate the most pointed criticisms of the NBA and NASCAR. While Costas isn't a combative...
Fans and merchandisers ponder a future without Dale Sr.
'75Attendance 1,286,000Races 31Average 41,484
How seriously is the XFL being taken by the cynical press? The answer may be found on local sports pages, where the maxim of less is more seems to apply: The less big-time sports activity in a...
March 05, 2001 Q. What's Allen Iverson wearing on his right arm?
60Percent of NBA players who use marijuana, according to Raptors forward Charles Oakley.
March 05, 2001 In Chicago, taking in a Cubs game from a Wrigleyville rooftop is a tradition nearly as sacred as the wretchedness of the baseball at the Friendly Confines. The Cubs' owner, the Tribune Co., is...
The first three letters of the word notwithstanding, there's very little fun in fundamentals. Still, the creators of Baseball Bunch, a half-hour TV program that aired in the early '80s, made...
March 05, 2001 Died•Australian cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman, 92. The greatest batsman in the sport's history, he dominated for two decades, from 1928 to '48. Fellow cricketer and renowned writer R.C,...
March 05, 2001 The NBA'S longest-running reality show—When Grizzlie Attack! Horrific Tales of Blowout Losses and Bryant Reeves—could be filming in a new city starting in 2002. Pending a requested deadline...
March 05, 2001 Seems Mike Piazza's acrimonious departure from the Dodgers three years ago still burns, at least in Hollywood. Universal Pictures recently paid $800,000 for a screenplay titled Go to Hell, Mike...
March 05, 2001 Boxer Darrin Morris, who died in October of meningitis, climbed up the WBO's super middleweight rankings from seventh in November to sixth in December and fifth in January before officials...
March 05, 2001 PAUL PIERCE
With time running out, Hal Smith found an unexpected liver donor down the hall
Kostya Tszyu, a Russian turned Aussie, has a bite more lethal than his bark
Vaulter Lawrence Johnson wants an Olympic gold and a Grammy. Just ask him
If looks were everything, this great champion would have been pulling a cart
March 05, 2001 | Edited by Mark Mravic Thorey Elisdottir, HAFNARFJÖRDUR, ICELANDTrack and FieldElisdottir, a junior at Georgia, established an SEC record with a pole vault of 14'5¼", the best in the U.S. this year. A member of...
March 05, 2001 Guidance for those lost in sports
WHY does Boston's Normar Garciaparra torture his body every off-season with a training regimen that is both cruel and unusual? BECAUSE he believes it will ultimately help him reach the hitter's...
Nomar Garciaparra's seven-year, $45.25 million contract isn't a match for the megadeals of Alex Rodriguez (10 years, $252 million) and Derek Jeter (10 years, $189 million), but his on-field...
March 05, 2001 For more on Nomar Garciaparra and his buddies Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, go to cnnsi.com/baseball. See how these three shortstops measure up in our tale of the tape.
The 76ers gained a dominant presence in the middle by trading for Dikembe Mutombo, but will the deal help or hurt a team that was already flourishing?
March 05, 2001 Three's a CrowdA week after Dale Earnhardt was killed at Daytona, fans fly the Intimidator's colors and number at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, at the start of the Dura Lube 400.
Premier running back Corey Dillon will strike it rich as a free agent, but he may have to spend that money in Cincinnati
In the unlikeliest of places—Ohio's Amish country—a high school basketball coach changed a community's ideas about race, and about life
March 05, 2001 THE NFL
Backup PlanPackers sub quarterback Matt Hasselbeck could be the x factor at the top of the draft
The free-agent signing period opens on Friday, and the biggest bank-breaker will surprise you: Bills defensive end Marcellus Wiley, who figures to get a deal averaging $7 million a year, including...
Greatest Of Zzzz'sOnly 21, sleep-happy Tracy McGrady is carrying the Magic and making it look easy
Bucks coach George Karl believes competition in the NBA would be better if players could only sign one-year contracts. But Sonics coach Nate McMillan believes his team is underachieving because...
Deeply religious Knicks guard Allan Houston (left) is a strict adherent to the Eighth Commandment: Thou shalt not steal. At week's end Houston was committing only 0.65 thefts per game—roughly one...
On the Spurs, who are in the hunt for their second title in three seasons:
Grizzlies reserve guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf is also an imam in Mississippi
Another Bold StrokeFor the third straight year Pierre Lacroix put Colorado in position to win the Cup, this time by trading for Rob Blake
ERIC LINDROS CFLYERS
Give the NHL hockey operations department credit for reversing a mistaken game misconduct penalty called last week on Senators forward Colin Forbes after Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek inadvertently...
Freedom of The PressAfter a poor start, UCLA turned its season around by turning on the full-court pressure
It was a tough week for Iowa State. The Cyclones were in good position to gain a No. 1 seed after Illinois lost to Ohio State, but they lost 94-78 at Texas to remain No. 2 in the Midwest, where a...
How cool is it that the guy leading cheers for Oregon's boisterous Pit Crew at McArthur Court, the one wearing dorky green suspenders and a spectacular red wig, is the Ducks' star quarterback,...
With his Hawks at 23-4, St. Joseph's coach Phil Martelli is laughing all the way to the NCAAs
Let's say you're sitting at your desk at the Acme Widget Co. You're happy. You like your job. Like your coworkers. Like the city. Just bought a house. Boss says you're doing a good job.
Corey Pavin's MakeoverBulldog Mentality
It was definitely no accident that a thundering herd of 16 Tour players pulled out of last week's Nissan Open at Riviera Country Club, most of them at the 11th hour. Today's coddled professionals...
What do these players have in common?
Which do you prefer, Tour events that are birdie-fests, like the Hope, or tournaments in which par is a good score, like the U.S. Open?
Synonyms for: Wet ConditionsAu jus, blotter, French toast, plug ugly, shoe sucker, sop, sponge cake, sump, splatter ball, tapioca, Water World.
Duval's numbers are down across the board this season. Here's a comparison of key stats from 2000 and '01, with Duval's rank in parentheses.
It took eight years, but I improved 45 strokes and went from worst to first at the Hope
March 05, 2001 John Benda, PhoenixBenda, 53, a professional, recently won three events in four days on three mini-tours. He took one-day tournaments on the Arizona Senior Series, the Arizona pro tour and the...
Making the drive from L.A. to Miami was the Tour's version of Le Mans
March 05, 2001 The TV cameras were rolling when Frank Lickliter erupted during the final round of last month's Buick Invitational. The world saw Lickliter, after hooking a three-wood shot on the 14th hole, raise...
March 05, 2001 •Mr. OTAll three of Robert Allenby's Tour wins have come in overtime. His worldwide playoff record: 7-0.
The author, still recovering from a family tragedy, took a giant step forward by making the playoff at the Nissan Open
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