July 16, 2001 | Volume 95, Issue 2

GoggledygookA droplet caught in a strobe's flash gives Will Antisdale an eerie look as he trains for the 1,500-meter freestyle at the USA Swimming All-Star Distance Camp in Colorado Springs.

Arguing Casey's CaseLost in all the rhetoric is this simple fact: Casey Martin rocked the boat (THE LIFE OF REILLY, June 4). That's why the oh-so-conservative golf world is upset. It's not about...

Letters

Joe DiMaggio's fabled hitting streak was the segue to heroism of a different sort

Highlights

Every four years U.S. soccer fans have been reasonably confident that they'd be able to see the World Cup on live, English-language broadcasts. Until now, that is. Though the U.S. team has had a...

A vigilant website has made a contest of athletes' outrages and offenses, legal and otherwise

ESPN's The Season: Philadelphia 76ers delivered (as advertised) entertaining behind-the-scenes access to the team during the NBA Finals but failed to provide new insight concerning whether coach...

Death in the ring is the dark side of boxing's allure

George Stevenson1741 Died several weeks after losing the bare-knuckle championship of England to Jack Broughton, the man who later drew up the sport's first rules.

Bill Clinton is living every unemployed Bubba's dream: bagging choice tickets to sporting events worldwide. Here's a recap of his recent itinerary.

Memo to: Free agent Chris WebberFrom: An unbiased observerRe: Five reasons you should re-sign with the Kings

5Players chosen fourth in the NBA draft since 1980 who became All-Stars.

He bested Allen Iverson in the Finals, and now Shaquille O'Neal seems intent on challenging A.I. for most outrageous NBA rapper. Check out these excerpted lyrics from Psycho, off Shaq's...

DiscoveredThe earliest known reference to baseball. While trolling through old newspapers, NYU librarian George Thompson Jr. came across references in the April 25, 1823, editions of both The...

The last two years of Ely Callaway's life were not as much fun as the previous 80. His sharp business instincts deserted him as he led Callaway Golf into a series of cul-de-sacs. He built a $150...

Beleaguered Boris Becker can thank an avid fan for adding to his woes. German finance ministry officials investigating Becker (below) for claiming tax-free Monte Carlo as his main residence have...

Sylvester Stallone is considering making a musical version of Rocky.

SPENCER PRIOREnglish soccer player, on a clause in his newly signed contract with Welsh club Cardiff City that requires him to have a "physical liaison" with a sheep: "I've assured my wife it is...

Erin Donohue, HADDONFIELD, N.J.Track and FieldErin, a senior at Haddonfield Memorial High, won her third national high school crown in the mile, setting a meet record and a New Jersey state mark...

In a wacky fortnight, wild card Goran Ivanisevic charged to his first Wimbledon title, and Venus Williams cruised to her second

In 19-year-old Kwame Brown, Wizards boss Michael Jordan may have drafted a player Whose competitive fire rivals his own

In a first half full of surprises, none has been more shocking than the rise of the Cubs, Phillies and Twins to the top of their divisions

The first half was cruel to some clubs with high preseason expectations

Twenty pounds of new muscle and a smoother swing have transformed Seattle's Bret Boone from a baseball-family curiosity into the AL's most potent RBI machine

Considered washed up by the lowly Devil Rays, John Burkett has reinvented himself as an ace in Atlanta

Ichiro who? Rocker went where? A look at some of the most amazing developments in a stunning summer

When there's a job to do, former linebacker Matt Millen doesn't hesitate to jump in and get his hands dirty, but this novice NFL executive has his work cut out for him in trying to turn the...

Take the ultimate summer sports tour. Rick Reilly guides you through Denver, Phil Taylor shows off San Francisco and more at cnnsi.com/road_trip.

Olympic Sports

Vote for Me!The IOC is set to choose a host for 2008 and a new president

Record-trading rivals heat up the pool

Guns ReloadedThe Western Conference's elite teams all got better with big-name trades and signings

Blues first-line winger Keith Tkachuk, who was obtained at the trade deadline in March and scored only two goals and nine points in a sluggish postseason, was found to have 16% body fat in his...

Mike SillingerC BLUE JACKETS

Jr. AchievementFive months after the death of his father at Daytona, Dale Earnhardt Jr. returned in triumph

CART's Memo Gidley grew up on a boat but has found a home in race cars

Did you hear what happened to Venus Williams after she won Wimbledon on Sunday? She was robbed! She had $52,923 ripped right out of her purse! In broad daylight!

For the designers, building a green is part art, part science, and all fun

Asked for a job description, Ben Taylor (above) smiles and says, "Uh...I play in the dirt?" That's because one day he's on a tractor, dragging a chain harrow over bumpy soil, and the next he's...

Back in BusinessHeath Slocum, rebounding from a major illness, is burning up the minors

What do these players have in common?

Who choked the worst in a major?

Synonyms for: two-ironAvis, the big one, cleek, deuce, dos, for pros only, the knife, master blaster, stud stick.

Ladbrokes of London sent off Woods as a 16-to-1 shot at the 1997 Masters, his first major as a pro, and he won by a tournament record 12 shots. He has never been listed at higher odds in a Grand...

The tradition-rich Western Open didn't need a boost—not with Tiger Woods in the field—but it got one anyway by awarding berths in the British Open to the top eight finishers not otherwise exempt....

Golf is not only a game but it's also a business, one that annually generates sales of $5 billion worldwide. Last year $840 million of that was spent on clubs, balls and other items made by...

I lost a brother, and golf lost one of its true ambassadors, when Lewie died

Scott Hoch, the last man you'd expect to take the British Open, moved into the ranks of the contenders with his Western win

The World Golf Village has been slow to get off the ground but quick to get on the natives' nerves