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TABLE OF CONTENTS
February 17, 2003 | Volume 98, Issue 6
February 17, 2003 Super HeroI thought it was wonderfully appropriate for you to include Tonelli's Run, the story of Notre Dame's heroic fullback, Motts Tonelli, surviving the Bataan Death March and WWII internment,...
February 17, 2003 LETTERS
MAY 30, 1966
As America was put on Orange Alert last Friday, Atlanta appeared well-fortified against a terrorist attack, filled as it was with armored stretch Hummers and blocklong bulletproof Escalades. In...
At the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Bill Murray stole clothing, threw fruit—and once again demonstrated the importance of not being earnest
Life—and big-time tennis—goes on in the Middle East nation of Qatar
15 years, 11 monthsTime elapsed since Penguins center Mario Lemieux had received a major penalty for fighting in a regular-season game before last week's tussle with the Panthers' Brad Ference.
February 17, 2003 RetiredAfter 14 major league seasons, outfielder David Justice, 36, a three-time All-Star. Justice played on World Series-winning teams twice, as a Yankee in 2000 and as a Brave in 1995, when his...
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February 17, 2003 | Bill Scheft Attention moviegoers: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days has nothing to do with the Red Sox and Bartolo Colon.
The 41-year-old actress and granddaughter of one of SI's most famous writers (Ernest's pieces on hunting and bullfighting appeared in the '50s) has a new memoir/yoga manual, Finding My Balance.
February 17, 2003 Does love affect hang time? The truth about two-athlete relationships
Why we're hearing about herLast summer Wetzel, 40, became the first deaf female referee in Division I history. After 13 years of working in lower divisions and high school, then turning in an...
February 17, 2003 FEBRUARY 14-20
•Swift and Super•Chess Drama
February 17, 2003 Nike's soccer-streaker ad (SCORECARD, Feb. 3) is inspiring copycats. Late in the first half of the North Carolina-Duke basketball game, 21-year-old Duke student Robert Findly sprinted onto his...
February 17, 2003 Warriors guard Jason Richardson won the NBA slam-dunk contest for the second straight year, but that's only because Sixers mascot Hip-Hop wasn't entered. Listed at only 5'7" (6'4" with his ears...
February 17, 2003 The USOC is threatening to sue Nebraska Wesleyan for using the word Olympics in its annual Rat Olympics, in which trained rats compete in hurdling, long jumping, rope climbing and weightlifting.
February 17, 2003 JEROME JAMESSuperSonics center, responding to coach Nate McMillan's charges that he is selfish: "I don't have the first clue who he is talking about, because all I worry about is Jerome."
February 17, 2003 Ashley Postell, MITCHELLVILLE, MD.GymnasticsAshley, 16, won the gold medal on the balance beam at the world championships in Debrecen, Hungary. She is among seven American gymnasts recently chosen...
February 17, 2003 | Charles Hirshberg Entering the ring against Muhammad Ali served to test—and to reveal—character
As MICHAEL JORDAN's 40th birthday approached, the NBA's finest turned out in Atlanta to celebrate his myriad achievements (and to squeeze in an All-Star Game)
A birthday wish for a last hurrah in Jordan's final season
These five stars have played long enough to leave lasting legacies but stayed strong enough, as they faced the Big Four-O, to perform at a level that still approaches their top form
February 17, 2003 | Nicholas J. Cotsonika Hey, if you can score 700 goals, you can say anything you want
Spurred by the frenzied play of guard Reece Gaines and the coaching of Rick Pitino, the Louisville Cardinals are the nation's hottest team
Racked yet again by scandal and infighting, the U.S. Olympic leadership needs a complete overhaul and a new boss. Here's SI's plan
February 17, 2003 Senior set: For more on Michael Jordan and other fortysomething sports stars, check out our then-and-now photo gallery and SI Flashbacks at si.com.
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Mike Hampton, whose career fell to pieces in Colorado, began the reconstruction last week with Atlanta's pitching guru, Leo Mazzone
As he has done for the past 12 years, coach Leo Mazzone invited a group of pitchers from the Braves organization to join him in Atlanta for a winter workout and a few pointers that should put them...
Keep a close eye on these pitchers this spring. Their managers will
Hatched in New Jersey decades ago by irascible genius Pete Carril, the intricate ballet of the PRINCETON OFFENSE is suddenly the height of hoop fashion, winning games and converts from sixth grade...
Here's how, in its 78-56 win on Feb. 2, North Carolina State employed the Princeton offense to lull and gull Clemson-and end up with an easy two
Loyal to godfather Pete Carril, these coaches keep the offense in the family
SI found 101 teams that are running the Princeton offense either ail or some of the time. Each is represented by a pin on the map below
Jim Burson, the code cracker of the offense, has spread his knowledge to coaches near and far
February 17, 2003 From Zero to 60Caught on multiple exposure, Terrence Trammell (fourth from left) covered 60 meters in 6.51 seconds to beat, among others, Maurice Greene at last Friday's Millrose Games in Madison...
February 17, 2003 The NBA
The Lone Star BluesWith Grant Hill out, Tracy McGrady has to carry the load in Orlando
Nuggets rookie Maybyner Hilario prefers to be called by his nickname, Nene (NAY-nay, which means baby in Portuguese). He plans to change his name to Maybyner Nene-Hilario or simply to Nene, either...
On LeBron James, whose high school eligibility was temporarily restored last week after it had been revoked because he accepted two vintage jerseys worth $845:
Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery ditched their steroid-sullied coach
Why some programs had surprising results on national signing day
Rick Reilly is on assignment this week. The following column appeared in the April 12, 1999, issue.
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