Leading Off

Departments

12 Letters
15 Catching Up With...
184 The Life of Reilly

Scorecard

17 Metal bats take a hit
Beach volleyball takes a dive
Cowboy takes suspicious stitches
Woman takes sprint record for 86-year-olds
We take a guess as to when and where Mark McGwire will hit number 62
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Faces in the Crowd

Inside...

176 Baseball
182 The NBA

Baseball
30 El Duque
New York has fallen for Orlando Hernandez, the most charismatic of the new wave of international stars
by Tom Verducci

College Football
36 Nobody Saw It Coming
Friends and family of Tito Lee, a 19-year-old Nashville football prodigy, never imagined he might kill himself
by Leigh Montville

NFL PREVIEW 1998

44 The Toughest Job in Sports
Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf will learn a pro quarterback must withstand unparalleled pressure
by Peter King