Inside: The Week In Sports

BASEBALL

The Mariners' foundering season
How the Bash begat the Bone
A's Henderson is growing old fast

PRO FOOTBALL

New stadium, old problems for Ravens
Packer Freeman's gamble
Giants' Hamilton on the hot seat

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Special teams play not so special
Stanford 's money-back guarantee
A center with bite

MOTOR SPORTS

Gordon outrolls a tire controversy
Record NASCAR schedule for 1999
Fernandez's tragic CART career

TENNIS

The repackaging of Kournikova
Safin, the young gun of the men's tour
Tempest in a Davis Cup