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TABLE OF CONTENTS
February 07, 2005 | Volume 102, Issue 5
February 07, 2005 Face Off
Please welcome, one final time, that mysterious visitor from the East--seer, sage, soothsayer--Carnac the Magnificent, who will ascertain, in his divine and mystical way, the answers to your...
Slammin' Sammy Sosa? It's become a favorite pastime in Chicago, where disillusionment with the slugger forced the Cubs to all but give him away
February 07, 2005 Randy was dandy on last year's Super Bowl broadcast, but advertisers and network execs are now promising a cleaner show
An Olympic champ struggles to focus on racing following the death of his fiancée
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February 07, 2005 SENTENCED To four months in federal prison, Ravens running back Jamal Lewis, who pleaded guilty in October to using a cellphone to try to set up a cocaine deal in 2000. Lewis, who originally...
Armed with a psych degree, a former hurler becomes the Red Sox' shrink
February 07, 2005 | Bill Scheft Good to be here. I've been better. Last week I was disqualified from the Bob Hope for signing an incorrect cue card.
Ron Jaworski
Mike Piazza is gay, and he doesn't care who knows it. No, not the Mets' catcher--he married former Baywatch babe and Playmate Alicia Rickter (left) in Florida last Saturday. But the 11-time...
An Oklahoma state senator wants to legalize a form of cockfighting in which the birds wear tiny boxing gloves.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
What to watch and watch for
In Pure Virginia Tech (Feb. 6 at 8 p.m., CSTV) the Hokies' Brooklyn-bred basketball coach, Seth Greenberg, stops off at a Blacksburg, Va., grocery store to pick up breakfast: a Diet Coke and a...
February 07, 2005 Justin Laury
February 07, 2005 SUPER BOWL XXXIX
February 07, 2005 Breaking news, scores, schedules and fresh, original Web-only stories and columns 24/7
February 07, 2005 Whom should SI name as its NFL player of the year?
[KEITH TRAYLOR]
February 07, 2005 WHO'S Hot
February 07, 2005 [Based on a survey of 227 NBA players]
Two Super Bowl--bound stars earn their stripes
February 07, 2005 Eagles DE Jerome McDougle and Patriots CB Eugene Wilson couldn't wait for Super Bowl XXXIX, so they played EA Sports Madden 2005 on XBox Live.
With careful monitoring, the Tigers' Jason Johnson confronts his diabetes
What was your welcome-to-the-NBA moment? Right after the draft [in 2000] I was playing in Alonzo Mourning's charity event, Zo's Summer Groove, and already they had me doing rookie stuff. They had...
"Guy walks into a store to get a bag of chips, and an old lady comes up, looking sad. She says, "You remind me exactly of my son, but he's not with us any more. Could you do me a little favor and...
Schmooze with Swann, Skynyrd or Staubach: something Super for everyone
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SUPER SWIMSUIT PARTY Seawalk Pavilion (1st Avenue North and 1st Street North, Jacksonville Beach); Feb. 5, 9 p.m. Expected guests: 2,000. SI swimsuit models Marisa Miller...
February 07, 2005 • For daily Web-only Leading Off galleries, go to SI.com/scorecard.
The NFL title game boils down to a battle between the innovative coaching staffs of New England's Bill Belichick and Philadelphia's Andy Reid. What strategy will they cook up, and which team's...
Friends and owners Robert Kraft and Jeffrey Lurie built their teams for the long run
Who knows where he'll line up next? The all-purpose back is Donovan McNabb's main man
The onetime malcontent has never been happier--and the team's run game has never been better
With a pedal-to-the-metal attack led by MVP favorite Steve Nash, the red-hot Suns are forcing the NBA to reconsider its plodding ways
February 07, 2005 | GRANT WAHL Ignited by a three-guard lineup, the top-ranked Illini have blown through opponents with surpassing ease. But will they have enough muscle in March?
February 07, 2005 | GRANT WAHL IN THE FOUR YEARS since the NCAA began officially tracking turnovers, the highest assist-to-turnover ratio for a season has been 1.57 (Troy State, 2003--04). Through Sunday, Illinois, with deft...
February 07, 2005 | GRANT WAHL The three-guard attack used by Illinois can be devastating--and risky
Serena Williams and Marat Safin gave gut-check performances to win the Australian Open and make it clear that they intend to return to the top of the game
You can't watch the Super Bowl just anywhere. So SI went in search of the best sports watering holes in the land. The trip took us back to the joints of the past and gave us a glimpse of the bars...
So many bars, so little time before last call. And yet, undaunted, SI's (Pabst) blue-ribbon panel set about the task of determining the best sports bars in America. First, we convened a...
Before it closed in 1996, the Eliot Lounge in Boston was one of the best sports bars ever
February 07, 2005 The Week In Sports
Bouncing back from injuries and a midseason slump, Bode Miller kicked off the worlds with an impressive win
Bode Miller's win in last Saturday's Super G was his fourth career world championship victory, equaling the record for the most by a U.S. skier, held by Tamara McKinney (below). Here are the...
SUPER G SURPRISE
LAST RUNS
Intense? Sure. Controversial? You bet. But to the Nuggets, George Karl was the best hope for salvaging the season
On Cuttino Mobley, who joined the Kings in a Jan. 10 swap of shooting guards that sent Doug Christie to the Magic:
Do not go to the Super Bowl looking for football. It has about as much to do with football now as Banana Republic has to do with fruit.
February 07, 2005 JOY IN ILLINOIS
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