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TABLE OF CONTENTS
June 12, 2006 | Volume 104, Issue 24
June 12, 2006 No, Wie Can't
June 12, 2006 Prince Albert
The average
American eats three hamburgers a week, 16 orders of French fries a month, 25
pounds of candy a year ... and is profoundly uninterested in the World Cup.
Soccer, it appears, is the only...
An athlete's
suffering can be instructive, even inspiring. But our emotions spill over at
the sight of an injured horse
A new documentary
goes deep behind the scenes of high school hoops
June 12, 2006 Retained
By Nikolai Valuev, 32, his WBA heavyweight belt, with a third-round knockout of
Owen Beck. The 7-foot, 321-pound Russian (44--0) floored the smaller Jamaican
(Beck was giving up 101/2...
The actor, 36, plays a cook in a Mexican orphanage who moonlights as a wrestler in Nacho Libre, which opens June 16
Red Sox
G.M. Theo Epstein has a thing for disguises. In 2005 he ducked out of
Fenway Park in a gorilla suit after (temporarily) quitting his job, and last
week he went to a Pearl Jam show in...
What to watch and
watch for
June 12, 2006 Markish
Jones
COWPENS, S.C. > Track and Field
Markish, a junior at Broome High, won the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes and
the long jump at the South Carolina High School 2A track and...
U.S. GOALKEEPER
June 12, 2006 WHO'S Hot
June 12, 2006 Who is the toughest pitcher you ever faced?
June 12, 2006 Hurricanes Defenseman
They need less
than five seconds to travel a quarter mile, but drag racers Melanie Troxel and
Tommy Johnson Jr. didn't rush into love. In 1986 Troxel was a 13-year-old
tomboy when she met the...
June 12, 2006 [This article
contains a table. Please see hard copy or pdf.]
How do sports stars fit in?
Getting on base means a chance to gab, gossip and get advice
Twelve months
after his breakout performance in the postseason, Miami's Dwyane Wade has made
an even bigger jump: to headline act of a star-studded NBA Finals
Complete coverage of the Finals, plus Fast Breaks and
the Playoff Blog, at SI.com/nba.
The best pure
shooter for a big man since Larry Bird, Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki may no
longer be the most overlooked superstar in the NBA by the time the championship
series is over
Diamondbacks
righthander Brandon Webb started 8-0 and has stamped himself a Cy Young Award
candidate thanks to a devastating sinker that's laying hitters low
For more from Phil Taylor, check out the Hot Button
every Wednesday at SI.com.
As he tuned up
for his return to the Astros, Roger Clemens's first pitches were fittingly to
his son Koby, a Houston minor leaguer and one of many reasons the future Hall
of Famer donned a...
Most pitchers
rely on deception to keep hitters guessing, but like Brandon Webb, these six
thrive with a signature pitch that gives hitters fits--even though they know
it's coming
June 12, 2006 | YI-WYN YEN With his leadership and game-winning goals, workaholic center Rod Brind'Amour may be willing the Hurricanes to the title
FORWARDS
Carolina's skill level is higher, as is evident when Eric Staal carries the
puck or launches rocketlike shots. The Hurricanes have a nice corps of
veterans, including slick passer Doug...
June 12, 2006 | GRANT WAHL Imagine that every four years a monthlong tournament united the planet in an all-consuming passion that transcended barriers. Stop imagining. It's here
June 12, 2006 | NUNYO DEMASIO
The intensity
that made Carolina's Steve Smith an All-Pro wideout has also earned him a
reputation as a hothead. He's trying hard to harness the heat
June 12, 2006 | NUNYO DEMASIO For a photo gallery of next season's breakout stars,
go to SI.com/nfl.
JUNE 15-18,
2006
MAMARONECK, N.Y.
June 12, 2006 | Anonymous
HOW DO TIGER AND
PHIL STACK UP? ONE OF THEIR FELLOW TOUR PLAYERS, ON THE CONDITION OF ANONYMITY,
AGREED TO ASSESS THEIR GAMES HEADING INTO THE OPEN AT WINGED FOOT
June 12, 2006 The Week In Sports
Paris ER
With all the no-shows and losses due to injury at the French Open, the game was
looking as hazardous as a contact sport
Wells-Balanced
A swing makeover got Vernon Wells off to a blazing start, giving the Blue Jays
one of the league's most potent lineups
FINALLY, A
POSITIVE STEP BY K.C.
Getting
Close
With a strong second-place run at Dover, newly confident Jamie McMurray
continued his climb toward contender
And so ends another
banner climbing season at the world's highest graveyard, Mount Everest.
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