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TABLE OF CONTENTS
August 21, 2006 | Volume 105, Issue 7
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August 21, 2006 Boxing
Russian Mob
Separated at ringside: Old foes Mike Tyson and Lennox
Lewis were in opposite corners again, Tyson providing commentary for the
international broadcast feed for last Saturday night's Oleg...
For Starters
What made the dodgers the hottest team in the majors?
Left for dead two weeks ago, they won 14 out of 15 and jumped from seven games
back in the NL West to 11/2 in front by week's end. Sure, L.A....
Running of the
Bulls
Your blank screen
mocks you and the tower of unopened mail pulls at your coat, and you wonder why
you didn't go into the insurance business.
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August 21, 2006 Pop's Culture
Somewhere someone
presses a button and a bomb drops from a clear sky. Boom!
News of a foiled
terrorist plot brought back difficult memories for the former basketball player
who helped subdue the "Shoe Bomber"
August 21, 2006
When athletes
share the same name, bad things can happen to good people
August 21, 2006 Retired
After a 16-year career, linebacker Junior Seau (above). In 1993, before his
fourth NFL season, Seau told SI, "I'm afraid of being average. I have a
real fear of being just another...
A former Marlins pitching prospect once again falls victim to his drug addiction
A dispute over authenticity has stalled the sale of what could be a $1 million baseball card
The first thing
that Emmitt Smith did when he landed a gig on Dancing with the Stars was call
Jerry Rice, who was the runner-up on the ABC reality show last season. Says
Rice, "I told him, 'Man,...
What to watch and watch for
August 21, 2006 Calvin Smith
II
TAMPA > Track and Field
Smith, an incoming freshman at the University of Florida, won the 100-, 200-
and 400-meter dashes in the young boys' division at the Amateur Athletic...
ANGELS INFIELDER
August 21, 2006 WHO'S HOT
The inking
woman's soccer star
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August 21, 2006
Rockies
Outfielder
August 21, 2006
You want me to
sign your what? Making it in the big leagues
The rookie
started core training in earnest last January. By the NFL combine he was
faster, stronger and more explosive. People noticed
The once-comical
AL Central is now the best division in the majors. For six days the author
traveled through the new center of the baseball universe and found bullpen bar
bedlam, ersatz Elvises...
Inspired by his
father, whose stance against the Vietnam War cost him a Senate seat, new NFL
commissioner Roger Goodell understands the tough decisions
Life couldn't be better for Edgerrin James--he's got a fat contract, a starring role in a high-powered offense, a state-of-the-art stadium and an Arizona Cardinals team that's finally ready to win
August 21, 2006 Top 20 scouting reports, conference previews, Heisman favorites, Big Men on Campus, bowl projections and more at the kickoff of the most wide-open run for the national championship in years
August 21, 2006 HOUSE OF BLUES
What a difference
a year makes. The Buckeyes' signal-caller has gone from suspended and shamed
platoon player to the toast of Columbus
The Dawgs' sack artist always dreamed of being a hoops star, but once he got over that fixation, he became a smash hit in Athens
Heisman
Candidates
August 21, 2006 They're not necessarily the largest, the fastest or the best in the country at their positions, but each of these nine collegians will play a huge role in his team's success this season. Their...
August 21, 2006 It looks like
another January date in the Arizona desert for Ohio State and Notre Dame.
Matched in the Fiesta Bowl last season, they will butt heads again, but this
time in new Cardinals Stadium...
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What Might Have
Been
Look for Boldin and Burress to put up bigger numbers
August 21, 2006 | GENE MENEZ Bell of the
Ball
A rookie has a stronger hold on the No. 1 job than Broncos coaches will say
MATCHUP OF THE
WEEK
They were backfieldmates at Auburn, they were both top five picks in the 2005
draft, and they're both starters on playoff-caliber NFL teams. So which one
should you pick for...
Double Duty
Everyone's into fantasy football these days-- even the players themselves
August 21, 2006 | ALBERT LIN
A dozen of SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED's savviest stalwarts gathered in early August to divide up the
fantasy football world. Who chose wisely? Who screwed up? You make the call
August 21, 2006 | GENE MENEZ Sweet dreams! You'll sleep more soundly if you draft one or more of these perennially productive players
A 14-year-old wins the U.S. Amateur
WHO: Dean
Wilson
August 21, 2006 | Evan Rothman After the platypus, I thought, Why not 18 in the Texas panhandle?
August 21, 2006 | Evan Rothman Caddies are hired to be fired. Michelle Wie's bagman
had a good 10-month run.
August 21, 2006 | Evan Rothman Sergio García, star of the last PGA at Medinah, has
yet to fulfill his promise
CHARISMA + BRAVADO + YOUTH * YIPS / SUNDAY INTERRUPTUS = MAJOR
DISAPPOINTMENT
Dean Wilson recasts his image--and gets a Ryder Cup captain off the hook
August 21, 2006 SI asked a group of teenagers, all serious golfers, for their opinions on equipment, tour players and if they'd vote for a Democrat or a Republican for president
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