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WITH HIS SIXTH-ROUND TKO of Lamon Brewster last Saturday, Ukrainian heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko kept his IBF and IBO titles and cashed a $6 million paycheck. The younger of the fighting...

WHO'S Hot

Who is the most exciting player in baseball?

The malaise following Barry Bonds's chase has seeped into the souvenir market

SO MUCH for an emotional press conference. Jeremy Roenick, 37, called it a career after 18 NHL seasons by sending a text message to a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter reading, "I'm retiring; is that...

FANS ENTERING Wimbledon received posters for the forthcoming Simpsons movie, then promptly had them confiscated. It had nothing to do with Homer's not fitting with the posh scene in SW19;...

DAVID BECKHAM'S ARRIVAL in Los Angeles (page 40) may hog the attention this week, but a better indicator of soccer's future in the U.S. may be taking place in Canada, where a group of promising...

Closed Without charges being filed, the case against Tank Johnson stemming from a traffic stop last month in Arizona. On June 22, Johnson was pulled over for speeding; police released him but sent...

JIM BOWDEN Nationals G.M., on the surgical procedure Washington pitcher Jesus Colome (below) underwent to have an abscess removed from his backside: "It was a serious situation. I pray for his...

2 Cleveland pitchers with double-digit win totals: C.C. Sabathia (12--3) and Fausto Carmona (10--4).

The Yankees' starting pitcher last Saturday—44-year-old Roger Clemens—was older than five of the honorees in that afternoon's Old-Timers' Game.

The Twins' ace tends to bloom in late summer

The zany history of the NFL's overseas experiment

A Clippers star turns Hollywood heavy

Do ballplayers ever have sympathy for opponents?

EATING CHAMP

A documentary examines the Dodgers' move

Andy Samberg The Saturday Night Live star is in Hot Rod, opening Aug. 3

LONG BEFORE Mets outfielder Lastings Milledge rapped, baseball was inspiring songs like Let's Get the Umpire's Goat and Home Run Bill. (It begins: "Bill Johnson was a swatter on a Bush League...

MTV IS unlikely to return to Hoover (Ala.) High for another season of Two-A-Days, which is too bad, because there's plenty of drama. The Buccaneers, a perennial football powerhouse whose last two...

What to watch and watch for

Margaux Isaksen FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. > Modern Pentathlon Margaux, 15, a recent graduate of Ramay Junior High, holds all of the women's national titles in modern pentathlon, having won the youth,...

Or will it be the Beckhamization of America? That's what MLS is hoping for with the arrival of the English superstar, who's bent on lifting the profile of soccer while blending in with his Galaxy...

New father Tiger Woods showed he knows how to throw a party, drawing a strong field to a tough test while finding a way to say thanks to the military on America's birthday

Winning Shots

Imaginative, aggressive management and a steady stream of promising young talent make the Angels not only SI's pick to win it all, but also a potential superpower for years to come

Nine burning questions about the second half of the season (and beyond) were put to 22 baseball executives

A Baseball Prospectus formula projects who has the stuff to win in October. It's not as crazy as it sounds (really)

Redeeming the wettest Wimbledon since the Flood, Venus Williams sailed to her fourth singles title, and Roger Federer tied Bjorn Borg's record of five straight with an epic win over rival Rafael Nadal

Fortnight Photos

In his biggest gamble yet, wildcat owner Jerry Jones is spending a billion dollars on a new stadium--a shrine to his Cowboys and a 100,000-seat symbol of his reign over the NFL's marquee franchise

Money Men Michael Silver ranks the NFL owners, from one to 32. ONLY AT SI.COM

NASCAR First Nextel Cup win just a matter of time for RCR's sterling sophomore Clint Bowyer • Garage insider: It's his team at Joe Gibbs Racing that has Denny Hamlin going strong

Fast Learner

An insider on one of Cup racing's top teams dishes on the circuit's hottest topics.

Taking the Fifth Roger Federer (near court) returned serve on his way to defeating Rafael Nadal in five sets on Sunday for a record-tying fifth straight Wimbledon singles title. Venus Williams...

While big-name free agents were being scooped up to much fanfare, the Kings quietly, and wisely, signed a pair of steady scorers in center Michal Handzus and left wing Ladislav Nagy (right). The...

Incentive Plan

BEST BUDS don't do Hallmark cards. Don't do long hugs. Don't show up at the door with Godiva chocolates, Terms of Endearment and a box of Kleenex.

Unpredictable weather and the quirky Carnoustie Links make next week's British Open a crapshoot, but that didn't stop a PGA Tour pro (on the condition of anonymity) from ranking, in ascending...

Frustrated by golf and a troubled relationship with his father, a son suddenly finds the answers during a magical nine holes in Scotland

Carnoustie could be a wet one

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WHO: K.J. Choi

"The average Tour player won't admit it, but winning isn't his main motivation. There's too much money in the middle of the pack."

The movie version of Golf in the Kingdom is planned for next summer. Will you see it? Yes 79% No 21%

NEVER ON MONDAY The U.S. Open should get with the rest of major-championship golf and do everything possible to ditch the 18-hole Monday playoff. Among majors, the men's U.S. Open is the final...

With a TV tee time, a former VP talks about the game

by RICK LIPSEY Woody Austin gets in the Scott Hoch Hall of Shame for turning down his British Open exemption.

Jason Day becomes youngest winner of PGA Tour-sanctioned event

Tom Watson had another U.S. Senior Open in his grasp, and this time he let Brad Bryant take it from him

IF YOU have a knack for bobbing for pigs feet (below left) and tossing toilet seats like horseshoes, you might want to train for the Summer Redneck Games, an annual celebration of down-home...