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TABLE OF CONTENTS
June 07, 1999 | Volume 90, Issue 23
Babe Ruth may have built Yankee Stadium, but the foundations of its legacy are the battles waged there and the great athletes who called it home
June 07, 1999 BASEBALL
June 07, 1999 | Trisha Lucey August 5, 1957
Pulling Up the Red SoxWith two studs, a use-'em-all roster and gut feel, skipper Jimy Williams has Boston on top
Think tigers rookie righthander Jeff Weaver, who through Sunday was 6-3 with a 2.89 ERA, including five wins following Detroit losses, has made an impression on Frank Thomas? "He has electric...
May 29, 1999White Sox 7, Tigers I
DL denizen Jermaine Dye, at last injury-free, is flourishing in K.C.
Feet of ClayTrue to form, the top men crumbled in Paris
12Rank of the highest-rated player (Karol Kucera) Pete Sampras has beaten in 1999.
Comedy of ErrorsThree would-be victors screwed up, giving Kenny Brack an Indy win
Lead changes in Sunday's 191-mile Spanish Grand Prix, a Formula One race in which Mika Hakkinen led for all but one lap. By contrast, there were 23 lead changes in NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600, 17 in...
Stretching OutU.S. 5,000-meter king Bob Kennedy is eyeing longer distances
You see what Neiman Marcus is pushing as a Father's Day gift?
June 07, 1999 Lightning RodDoes Kevin Garnett's agent Eric Fleisher listen to himself when he talks (Howlin' Wolf, May 3)? He states he has never seen anyone Garnett's age with the maturity he believes Garnett...
June 07, 1999 Letters to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED should include the name, address and home telephone number of the writer. They may be mailed to The Editor, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Time & Life Building, New York,...
DON'T MISS
6.0Rating on May 23 for NBC's TV movie The Jesse Ventura Story, body-slammed in the Nielsens by CBS's The Michael Landon Story (12.4) and ABC's Cleopatra (11.9).
NBC will air the women's final of the French Open on tape-delay (Saturday, noon) and the men's final live (Sunday, 9 a.m.). It should be vice versa. The distaff tour, with such compelling figures...
Outside big cities, fishing and Softball often bump the big leagues to the back of the sports section
Thoroughbred racing makes a late-century stretch run
•That CART and the IRL bury the hatchet before NASCAR buries them both.
June 07, 1999 BaseballSingle-handed Smash
June 07, 1999 81Age of Gerry Bloch, the oldest climber to scale Yosemite's El Capitán.
June 07, 1999 This year's NBA Finals may be no picnic for NBC. Unless the Knicks eliminate the Pacers—"the Hicks," in New York tabloid headlines—the Finals could feature the two lowest-ranked television markets...
June 07, 1999 High jumper Amy Acuff and other track stars will pose nude for a 2000 calendar to raise money for disadvantaged children.
June 07, 1999 BILL WALTONNBC basketball analyst and UCLA alumnus, on Bruins sophomore Baron Davis's entering the NBA draft: "He's walking away from the most important asset he'll ever have: the ability to train...
June 07, 1999 This week check out SI's past coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals in our exclusive on-line archive. Plus, Kostya Kennedy answers your NHL playoff questions.
June 07, 1999 Meet baseball's flame-throwingest rookie relievers: the Reds' Scott Williamson, 23, and the Diamondbacks' Byung-Hyun Kim, who at 20 is the majors' youngest player. Last week Williamson struck out...
Virginia used a little football mentality to win the NCAA championship
June 07, 1999 Sub Sinks GermanyManchester United's Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who entered the game in the 81st minute, scores the winning goal during stoppage time in a 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the European...
June 07, 1999 Corey Meyers, PhoenixBaseballCorey, a senior shortstop at Desert Vista High, set single-season state records for home runs (22), RBIs (77), hits (70) and runs (68), and career state records for...
In a reunion at Wrigley, Sammy Sosa still had a hot bat and an infectious grin while Mark McGwire tried to find relief from an infected toe and a voracious public
Fresh blood may be fueling New York's postseason roll, but when the Knicks need a basket, they still call on old reliable, Patrick Ewing
Playing with reckless disregard for personal safety—and glory—the Trail Blazers' Brian Grant has emerged as a star in the postseason, even as Portland fell behind 2-0 to the Spurs
In a diary kept for SI, Brett Hull tells how defense, weird shots and Ricky Martin music (ugh!) played roles in Dallas's now up, now down conference finals against Colorado
Dominik Hasek came back from a highly scrutinized groin injury to lead the Sabres past the Maple Leafs and into the Stanley Cup finals
Crazy as it may seem, the four Nutt brothers, who all grew up to be coaches, could be the first family of Arkansas for what they've overcome on and off the field
Certain ground rules prevail when it comes to picking the best places in the world to watch sports: no domes, no condemned buildings, no Hooters
It's hard to believe, but the Sutherland boys are making a name for themselves on Tour
PRO Golf has a rich history of brother acts, in the U.S. going back to Alex, Macdonald and Willie Smith, who dominated the U.S. Open at the turn of the century. Who better to share a major triumph...
June 07, 1999 | Edited by Cameron Morfit Kelli Kuehne's BreakthroughCorning Glory
June 07, 1999 | Edited by Cameron Morfit What do these players have in common?
June 07, 1999 | Edited by Cameron Morfit Should the PGA of America make Brian Watts eligible to play on the U.S. Ryder Cup team?
June 07, 1999 Woody Williams, Boise, IdahoWilliams, 58, went 2-2-5-2 (double eagle, birdie, bogey, eagle) on his last four holes to finish a two-under 70 at Centennial Golf Course in Nampa. He holed a 202-yard...
Like sand through a clogged hourglass, so go the days of our interminable U.S. Open
June 07, 1999 The First Blush of Success
Rookie Rich Beem's stunning victory in the Kemper Open came out of the blue
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