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TABLE OF CONTENTS
October 21, 2002 | Volume 97, Issue 16
October 21, 2002 Tyrone's PowerS.L. Price captured the strength and magic of Tyrone Willingham's character (The Savior of South Bend, Sept. 30). The man is as advertised. When I was a student manager in the...
October 21, 2002 LETTERS•For the fastest response, please fax us at 212-467-4049 or e-mail us at letters@si.timeinc.com•Letters should include the writer's full name, address and home telephone number and may be...
AUGUST 24, 1981
It's an old story: the pro athlete who dreams of one day becoming a kid. And for a lucky few, that dream comes true.
In the NBA the pros might be cons; two SI writers debate the value of troubled stars
A USOC official says he's changing Augusta from within; some are skeptical
October 21, 2002 Why you should know his nameHis statistical rankings of football and basketball teams are vital to the BCS and the NCAA tournament selection committee and have appeared in USA Today since 1985....
350Résumés received by Erik Zhang, agent for Rockets center Yao Ming, for the job of Ming's translator; Colin Pine, 28, who'd been translating documents for the U.S. government, landed the assignment.
October 21, 2002 MissingAt the site of the terrorist bombing in Bali, Jake Young, 34, an All-America football center at Nebraska in 1988 and '89. A lawyer in Hong Kong, Young was in Bali to play in a tournament...
October 21, 2002 Suspended indefinitely by the NHL, Blackhawks winger Theo Fleury, who last week revealed that he had violated the terms of the league's Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program. Chicago...
October 21, 2002 | Bill Scheft (Taptaptap) Is this thing on?
The 37-year-old star of CBS's King of Queens was a multisport athlete growing up in Stony Brook, N.Y., and at 250-plus pounds he's what you could call an XXL fan.
October 21, 2002 Hall of fame jockey Gary Stevens has landed a prominent role in the movie Seabiscuit. He'll play jockey George Woolf, who rode Biscuit in the 1938 match race against War Admiral at Pimlico. "When...
October 21, 2002 Columbus Day sail? Not quite, but last Saturday, while millions of Americans were navigating between Texas-Oklahoma and Miami-Florida State, a flotilla of 1,905 yachts gathered in the Gulf of...
October 21, 2002 Two European soccer teams—Holland's Utrecht and Georgia's Dinamo Tbilisi—will each play a home game in an empty stadium because their fans have been banned for violent behavior.
October 21, 2002 CATHERINE NDEREBANinety-eight-pound runner, while battling strong winds en route to a second-place finish in the Chicago Marathon: "Oh, my goodness, I'm going to blow away."
October 21, 2002 OCTOBER 18-24
Nessler in the Crunch, Deion's Trash Talk, HBO's Inside Man
October 21, 2002 Lisa Banta, BOONTON, N.J.GoalballBanta, 23, was the top scorer at the World Goalball Championships in Rio de Janeiro with 16 goals in seven games, leading the U.S. team to the title. Goalball is a...
Top-ranked Miami's close call against Florida State lifted the national title hopes of the other contenders—so who has the best shot at dethroning the Hurricanes?
Take a deep breath college football fans, because there are plenty more showdowns in the second half of the season. Mark your calendars for these defining games.
Sometimes all it takes is one play to propel a player into serious Heisman Trophy contention. That happened last Saturday on Iowa State quarterback Seneca Wallace's spectacular touchdown run from...
October 21, 2002 Hooked on the Fall Classic? Revisit World Series past in our SI archive and get postgame analysis of the present from SI experts at cnnsi.com/baseball.
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With an epic 10-run, 10-hit seventh inning that finished off the Twins, the Angels burnished their big-rally reputation and advanced to their first World Series
Batting behind Barry Bonds, 37-year-old Benito Santiago delivered some of the big hits that helped San Francisco win its first pennant in 13 years
No manager ordered fewer intentional walks this year than Mike Scioscia of the Angels. While Barry Bonds presents a challenge to that philosophy in the World Series, Scioscia is likely to have his...
There's nothing on the track that NASCAR points leader Tony Stewart can't handle—except himself
October 21, 2002 Glaus HouseAngels third baseman Troy Glaus felt right at home, in the bottom of the eighth inning, hitting a home run—his fourth of the postseason—to beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 in Game 3 of the...
With the unflappable Drew Brees leading the way, San Diego jumped to the top of the AFC West and helped Chargers fans erase bitter memories
A SINGLE BLOW LANDED 25 YEARS AGO REDEFINED THE NBA'S APPROACH TO ON-COURT VIOLENCE AND FOREVER CHANGED THE LIVES OF TWO PLAYERS
October 21, 2002 College Basketball
Gators' Great DaneIn an off-season that left some schools reeling, Florida was the big winner, thanks to an import of major import
By Transferring from Maryland after a disappointing 2000-01 season, Danny Miller missed out on the Terps' national championship last April. Still, things are working out well for the 6'8" forward...
Back to BasicsHaving abandoned the offense that brought them success, the slumping Patriots need to reestablish the run
TRADING E-MAIL WITH...49ers guard Derrick Deese
The Rams loved Marc Bulger's quick release, so they released him quickly. This was in 2000, when the young quarterback drew a one-week paycheck as a member of the practice squad. That was a week...
It's been seven years since Savanna (Ill.) High won a football game, yet every day starting linebacker Mike McIntyre lies on his bed and plans the victory party.
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