June 03, 2002 | Volume 96, Issue 23

SEPTEMBER 7, 1987

Suiting UpWhere did you get the idea that Connie Mack and Burt Shotton "are the only skippers ever to work in civvies" (SCORECARD, May 13)? There were at least a dozen others in the 20th century,...

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Hate soccer? Then you don't know Doudou. (He's the one-named striker for Queens Park Rangers in England.) But millions of us do know our Doudou from our Kaka. (He's the one-named midfielder for...

Some people say that War Emblem is the wrong horse at the wrong time. They're wrong

A gay editor gets to the heart of our fixation with homosexuality in sports

Vintage is vogue. Jerseys patterned after historic baseball, basketball and football uniforms have become a must-have look for celebs such as Billy Crystal, Rosie O'Donnell and Will Smith. The...

238Playoff appearances, and counting, for Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy, an NHL record.

Against advice, ex-champ Meldrick Taylor fights on

Why his name rings a bellThe 40-year-old from Brooklyn won the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas last Friday, taking home the $2 million first prize.

RecoveredBy Philadelphia police, the copy of the Eagles' defensive playbook that was stolen from linebacker Shawn Barber's car last week. The playbook was in a leather bag, along with Barber's...

The hat, the swagger, the name: The legendary golfer was one with his game

A star NFL player leaves the game to serve his country

The stunt king is planning a motorcycle jump to coincide with next spring's opening of the Evel Knievel Xperience, a restaurant and theme park in Primm, Nev.

You'd have to imagine that the World's Fastest Man wouldn't have problems catching women. So what was Maurice Greene doing on a recent episode of Blind Date? "I watch the show all the time," says...

To preempt hooliganism during the World Cup, a Japanese railroad company is gluing down the stones that line the tracks near Shizuoka soccer stadium.

BRUCE ARENAU.S. soccer coach, on how his team is preparing for the heavy rains expected in South Korea during the World Cup: "We shower every day."

Mike Tyson recently admitted he did indeed bite Lennox Lewis during their Jan. 22 press conference. Lewis, in any case, had proof: He had photographer Blaise Hart document the left thigh wound....

This week Michael Farber blankets the ice at the Stanley Cup finals while L. Jon Wertheim covers the clay at the French Open.

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Lastings Milledge, PALMETTO, FLA.BaseballLastings, a junior outfielder at Northside Christian School, batted .571 with 16 home runs and a state record 77 RBIs as he led the Mustangs (33-3) to...

Family Business

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: c. John Tkachuk, father of Blues forward Keith, made his living as a Boston firefighter; Foreman's father, Chuck, played for two NFL teams as a running back from 1973 to...

With the use of steroids and other performance enhancers rampant, according to a former MVP and other sources, baseball players and their reliance on drugs have grown to alarming proportions

Popping amphetamines or other stimulants is part of many players' pregame routine

Snappy ComebackCeltics guard Kenny Anderson (left) chases down a loose ball as time runs out on the Nets in historic Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals at Boston last Saturday. Anderson's...

The lack of steroid testing has split the union and added to baseball's labor mess

Steroid use may explain a sharp rise in the time players spend on the disabled list

With a quick trip across the border, a player can score any steroid he wants

Trading blows and barbs, big men Vlade Divac and Shaquille O'Neal have turned the Western finals into comic opera

A coach who couldn't care less about his image has Boston looking sharp

After a snowmobile mishap left him ravaged by frostbite and cost him a toe, Olympic heavyweight Rulon Gardner is taking his comeback one step at a time

Even a controversial finish couldn't obscure the fact that the Indy 500, after years of decline, has roared back in fine form

When the pressure mounts in the postseason, it's the special breed of money players that always cashes in

Here are SI's choices for the best money players in the postseason.

Sidelined at the French Open for the first time since 1995, Martina Hingis has plenty of time to ponder this question: Does she want to work her way back to the top, or just play?

Baseball

Reality CheckA shakeup aims to give the lumbering A's a jump start

The amateur draft begins on June 4, and at week's end the only certainty was that there were no surefire top five picks. Why? For starters, the available college talent is thin, especially...

House of BluesMemphis coach John Calipari is paying the price for his quick-fix method of rebuilding

Don't you love it when, just for a change, the salmon eats the bear? The VW Bug squashes the bus? Radar O'Reilly gets the girl and George Clooney goes home alone?

As he heads into the heart of the season, the planets are aligned in his favor

The Masters would be wise to do without honorary starters (as the tournament did from 1977 to '80) until a suitable successor to Sam Snead is ready to step forward. In other words, Hootie, don't...

Jim Furyk continued a Memorial tradition by jarring a shot from a greenside bunker in the final round to win the tournament

Memorial winner Jim Furyk has won at least one event each year for five straight years. Only Tiger Woods (seven) has a longer current streak....

The two keys to executing a high, soft bunker shot are setting up with your upper body shifted toward the target and releasing the club so the clubhead passes ahead of your hands as it moves...

Several European tour players believe Miguel Angel Martín of Spain is giving new meaning to the term lie. After playing with Martín in last month's Portuguese Open, Maarten Lafeber of Holland...

Unlike the World Golf Hall of Fame, the new Jack Nicklaus Museum has all kinds of cool stuff for the fans

Which player has the best chance of winning all four majors on his or her tour this year: Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam or Jim Thorpe?

Pros who once said that winning the Grand Slam was impossible now like Tiger Woods's chances to do just that this year