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TABLE OF CONTENTS
January 19, 2004 | Volume 100, Issue 2
APRIL 29, 1957
January 19, 2004 Twin PeaksLike most Tennesseans, I root for Peyton Manning—except when the Indianapolis Colts are playing our Titans. I feel obligated to point out, therefore, that your account of the showdown...
January 19, 2004 LETTERS•Please e-mail us at letters@si.timeinc.com or fax us at 212-467-4049. Letters should include the writer's full name, address and home telephone number and may be edited for clarity and space.
Nobody filled the back of a baseball card better than Bert Blyleven, whose name (Aalbert) and birthplace (Zeist) suggested—with alphabetical ambidexterity—that a whole encyclopedia was inside that...
Despite plenty of time to plot his reentry strategy, Pete Rose doesn't seem to understand how complete and contrite his confession needs to be
Skating could use the kind of rivalry (sans weapons) it had a decade ago
100Approximate number of contestants in the Paris-Dakar rally who were stopped at the Mauritania border by armed guards demanding a $64 passage fee to enter the country.
January 19, 2004 DiedOf a heart attack, Yinka Dare, 32, the Nets' first-round pick in 1994. Four days after an American scout spied the 7'1" Dare eating a bowl of food on a bench in Lagos, in 1991, a George...
January 19, 2004 Announced
January 19, 2004 | Bill Scheft Good to be here. Is it me, or does the Mars Rover look like the cart that used to bring Joe Sambito in from the Astros' bullpen?
The minority owner of the 76ers from 1996 to 2001 and full-time motivational speaker (his next book: Lead or Get off the Pot!) will open the Pirate Soul museum in Florida this year.
WHAT TO WATCH AND WATCH FOR
•TOTAL BASEBALL
January 19, 2004 Tony Washam, NEW CASTLE, DEL.BasketballWasham, a junior guard at St. Vincent College, scored 36 points for the third consecutive game to give the Bearcats a win over Rio Grande and earn his second...
January 19, 2004 To submit a candidate for Faces in the Crowd, go to SI.com/faces.
Baby, it's cold outside, so North Dakotans like to curl up with a good CURLING tournament
The Lakers coach came to understand his state during long drives to games
January 19, 2004 North Dakotans weigh in on sports*
January 19, 2004 To read an SI Flashback story on the University of North Dakota's seven NCAA hockey championships, see every Roger Maris cover or review more Roughrider State sports trivia, go to...
It's out with the old and in with the new as a generation of young stars, led by Rick Nash of the Blue Jackets, begins to dominate the league
SI's Pierre McGuire ranks the top five NHL defensemen who are 22 and younger (stats through Sunday)
McGuire also ranks the top 10 NHL forwards who are 22 and younger
Here are senior writer Michael Farber's picks for the midseason All-Stars (statistics through Sunday)
The Devils' workhorse goaltender, Martin Brodeur, is SI's choice as the midseason MVP
Here are the five best surprises from the first half of 2003-04 (stats through Sunday)
And here are the five biggest disappointments from the first half of the season
In a weekend filled with nail-biting finishes, Donovan McNabb rallied Philadelphia to an improbable win over Green Bay
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January 19, 2004 For complete NFL playoff coverage, including the latest news and analysis from SI's Peter King, Dr. Z, Don Banks and Michael Silver, go to si.com/football.
The rushing of Edgerrin James makes the Colts' play-action offense doubly potent
Carolina struck pay dirt again as Jake Delhomme continued to be worth his weight in gold
An aggressive but more mature Rodney Harrison has shored up New England's secondary
The venues change, but the outcomes will be the same
West-leading Sacramento is riding the right arm of Peja Stojakovic, considered by many to be the best pure marksman since Larry Bird
The latest NBA news, scores and statistics, plus analysis from Jack McCallum and Marty Burns, at si.com/basketball.
Baseball never looked sweeter than it did through the lens of V.J. Lovero. He captured in the game a life, to borrow from Whitman, "immense in passion, pulse, and power." And more than that, he...
Gonzaga's Adam Morrison, who does daily battle with diabetes and the limits of conventional thinking, is a most refreshing freshman
Grant Wahl's college basketball Mailbag, each week at si.com/basketball/ncaa.
With constant vigilance, diabetic athletes can still have very successful careers
January 19, 2004 | Mark Obmascik Freezing rain. Gale-force winds. Rodents in the sleeping quarters. Lousy food. Rampant flu. Just another day in the Big Year
January 19, 2004 College Basketball
On the SkidsLacking talent and scoring, Indiana is searching for answers
UConn G Ben Gordon versus North Carolina G Rashad McCants
Emeka OkaforUCONNorWayne SimienKANSAS
Hoop Thoughts by Seth Davis, and Grant Wahl's Mailbag, at si.com/basketball/ncaa.
RIGHTING A WRONG
Q-SchooledClippers guard Quentin Richardson is handing out the lessons this year—and is set up for a big payday
For more coverage, including a photo from the week, go to si.com/basketball.
AROUND THE RIM
Will Scott Boras's waiting game help or hurt his clients this year?
Today's weather forecast calls for 1973 over most of the country, with a cool front of old guys moving in fast and a 98% chance of way more Matlock reruns.
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