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Contents: Baseball – The Game is Back (Ten reasons why there is hope in San Diego, Cincinnati, Tampa Bay and all over the majors), A Cut Above (Boston’s Manny Ramirez went from unwanted to unstoppable – and it’s all in his swing), Remember the Titans (Scrappy Cal State – Fullerton beat the odds and stunned Texas in the College World Series) Globalization of Sports – Football vs. Futbol (On two continents, a pair of leagues awash in red ink ask, How do you win over an alien culture) Pro Basketball – Big Deal in Dallas (After adding to his crowded roster at the draft, can Mavs owner Mark Cuban land the biggest prize of all?) Fishing – Seeing Snook (There is something touching about snook, their funny-faced striving, their sneakiness, their sleaziness) Departments – Leading Off, Letters (Hockey fans feel dissed – again), Catching Up With…, Air and Space (Everything you never knew about the Fourth of July), Scorecard (Anna Kournikova reconsidered, Green Monster on big screen, Tim Montgomery near the end?, A few jabs from Lennox Lewis), Faces in the Crowd, The Life of Reilly (Blond, sweat and beer: blissed out at the ArenaBowl) Si’s 50th Anniversary – Dream State (By nearly every measure, California is No. 1 in the nation in sports) Inside… – Tennis (Williamses’ tennis passion down?, Croatians roll at Wimbledon), The NBA (Garnett is SI’s Player of the Year, Five who could unseat KG), The NHL (Capitals’ top pick: Instant star?, Hasek might be Ottawa-bound)
Cover: Manny Ramirez
Condition: Very Good
