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Contents: They’re In The Money – The Fortunate 50 (SI‘s inaugural list of the top 50 American athletes by current annual income); Play Money (Let’s say your job pays you $15 million a year. What would you do with all that dough? Let’s play cribbage); Star Treatment (Behind monied athletes are specialists catering to their needs: racket stringers, car guys, pants men, personal chefs); Join The Club (Looking for lucre? No sports spreads it around like golf); Lucky Stiff (Retired big league pitcher Mark Clark was no star, but he got paid like one) NBA Playoffs – Center Cannot Hold (L.A. stayed alive against the Spurs in Game 3, but win or lose, this is the last stand for these Lakers) Stanley Cup Playoffs – They Should Not Win (But they do. After upsetting Vancouver and Detroit, the nearly starless Calgary Flames are now attacking the Sharks) Baseball – A Season Like No Other (Barry Bonds is playing in his own universe, where the strategies are twisted and the stats absurd) Departments – Leading Off; Letters (The pictures: kudos and quibbles); Air And Space (Feel like booing? Go ahead and join the crowd); Scorecard ( * Can Jessie Palmer charm coach? * Danton thanks alleged hit target * Jermaine O’Neal at fan’s prom * Snoop Dog faces the music); Faces In The Crowd; The Life Of Reilly (Some sage anti-advice for the class of 2004) SI‘s 50th Anniversary – The Vegas Strip (The other one, that is, which holds the drag racing blowout Midnight Mayhem) Inside… – Olympics (Athens blasts don’t deter athletes); Baseball ( * Rockies try four-man rotation * Twins’ hitter from outer space * Verducci on A’s staff weakness); Soccer ( * Kirovski’s happy return to MLS * Will Real Madrid face MLS stars?)
Cover: “Lakers’ Last Stand. Will Kobe Leave? Will Shaq Stay? Will Phil Retire?”
Condition: Very Good
