Pat Kirwan Inside the NFL
Special teams make difference
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 01:22 PM

Sports Illustrated's Paul Zimmerman
Dr. Z's Forecast
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 12:49 PM

Sports Illustrated's Inside the NFL
Back in Stride
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 12:20 PM

David Fleming Inside the NFL
49ers made personnel blunders
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 08:51 AM

Pat Kirwan: Unsung Heroes
Defensive gurus shine
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 03:00 PM

Sports Illustrated's Leigh Montville
Let's go for two
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 11:42 AM

Ivan Maisel Inside College Football
Heisman mudslinging
Posted: Thursday November 18, 1999 01:42 PM

Sports Illustrated's Leigh Montville
The secret to Florida's football factory
Posted: Thursday November 18, 1999 12:44 PM

Inside the SEC
Somehow, LSU to play another game
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 10:34 PM

Inside the Mountain West/WAC
So many teams, so few bowls
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 07:17 PM

Inside the Big Ten
OSU-Michigan rivalry takes BCS twist
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 04:37 PM

Inside the ACC
One thing father doesn't know best
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 03:44 PM

Sports Illustrated's Inside College Football
The Hokie Pokie
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 12:59 PM

Inside the Pac-10
This year, 'Big Game' means just that
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 03:34 PM

Inside the Big East
Panthers close stadium in style
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 02:56 PM

Inside the Big 12
Longhorns topple the South
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 02:20 PM

Michael Farber Inside the NHL
A Muck of a mess
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 05:56 PM

Jim Kelley: The Rumor Mill
L.A. looking for help on the open market
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 05:29 PM

Jim Kelley: In the Corner
Sides forming in Yashin dispute
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 02:26 AM

Sports Illustrated's Inside College Basketball
Shooting Star
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 01:17 PM

Seth Daivs Inside College Basketball
Strange choice of friends, Khalid
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 06:43 PM

Stephen A. Smith Inside the NBA
Rules lead to better game
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 08:33 AM

Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly
National Bunco Association
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 05:32 PM

Tom Verducci Inside Baseball
Vaughn getting squeezed out of market
Posted: Thursday November 18, 1999 10:27 AM

Sports Illustrated's Inside Motor Sports
First, at Last
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 01:13 PM

Sports Illustrated's Inside Olympic Sports
Duel Purpose
Posted: Wednesday November 17, 1999 01:05 PM

Brian Cazeneuve Inside the Olympics
Karolyi to take over USA program
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 12:47 PM

Jon Wertheim Inside Tennis
An unforgettable year
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 12:20 PM

Jon Wertheim Inside Tennis
The Hot List
Posted: Monday November 15, 1999 09:21 AM

Gabriele Marcotti Inside World Soccer
Youth movement goes too far
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 1999 03:13 PM

Inside Game Gang archive

National Bunco Association
It was reported last week that the cost for a family of four to go to an average NBA game has risen 11 percent from last season, to $266.61. Wait, wait, wait! Can that be true -- $266 to see an average NBA game? Like, say, the New Jersey Nets versus the L.A. Clippers? Two hundred sixty-six zops? For a family of four? Which family, the Rockefellers?

Loyalty is for suckers
Todays sports fans just seem to accept the fact that players are going to jump around willy-nilly, and so they've learned to adjust their affections accordingly. Don't get attached. Jerry Seinfeld said it best once, that you don't cheer for people in sports anymore, but for a uniform -- for "laundry."

A Muck of a mess
The New York Rangers' mediocore 6-10-3 record isn't the only reason coach John Muckler's job is hanging by a thread. Muckler would be more secure if he had more allies in the dressing room. But his staunchest supporter, Wayne Gretzky, retired, and most of the other Rangers have developed amnesia.

Chilly air brings with it a draft
As I sat in the Soldier Field press box before the Vikings-Bears game, staring across at the Walter Payton "34'' flag at half-staff, what was I thinking of? The NFL Draft and Ron Dayne and Randy Moss and the Baltimore Ravens, that's what.

Let's go for two
The most underutilized possibility in all of sports is the two-point conversion in football. I have thought that for a long time. You score the touchdown. You get the ball on the two-yard line. You can kick the perfunctory extra point or you can run or pass and increase your point production by 100 percent. What's the problem?

These Vikings are going nowhere
There seems to be something missing on the Minnesota Vikings. I know I picked them, preseason, to meet Jacksonville in the Super Bowl, and perhaps it could still happen. But the more I see of quarterback Jeff George, the less I like him, and I have a feeling his teammates might be seeing it that way, too.

Foul shooting will win games early on
The new emphasis on limiting physical contact by defenses will be the best thing to happen to the NBA in years -- eventually. But first, things will have to get worse before they get better. Expect to see lots of players in quick foul trouble.