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Sportswoman of the Year
The December/January issue of Sports Illustrated Women salutes excellence in sport. Among the many stars to shine in 2001, none was brighter than Jennifer Capriati -- our choice for Sportswoman of the Year. Read the story of Capriati's remarkable rebound and catch up with another athlete on the comeback trail, skier Picabo Street. Plus, find out what two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Katarina Witt has to say about bananas, boyfriends and betrayal. Also, the basics of vitamin supplements, classic running routes in cities around the world, and six quiet retreats where you can Zen out while you work out. Scroll down this page to preview our new issue -- on newsstands now. You'll notice some big changes, including a bold new look and an increased emphasis on serving the interests of active women. We've got a new game plan. Please let us know what you think.
  Jon Buckle

SPECIAL SECTION

2001 Sportswoman of the Year
How Jennifer Capriati, the ballsiest woman in tennis, got her game -- and her life -- back

2001 Sportswoman of the Year (A dissenting opinion)
Some may argue that Madonna has no place in a magazine devoted to sportswomen. To which we say: Have you taken a look at her upper arms lately?

2001 The Year in Review
This year women athletes waged fierce and heroic struggles against long odds. For instance, Vicky Botwright fought for the right to play squash in a bikini. Herewith, some sports stories you might have missed

SWEAT EQUITY

Vitamins Encapsulated
Eating right is only the beginning. Behold the ABC's of supplements

Muscle Memories
It's déjà vu all over again as today's training trends go retro

Heavy Metal
Olympic powerlifter Cheryl Haworth sizes up your form at the bar

COOL DOWN

Silent Treatment
Zen out while you work out at these six quiet retreats

Lip Schtick
You use them for smiling, eating and kissing -- here's how to treat them right

The Cold Truth
Athletes aren't invincible -- here's a game plan for battling the common cold

Toast with the Most
How to do the bubbles without the troubles this champagne season

FRESH

Present Perfect
Make a bull's-eye buy for every type of athlete on your gift list this year

IT'S YOUR LIFE

What's my sport?
Four experts try to guess what Elli Ochowicz does

Meet the Team
The hard-working sled dog team of veteran musher DeeDee Jonrowe

Lark Angel
Extreme skier Kristen Ulmer scored a guest ride with the Navy's Blue Angels

Ogonna Nnamani's New Digs
The volleyball recruit's strategies for her first year at Stanford

Toy Story
Snowboarder Sondra Van Ert holds on to all her equipment

MORE FEATURES

Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Philadelphia Liberty Belles! Mad Dog! The princess! The Undertaker! And, of course, the A-train!
If you mess with The A-Train's teammates, she'll flatten you. If you mess with her cats, she'll flatten you. Aside from that, Alissa Wykes -- the 5'6", 209-pound fullback for the National Women's Football League champion Liberty Belles -- is an exceptionally nice individual

Fast Girls
America's best motorcycle racers all have one thing in common: a fierce sense of style

Slammed
Why don't women dunk? It's not that they can't -- it's that they won't

A Major Case of the Bends
Touch your foot to your head. Fold your body into a lovely pretzel shape. Step atop a lightbulb. Just another day at the office for the acrobats of Cirque du Soleil


 

  IN EVERY ISSUE

Playbook
Wisdom from the most compelling women in sports. This issue: Figure skater Katarina Witt

Faces In The Crowd
Meet these outstanding women and girls in sports

Hot Happenings
Key dates and info for active women

ADVENTURE

Run the World
Classic city routes that offer a healthy dose of green

A Hut Above
For cross-country skiers who prefer to stay on the trail 24/7

Cold Rush
Whether you own skis, skates or a pack of dogs, there's a race for you

Vacation Benefits
Five trips that are equal parts sun, fun and saving the world

ADRENALINE

Word on the Street
After her worst crash ever, Picabo Street wants one more run at glory and then...anonymity

Forbidding Walls
An all-female team made a first ascent in Pakistan but can't go back

Sasha Cohen's Great Leap
The skater hopes to land in the Olympics with a quadruple Salchow at nationals

Shuffle Board
U.S. halfpipe snowboarders say the rules for qualifying for the 2002 Olympics are unfair

A Shot of Youth
Three teens on the U.S. women's ice hockey team are showing maturity beyond their years

Pach Mentality
Nepal's elephant polo world championship

High-water Mark
Georgia graduate Kimberly Black did swimmingly in the vote for NCAA Woman of the Year

The 23rd century
One woman, one year, 23 ultra-marathons -- the very short story of a very-long-distance runner

What's new...
In volleyball, sleds and beer

All Access
Ironwomen at the Ironman; California disc jockeys

HEY COACH

Beyond the X's and O's
Tony Dungy, Jillian Ellis, Van Chancellor and others on what makes a winning team


 

 
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