2001
NOVEMBER
November 5, 2001
One for the Ages
A day after the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees in a nail-biting game seven of the World Series, Jim Lehrer discusses this most magnificent World Series with sports commentator and author John Feinstein.

OCTOBER
October 31, 2001
Olympic Security
Tom Bearden reports on how officials are rethinking Olympic security for the Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

October 9, 2001
A New Ball Game
Lee Hochberg reports on the Seattle Mariners as baseball begins its post-season playoffs, at the close of a very unusual season.

AUGUST
August 2, 2001
Killer Heat
After a Kwame Holman background report on the heat stroke death of a football player, Terence Smith interviews NFL veteran Bob Golic; and Dr. Art Kellerman, chairman of Emergency Medicine at Emory University's School of Medicine.

JULY
July 30, 2001
Tour de Force
After a Spencer Michels background report, Jim Lehrer discusses Lance Armstrong's third consecutive Tour de France victory with Bicycling Magazine editor Bill Strickland and former professional cyclist Ron Kiefel.

July 13, 2001
Olympic Challenge
Ray Suarez discusses China's winning bid to host the 2008 Olympics with Professor John Hoberman of the University of Texas at Austin and Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins.

July 10, 2001
Olympic Struggle
Should China host the 2008 Olympics? Gwen Ifill joins Democratic Congressman Tom Lantos of California, co-chair of the Human Rights Caucus; and Wang Jian Wei, author of "Limited Adversaries: Post Cold War Sino-American Mutual Images" and a citizen of the People's Republic of China.

July 9, 2001
Dollars, Dunks and Diplomas
Gwen Ifill discusses the prospect of reforming college athletics with president emeritus Bill Friday of the University of North Carolina; athletic director Deborah Yow of the University of Maryland; and Joe Whitl, a former wide receiver at the University of Auburn and a former member of the NCAA's Student Athlete Advisory Committee.

APRIL
April 9, 2001
Tiger's Triumph
Terence Smith talks with sports writer John Feinstein and Golf World executive editor Ron Sirak about the latest victory and exceptional career of Tiger Woods.