Cover: Soccermania
Worshiping at the Church of the Spotted Ball.

Star Struck: In an age of strikes, franchise moves, free agency and scandal, how's a kid supposed to get nostalgic about sports?

King Pins: The fun and fashion of hanging at the bowling alley.

News: Dirty Tricks
Jane Hamilton stung by last-minute hit mailer.

Hemp Wars: Fight for the right to eat hemp cheese.

The Scoop: Today's high-tech is tomorrow's dreck.

Sonoma County Clerk's Office: Complete election results to local races.

California Secretary of State: Complete and final results to the 1998 California primary.

Climbing Up on Capitol Hill: Check up on the your Congressional Representatives and U.S. Senators--where they stand, how they voted.

Suddenly Summer: Our guide to all of the season's hottest events.

That Voodoo That You Do: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy cast their spell.

The First Days of Disco: Hip-O's Disco 54 and Funkin' on the Floor collections resurrect the genre's glory days.

Audiofile: Reviews of the latest CDs by Statue Man, ManMade God and Pizzicato Five.

No Fear: Author Nicolas Baker (who penned Vox, the book that Kenneth Starr says implicates Monica Lewinsky in the Clinton scandal) joins Talking Pictures at Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

In Living Color: Jim Carrey delivers in Peter Weir's The Truman Show.

Film and Loathing in Cannes: Our man in the south of France tracks the highs and lows of the annual film festival orgy in Cannes.

On the Edge: Gay and lesbian comics battle for mainstream acceptance.

Stone Cole: Santa Rosa Players fall flat on Anything Goes.

Nuclear-Powered Plant: River Rep's Little Shoppe of Horrors grows on you; plus Blue Window shines.

Up All Night: Where to dine after nine.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

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