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| THE READERS' SOFT LIST | |||
| Category | Soft | Not soft | Reader |
| Jason Giambi |
 As a Yankee -- short hair, no facial hair, wearing a suit |
 As an Athletic -- wearing a sleeveless Simms motorcycle T-shirt with a goatee, long hair, tattoos and muscles showing |
Justin, San Leandro, Calif. |
| Wanna-be Hall of Famer | Jose Canseco | Pete Rose | Payman, Los Altos, Calif. |
| NFL defender turned actor | Brian Bosworth | Howie Long | Jim Miller, Tuscon, Ariz. |
| Late night talk show hosts | Jay Leno | David Letterman | Glenn Disbrow, Newark, Del. |
| Celebrity "athlete" football character | Keanu Reeves as Shane Falco | Adam Sandler as Bobby Boucher | Jonathan, Baton Rouge, La. |
| Celebrity "athlete" baseball character | Kevin Costner as ... well, just pick one | Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs | Jonathan, Baton Rouge, La. |
| Van Halen front man | Gary Cherone | David Lee Roth | Matt Martin, Westlake Village, Calif. |
| Pithy sitcom star | David Schwimmer | Michael J. Fox | Mark Monce, Chicago |
| African-American action hero |
 Will Smith |
 Denzel Washington |
Mark Monce, Chicago |
| Martial arts action stars | Jean Claude Van Damme | Jet Li | Al Noles, Torrance, Calif. |
| Unions | MLB umpires | MLB players | Matthew Coy, Lewis Center, Ohio |
| All-Star Games | Pro Bowl | Baseball | Matthew Coy, Lewis Center, Ohio |
| Drafts |
 NBA |
 NFL |
Matthew Coy, Lewis Center, Ohio |
| Professional cyclist | Jan Ullrich | Lance Armstrong | Jeffrey Meyer, Gainesville, Fla. |
| Young mobile NFL QBs | Daunte Culpepper | Donovan McNabb | Erik Hawes, Minneapolis |
| Heads of families | Tony Soprano | Michael Corleone | Tyrone Bland, The Bronx, N.Y. |
| "Flintstones" character | Gazoo | Mr. Slate | Paul Dakuginow, Las Vegas |
| "Star Wars" character |
 Jar Jar Binks |
 Grand Moff Tarkin |
Paul Dakuginow, Las Vegas |
| Manager | Don Baylor | Dusty Baker | Keith Gagen, Chicago |
| Kids |
 Kid Rock |
 Jason Kidd |
Walter Grio, Seattle |
| Beantown pitcher | Pedro Martinez | Roger Clemens | Terence Kane, Washington |
| Baseball commissioner | Bud Selig | A. Bartlett Giamatti | Craig Tanikawa, Sacramento, Calif. |
| Original "Star Wars" robot | C3P0 | R2-D2 | Mike Szvetitz, Sebring, Fla. |
| American city | San Francisco | New York | Steve Weymouth, San Francisco |
| "Sopranos" mob member | Paulie Walnuts | Christopher | Steve Quin, Boston |
| President's intellect | George W. Bush | Thomas Jefferson | Frank Staleyen, Champaign, Ill. |
| Viagara spokesman | Bob Dole | Rafael Palmiero | Seneca Sanford, London, Ontario |
| World peace organization | Rotary International | Red Cross | Scott McSorley, Chicago |
| Magicians | Lance Burton | David Blaine (actually, he's still frozen stiff) | Jim Schraven, Phoenix |
| Manager deciding whether or not to pitch to Sosa | Tony La Russa | Every other NL manager | Marcin Seglinski, Elmwood Park, Ill. |