Leading Off

Departments

12 Catching Up With...
14 Letters
19 SI View
24 Faces in the Crowd
112 The Life of Reilly

Scorecard

29 Extreme spoilsport
Criminals in the NFL
Springtime in Antarctica
Waterboy reviewed
Rapper's hoop jones
The Mick's mean autographs
'Dos and don'ts

Inside...

70 Horse Racing
74 Motor Sports
78 College Football
82 The NFL

College Football

38 Picked Off
This time it was Michigan State that got between No. 1-ranked Ohio State and the national crown
by L. Jon Wertheim

42 Austin Power
Texas's Ricky Williams is closing in on the rushing record, but that's not all that ranks his 1998 performance among the best ever by a runner
by Tim Layden

Pro Basketball
46 The Waiting Game
As the NBA lockout dragged on, irrepressible Jayson Williams pondered ways to win back the fans
by Jack McCallum