Leading Off

Departments

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

Scorecard

29 Patriots games
Cross-country collisions
Roamin' Roman
Who likes Albert Belle?
High school football revival
Heisman hype
Weeb Ewbank recalled
Pros' Playmates

Inside...

88 Tennis
96 The NFL
104 College Football

Pro Football

38 Picture Perfect
In workmanlike fashion, the Broncos dispatched the Raiders for their 11th consecutive win
by Richard Hoffer

44 White Lightning
With no pomp and precious little padding, Denver wide receiver Ed McCaffrey has become an unlikely star
by Michael Silver

College Football
52 Destiny's Darlings
Unbeaten Tennessee, No. 1 in the bowl rankings if not in the eyes of insiders, ripped Kentucky
by Tim Layden