Who's Hot Who's Not

WHO'S HOT

Dolphins
Every pundit's darling (after 2005's season-closing six-game winning streak) unveiled QB Daunte Culpepper (left), he of the big arm and optimistic swagger. ( RB Ronnie Brown: "It kind of rubs off on everybody else.") Even rain couldn't dampen the mood of the first practice--the Fins retreated into new $9 million indoor practice facility.

Carloses
The Mets' pair--Beltran and Delgado--hit .440 with five homers and 15 RBIs--in a sweep of Atlanta. The Cubs' Zambrano (right) won his 12th game. ( Cy Young, anyone?) And Baldomir's a welterweight champ!

UCLA
Alum Corey Pavin, 46, won his first PGA title in 10 years. And the hoops team is getting some serious Love. Coveted recruit 6'9", 260-pound Kevin Love picked UCLA over North Carolina. Love on the reaction of Bruins coach Ben Howland: "When I told him, he almost started crying."

Michael Schumacher
With three straight wins--including last week in his native Germany--the Formula One superhero, in second place, has standings leader Fernando Alonso checking his rearview.

WHO'S NOT

Browns
Ouch! Not again! In the first drill of camp Pro Bowl center LeCharles Bentley (right) suffered a season-ending knee injury. Add him to the list of Browns downed in recent years: Tim Couch, Kellen Winslow, Braylon Edwards, etc. After OL Ryan Tucker injured his knee on Day Two, stoic coach Romeo Crennel told the Akron Beacon Journal, "If you dwell on the negative, you won't get past it."

Texas Dealers
Even after bringing in Roger Clemens and slugger Aubrey Huff (left), the Astros were swooning, having lost seven of 10. The Rangers landed Carlos Lee (page 77), then dropped two straight to the Royals.

Fire and Sky
Those are the respective nicknames of Chicago's MLS and WNBA franchises--a combined 9-30-7. The Fire hasn't won at home in five games, and the last-place Sky's attendance is the lowest in the WNBA. Said Sky rookie Candice Dupree, "We just have to ... keep our heads up."

Mark Messier
Everything has a price. The hockey great's hometown of St. Albert, Alberta, is selling the naming rights to Mark Messier Arena, as it's been called since 1992, to generate funds for a new facility.