September 12, 2005 | Volume 103, Issue 10

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Force Majeure The Aug. 22 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED cover is terrific, even if Phil Mickelson is not really the people's choice. The real people's champion is Tiger Woods: Take him out of the mix, and...

The picture of Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez on the Aug. 22 LINEUP page immediately brought to mind a photograph SI published in 1967 of St. Louis Cardinals great Bob Gibson. The angle, body...

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Images went from shocking to horrifying in the first 12 hours and then got worse. The Superdome, symbol of New Orleans as a great sports town, suddenly became the place where everything was going...

When Keith Jackson phones an airline or a florist or a Chinese restaurant, he's often interrupted before giving his name. "It's startling how many people will ask, 'Are you the Keith Jackson?'"...

The Falcons' running back, who has lived through his own triumphs and tragedy in Louisiana, asks NFL players to help rebuild a region that has touched them all

Many in the sports world have been quick off the mark with money and supplies for Katrina's victims

Won The Nextel Cup Sony HD 500 at California Speedway, by Kyle Busch (above), who became the youngest driver ever to win a race in NASCAR's top series. At 20 years and 125 days, Busch was four...

3 Major league teams that have had all four regular infielders hit 20 homers: the 2004 and '05 Rangers and the 1940 Red Sox.

A Florida high school team returns to a field ravaged by Hurricane Charley

At 42, Jerry Rice picks retirement over a bit part in the Broncos' offense

Former pitcher Rick Ankiel, 26, is trying to make the Cardinals as an outfielder. How's he doing? SI's Ankielometer tells all.

How are the men at the U.S. Open doing? Just dandy

The singer and his band, Green Day, will perform at Gillette Stadium before the Sept. 8 Patriots-Raiders game

the actor who plays Francis Ouimet, winner of the 1913 U.S. Open, in the upcoming drama The Greatest Game Ever Played, has a confession to make: "I never really liked golf," says Shia LeBeouf, 19....

What to watch and watch for

Laura D'Auguste, LONG BEACH, N.Y. > Martial Arts D'Auguste, 33, a cardiac care nurse, defeated Japan's Megumi Yabushita in the Smack Girl tournament in Tokyo to win the world mixed-martial-arts...

L.A. Galaxy and U.S. forward

WHO'S Hot

Broncos Safety

A Red Sox starter rocks for a Desperate Housewife

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Falcons All-Pro Keith Brooking gets back to basics

COMPLEX In sequence, with a 105-pound barbell: an upright row (above) to a snatch (bar flipped and held shoulder height), to a squat press, to a bent-over row. In one complex Brooking does the...

With No. 2 Texas coming to town, Ohio State stands fast and fires up Ted Ginn Jr.'s engine for a battle that has national title implications

TCU's defense is much-improved. Just ask Adrian Peterson

Charlie Weis works his magic with another quarterback named Brady as the Irish whip Pitt

USC's onslaught, Texas and Georgia impress, another Vick dazzles, vulnerable contenders

No other playoff contender has a strategic weapon like the Angels' Chone Figgins, who can switch-hit, steal a base and--best of all--play solid defense at six positions

Nothing will ever be the same--New Orleans, the Superdome, how we think about sports. And there are no small stories

The fate of New Orleans's NFL team took a backseat to scenes of despair

Cutting a swath 250 miles wide, the hurricane wiped out games, seasons, facilities and future revenue. Never before has a storm so dramatically reshaped the athletic landscape

A displaced high school football player gets to have his senior season after all

Louisiana-Lafayette endured a wrenching week--then faced Texas

Though school has been canceled, the Tulane women's soccer squad plays on

The Week In Sports

The U.S. beat Mexico and, thanks to the leadership of Landon Donovan, qualified for the World Cup with ease

At week's end U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna was the top-rated player in the English Premier League, according to the EPL's official Actim Index, which is based on "all the actions that take place...

Healthy again and happy to be playing in September, Ken Griffey Jr. is putting up numbers like it's 1999

Their teams are out of it, but the surging players listed below still have a lot to play for this month: pride, next year's salary--or simply to make life miserable for opponents battling to make...

With Ricky Williams suspended, Miami's untested Ronnie Brown has to show he can be a full-time back

I guess by now you know the rules of this thing. I don't pick a big-spread game--I'm not trying to fatten up on puppies--unless 1) it's a Monday-nighter or 2) I'm going for the upset. Well, I'm...

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh continued to dominate the AVP with a series-winning title in the Windy City

Karch Kiraly (left) and Mike Lambert, who have won four tournaments in the two years they have been together, are a dynamite combo: The 6'6" Lambert is one of the tour's best blockers, and the...

After a year of physical and emotional tribulations, James Blake returned to the U.S. Open playing better than ever

Sports? No, sports had absolutely nothing to do with the Gulf Coast's trying to survive Hurricane Katrina.

Kasha Rigby SKI MOUNTAINEER

After 35 years a climber clears his name in the death of his brother on Killer Mountain

BOOKS

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The drowning deaths of four adventure seekers in a Utah cave illustrate the dangers awaiting the unprepared who venture underground

Facing the toughest climb of his life, Davis Phinney, the winningest U.S. cyclist, wages a brave battle against Parkinson's disease

AMONG SOLO SAILORS, NO ONE STANDS TALLER THAN THE DIMINUTIVE ELLEN MACARTHUR

NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE SPORTS

David Horton beats birds and blisters to set a speed record on the Pacific Crest Trail

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