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TABLE OF CONTENTS
September 25, 2006 | Volume 105, Issue 12
September 25, 2006 Name Game
IN ALMOST every
culture, 40 is a mystical number. Forty is the length, in days, of Biblical
floods and fasts. Forty is the only number, spelled out in English, whose
letters appear in alphabetical...
Considering the
rewards of athletic success, is it surprising that a college punter is accused
of hacking his way up the depth chart?
September 25, 2006 A campus shooting rocks the resurgent Duquesne basketball program
September 25, 2006 Denied
By Saints rookie Reggie Bush (above), that he received improper benefits worth
about $100,000 while he played at USC. Last week Yahoo.com reported that New
Era Sports & Entertainment, a...
September 25, 2006 33
Consecutive successful stolen base attempts by Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki, who
broke Willie Wilson's single-season AL record; the major league record is held
by Vince Coleman, who stole 44...
September 25, 2006
An auction house
plans to peddle Pete Rose's apology for betting on baseball
The seven-time Pro Bowl running back, 33, is an analyst for the NFL Network as he rehabs his knee
September 25, 2006 WHEN IT'S TIME to relocate, most people have a garage
sale to unload things they don't want to pack. When you're the oldest living
Hall of Famer, downsizing is a more formal operation. Earlier...
What to watch and
watch for
As anyone who has
seen her Nike commercial knows, Maria Sharapova feels pretty. (Oh, so pretty.)
So it's hardly surprising that Sharapova celebrated her U.S. Open title by
hitting Fall Fashion...
Hey, it's another Royal who can't hit. During a visit to
Birmingham, England, last week Prince Charles took some hacks while talking to
participants in a youth cricket training program. (For his...
Fans of Steve (the Crocodile Hunter) Irwin have cut off
the tails of several stingrays to avenge his death.
ANDY RODDICK, 24-year-old tennis star, on bachelor
life:
September 25, 2006 SCORECARD, Aug. 8, 2005
September 25, 2006 Bojan Jovicic
September 25, 2006 To submit a candidate for Faces in the Crowd, go to
SI.com/faces.
DOLPHINS WIDE RECEIVER
Who's Hot
Bears
September 25, 2006 D-Rays Third Baseman
[This article
contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]
September 25, 2006
The roots of
Seahawks LT Walter Jones
Twins sluggers Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau share a semimessy bachelor pad
Jersey boy Will
Thompson never met an extracurricular activity he didn't like
His successes are
often overshadowed by his failures. Despite his extraordinary accumulated
numbers, New York fans are quick to discount his contributions. And when things
go wrong for Alex...
By opening up its
playbook and turning big-play wide receiver Mario Manningham loose, Michigan
stunned Notre Dame with an easy win in South Bend
For any fan of
make-or-break games, last weekend was probably as good as it gets in college
football. On a day that featured seven games between teams ranked in the Top
25, contenders emerged and...
Once the domain
of sluggish, one-dimensional players, the NFL's latest It Position has been
upgraded by a new generation of game-breakers, and the most dangerous of them
is Antonio Gates
The new prototype
tight end has become so effective in the passing game that many teams are using
two at a time
The left tackle
evolved, through natural selection and intelligent design, into a prized
specimen who lived to ensure the survival of his quarterback against a predator
he couldn't see
September 25, 2006 Bummer Sooner
The Oregon defensive line snuffed a 44-yard field goal attempt by Oklahoma's
Garrett Hartley (10) on the final play last Saturday, preserving a wild 34-33
victory in Eugene, Ore....
September 25, 2006 The NFL
Quick Restart
Shaun Alexander, last season's NFL MVP, is already
missing Pro Bowl guard Steve Hutchinson. Alexander has gained only 140 yards
through two games while averaging a paltry 3.1 yards per carry....
HOT READ
REVENGE. HOW
SWEET the word. Sweeter yet is a weekend that promises not one, not two, but
three classic get-even games.
What a Rush
HOT TOPIC
Sweet Run
In 2004 it was Tony Stewart and Jeremy Mayfield. Last
year it was Kurt Busch. And in Sunday's Sylvania 300, two more Chase drivers
had serious dents put in their title hopes by wrecks at New...
YOU AND I have the
same problem. We swear too goddam much.
September 25, 2006 ADAM DUERSON
MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
Does a rookie QB have fantasy
value?
September 25, 2006 | GENE MENEZ Every fantasy owner has heard the conventional wisdom--why Peyton Manning will be better, why LaDainian Tomlinson will be worse. But is it true?
September 25, 2006 WE LIKE THE MATCHUP
September 25, 2006 DON'T LIKE THE MATCHUP
Argentina's
economic woes drove Christian Gómez to MLS, and D.C. United has reaped the
dividends
Armed with an old
and unloved swing theory, these two instructors are suddenly all the rage on
Tour
Two brothers, Bill and Mike Zadick, are the U.S.'s best hope at this week's world championships
There's something about wrestling that seems to lend itself to familial success. (Perhaps it's the grappling of sibling rivals.) Here are brother tandems that have competed for the U.S. in Olympic...
In his breezy
autobiography, Lou Holtz tells tales of football, Bob Hope, Bill Clinton and
Johnny Carson
Foes are typically
history when Trevor Hoffman enters the game. Soon he'll make history too
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