November 03, 2008 | Volume 109, Issue 17

Maddening Manny

Maybe it's just a syzygy, but smart schools are winning like never before

WHO's Hot Joe Flacco

Died At age 73, Hall of Fame guard Gene Hickerson (above, number 66). At 6' 3", 248 pounds, Hickerson, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, was small by today's standards, but he anchored the...

Is Zenyatta or Curlin the Horse of the Year?

THE LAST time Ken Mink (right) played college basketball, the Lions were an NFL powerhouse and Casey Stengel was about to manage the Yankees to a 17th World Series title. That was 1956, and Mink...

Some refs can't help getting in the game

Why do 40,000 choose to run a marathon?

FORMER SLUGGER Jose Canseco said in an A&E documentary last week that he was sorry he wrote his 2005 steroid tell-all, Juiced. "The more I think about it, the more I regret mentioning these...

What to watch and watch for

THERE WERE 5,500 entries; 10 finalists, as chosen by editors at SI KIDS; and one winner, as chosen by voters at SIKIDS.com: Eight-year-old Derek Anderson of Williamsville, N.Y., is SportsKid of...

Alli Alberts

The Interview Joe Flacco RAVENS QB

The Phillies and the Rays played long ball and small ball, had plenty of close calls, even rain and drama long after last call in the latest Fall Classic to open its doors to the game's upwardly...

The Hot Stove Season is upon us. Here are five radical--but inspired--moves that would give the off-season some sizzle

Tabbed by many in the preseason as a Super Bowl favorite, the star-studded Dallas Cowboys instead find themselves in a week-to-week struggle just to keep their postseason hopes alive

The reigning champion Giants made a lasting impression with a hard-hitting, come-from-behind victory in hostile Pittsburgh

During Penn State's run to No. 3 the offense got the glory, but against Ohio State the guys on the other side of the ball saved the day and gave the Nittany Lions a clear shot at the BCS title game

Ten years ago cricket was an exotic fringe sport in the U.S. But thanks to a surge of new immigrants--and to elite players who follow the money and go to bat for more than one team--it's coming to...

Breaking News • Real-time Scores • Daily Analysis

Taking over a program that imploded under Kelvin Sampson, the sanguine new coach sends a message of hope and patience (heavy on the patience) to frustrated Hoosiers faithful

A Scott in the Dark

The NHL

The numbers show that a weak October haunts teams that have Stanley Cup ambitions--bad news for the Ducks

The Panthers, improved under rookie coach Peter DeBoer, may face a tough decision on Jay Bouwmeester (right) who leads the NHL in average ice time. A world-class skater and a shut-down defenseman,...

A lost weekend for front-runners Pitt and South Florida left the Big East with no team worthy of its BCS berth

1  Texas Tech (8-0) finally has a defense to complement its high-octane offense. The sixth-ranked Red Raiders had high hopes of fielding their best D in Mike Leach's nine years as coach, and in a...

On Sunday two NFC heavyweights were severely tested and survived. Now they'll face each other in yet another one of their division slugfests. If the Cowboys hope to beat the Giants at the...

The Favre-Millen affair lifted a veil on info sharing--and raises questions about who should be talking to whom

In the volatile NFL, change can come quickly. Some of these players got off the deck, others took a fall

The current format has drained all the drama from the Chase for the Cup, but a few tweaks could rev it right up

After a distinguished 49-year career, Arizona coach Lute Olson abruptly retired, leaving the Wildcats to rebuild

The team doctors who once paced the NFL sidelines in coats and ties that screamed Marcus Welby, M.D., have been replaced over the last decade by physicians attired in team apparel that makes them...