Leading Off

Wishful Thinking
The Eagles shattered LaDainian Tomlinson 's vision of a record-breaking 19th straight game with a touchdown on Sunday in Philadelphia , keeping the Chargers ' running back out of the end zone and holding him to only seven yards on 17 carries in the Eagles' 20-17 win.

Wayne Storm
Nine games into his NHL coaching career--and two decades after he played for the Edmonton Oilers (inset)-- Wayne Gretzky showed Coyotes defenseman Paul Mara that he knows how to get his points across. The earful wasn't enough: Phoenix lost to the Canucks 3-2 last Thursday in Vancouver .

Neighborhood Watch
Outside his League City home, 27 miles south of Houston , D.J. Alvarez (far right) and his friends caught their Astros in the World Series last weekend, while just three blocks west of U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago , members of the Bravo family (inset) repaired to the porch to take in their White Sox . The Sox won the first two games (page 46).

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