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TABLE OF CONTENTS
October 30, 2006 | Volume 105, Issue 17
October 30, 2006 All-Timers'
Day
THERE ARE two kinds of people: those who are comfortable being naked in front of strangers and those who feel self-conscious in their own shower. The clinical name for the fear of nudity—your own...
Look what the wind blew in to the friendly confines of the NL's perennial losers: an irascible, impatient skipper
The Chinese ruled the gymnastics worlds—serving notice that they'll be tough across the board in 2008
October 30, 2006 Fell On his final step of the Chicago Marathon, winner Robert K. Cheruiyot of Kenya. Cheruiyot (above), who won in 2:07:35, raised his arms in victory just before he slipped on a sponsor decal on...
October 30, 2006
When the DOB is pure BS
The actor, 46, plays George Steinbrenner in the upcoming miniseries The Bronx Is Burning
MAKING MOVIES about ageless icons has worked well for producer Howard Baldwin, whose 2004 Ray received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and refocused America on the music of Ray Charles. For...
What to watch and watch for
October 30, 2006 Evgeni Malkin THE NEW NEW KID, OCT. 2
October 30, 2006 Tom Arcidiacono CASTLETON, N.Y. > Football
BEARS Defensive
Tackle
October 30, 2006 WHO'S HOT
New England Patriots
Autumn is well under way, which means pumpkins, pullovers and the persistent
Pats, now 5--1 and atop the AFC East with hardly anyone among the...
October 30, 2006 After Paris, Gerald Green fixes his game
October 30, 2006 [This article
contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]
October 30, 2006 Eagles Tight End
October 30, 2006 What came first, the Ernie costume or the eggs?
An Ohio football power benefits from a strength coach's creative approach
Barred from sports, some homeschooled kids are fighting back
As if this
postseason hasn't been bizarre enough, Kenny Rogers has left an indelible mark
on the 102nd Fall Classic with his near-historic performance--and perhaps a
dirty little secret to his...
The Tigers were
lucky to get Carlos Guillen, who has quietly played a major role in the team's
turnaround
WITH ADAM
WAINWRIGHT on the verge of bullpen stardom (11 strikeouts, no runs allowed in
seven innings during the postseason), should the Cardinals continue to use him
as a reliever or turn him...
USC is undefeated
and ranked No. 3 in the BCS, but three consecutive close calls and the team's
lack of game-changing plays make the upcoming four-week stretch look
treacherous
Who stands between USC and a third straight title-game
invite
The Staal brothers, Marc, Eric, Jordan and Jared, grew up turning soil and tearing up the ice. Now they've begun work on a collection of Stanley Cups
October 30, 2006 | KARL TARO GREENFELD Bengals wideout CHAD JOHNSON is proof that you can shoot your mouth off without tearing your team apart, that you can goad opponents and still be liked and, best of all, that you can have fun in...
October 30, 2006 | KARL TARO GREENFELD How high will Chad Johnson and the Bengals climb? Read
Dr. Z's rankings every Wednesday at SI.com/nfl.
October 30, 2006 College Football Notre Dame on track for a BCS bid—barely • Wisconsin running back P.J. Hill punishes tacklers • Michigan State's great comeback
Escape Artists
GOOD NEWS for Nebraska fans: Texas doesn't return to
Lincoln until 2010. Since the Big 12 started play in 1996, the Longhorns have
made three trips to Memorial Stadium and left with a victory each...
HOT TOPIC Few coaches have endured more criticism this season than Michigan State's John L. Smith. It started after the Spartans blew a 16-point, fourth-quarter lead in a 40--37 home loss to Notre...
Mile-High Low
Running back LaMont Jordan may be falling out of favor in Oakland. Backup Justin Fargas is getting more work and for longer stretches, especially with Jordan nursing a sore back. (Jordan suited up...
HOT READ The good news for the 4--2 Seahawks: The schedule over the next four weeks—at Kansas City, home against Oakland and St. Louis, at San Francisco—is favorable. The bad news: Seldom-used...
WHEN THE BRONCOS are drawing up their defensive plan for Sunday's big game with Indianapolis, I think they'll get out the films of last season's Colts-Steelers divisional playoff. Indy-Denver is...
BREATHE EASY, America. Two of the central players in the BALCO steroids scandal look like they're headed for the clink.
October 30, 2006 Underbelly After her mount broke down and she was forced to jump off, Chantal Sutherland rolled into a ball to protect herself from Unleash the Cat (7) in the seventh race at the Meadowlands on...
ADAM DUERSON
MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
October 30, 2006 | GENE MENEZ
Since Week 1, the
hierarchy of quarterbacks has changed many times over. For fantasy owners, here
are the indispensable, up-to-date passer rankings based on performance in the
first half of the...
WE LIKE THE
MATCHUP
QB DONOVAN MCNABB vs. Jaguars
Home cooking helps after bitter loss
October 30, 2006 DON'T LIKE THE MATCHUP
Earlier this
month, not long after the Golf Channel announced that Nick Faldo would be its
lead PGA Tour analyst in 2007, CBS startled the TV sports industry by also
hiring Faldo, to replace Lanny...
Paul Azinger's future is on the bubble
October 30, 2006 WHO: Joe
Durant
October 30, 2006 | SAM FARR Disabled soldiers can play golf if given the tools they deserve
Nancy Scranton,
45, is a 22-year veteran of the LPGA tour with three career wins. In 2001 she
married Mark Williams, 42, and three years later gave birth to twins, Libby and
Luke, thus becoming...
October 30, 2006
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