The Sportsman As a survivor of cancer, a stroke, a liver tumor and two bouts of meningitis, at 41 my perspective on life enables me to appreciate every day with my four children and wonderful...

COLLINS AVENUE in Miami is the Boulevard of Broken Teams. It's the main drag into South Beach, where Marlins pitcher Dontrelle Willis was arrested over the holidays after allegedly alighting from...

Ask Shawne Merriman: Football players can find absolution for their steroid sins. But in baseball the stain never fades

A Maryland lineman wants to cut short his promising football career to serve in the Army

Broken By Bob Knight, Dean Smith's Division I record of 879 career wins. Knight got No. 880 on Monday with Texas Tech's 70--68 win over New Mexico. The Red Raiders led by 13 at the half and...

31.2 Turnovers per game in the NBA through Sunday, the last day the league used the new synthetic ball that was introduced this season.

On the night his second season ended, Broncos CB Darrent Williams is shot dead

Thanks to her faithful dog, an adventure racer survives a frigid 52-hour ordeal

Gus Bell instead of Willie Mays: A brief history of All-Star voting irregularities

The never-shy eight-time All-Star debuts as an NHL analyst for NBC on Jan. 13

"RUMOR DOES not always err," wrote Tacitus, and so it is with the latest whispers about Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who was said to be dating an American Idol. "That one is true," Romo told the...

The president of an Italian soccer club received a bloody goat's head wrapped in Christmas paper from an anonymous fan.

Few people are as intimate with the English turf as Sam Thomas would be a half second after this photo was snapped. The jockey had his mount, Armaturk, in the lead in the Desert Orchid Chase at...

BERNIE BICKERSTAFF, coach of the 9--21 Bobcats, on the contribution of Michael Jordan since he became a part owner last June: "Well, he just hasn't scored enough."

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Seattle's Nate Burleson has an outfit for every opponent

An inseparable South Philly duo has no plans to break up its act

These prep teammates came to college in package deals

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Bringing new life to their careers, the Eagles' Jeff Garcia and the Jets' Chad Pennington sure-handedly guided their teams to the wild-card round. How much further can they take them?

Who will make it to Miami? Get round-by-round playoff predictions from our NFL insiders ONLY AT SI.COM

Dr. Z says the favorites will rule in Indy, Foxborough and Philly, but get ready for an upset in Seattle

Watch model Brooklyn Decker and Dr. Z go head-to-head at SI.com/NFL.

It's not unusual to come across a pro athlete who won't talk to reporters. The Colts' Marvin Harrison, who is arguably the best receiver in NFL history, often doesn't even open up to teammates

More Marvin Read Nunyo Demasio's exclusive Q&A with Indy's elusive receiver ONLY AT SI.COM

A Chargers-dominated lineup and a cool Brees for MVP

With wideout Dwayne Jarrett leading the way, USC put a jarring loss behind it and warmed up for a 2007 title run with a thrashing of Michigan in the Rose Bowl

Quarterback Chris Leak seemed ill-suited to run the spread-option offense of coach Urban Meyer. Now the duo has Florida one victory from a national championship

Allen Iverson has said and done all the right things since the Nuggets acquired him in a bold trade. But a tough question looms: What happens when Carmelo Anthony returns?

Slammin' See who threw it down with authority in a gallery of the best dunks of the week. ONLY AT SI.COM

Against the backdrop of the best freshman class in a decade, Wisconsin's fifth-year senior star Alando Tucker is building something much bigger than a case for player of the year honors

Like Father, Like Son Ohio State freshman guard Mike Conley Jr., son of the 1992 Olympic triple jump champion, attempted a monumental leap of his own in trying to score over Florida's Dan Werner...

The enthusiasm of new coach Denis Savard and the scorching play of Martin Havlat have the perennially dismal Blackhawks finally back on the rise

Power Rankings How high will the Blackhawks climb? Check out Scott Wraight's rankings ONLY AT SI.COM

Before Magic Johnson and Showtime, before Michael Jordan's scoring sprees, fans and players alike were dazzled by Pete Maravich. This excerpt from a revealing new biography traces the creation of...

Sure Shots Check out a photo gallery of Pistol Pete Maravich through the years ONLY AT SI.COM.

CARMELO ANTHONY is wide open, nobody within 20 feet of him, lonely as a Pinto salesman. Yet he can't get the ball. He throws his arms up, stomps his feet, yelps, but his teammates don't even notice.