Winning Move

Tracks go empty, but check out horse racing's bottom line: It ain't hay

HE'S A WEALTHY and eligible bachelor, and when he puts on his uniform he can foil a defense's most dastardly plans—so Colts receiver Reggie Wayne has more in common with Bruce Wayne than a...

WHO'S Hot

Who is the most underrated running back in the NFL?

ALEX RODRIGUEZ'S DIVORCE from the Yankees was quick but not without acrimony. Hank Steinbrenner, the senior vice president and elder son of owner George Steinbrenner, showed he's a chip off the...

Died Of an apparent heart attack, at age 60, former Pro Bowl tight end Jim Mitchell (below). In 11 seasons with the Falcons, Mitchell caught 305 passes (which puts him fourth on the team's alltime...

BOWLING WITH two hands will never be manly. But like Rick Barry—whose two-handed style made him the NBA's No. 2 career free throw shooter—bowler Cassidy Schaub (right) goes for substance over...

AFTER HE ran for 232 yards in a 24--21 upset of Daleville on Oct. 19, Alabama Christian High fullback Jordan Creel was carried off the field by his teammates—not because of his career-best...

CHANNING CROWDER Dolphins linebacker, before the team's game in London: "I couldn't find London on a map if they didn't have the names of the countries.... I don't know what nothing is. I know...

$117,000 Amount a fan of English soccer team West Ham United spent for the vanity license plate WE57 HAM at auction.

A hippopotamus that had escaped from a wildlife park was found in a Chargers assistant coach's swimming pool.

JIM SORGI, Colts Experience Fourth season Career passes 92 Salary $850,000

At 43, the Panthers' Testaverde has altered his legendary workout regimen

TONY ROMO sure got out of the pocket during his bye week. The Cowboys' QB, who has been linked to American Idol winner Carrie Underwood ("We're friends," he says), dined out on Oct. 22 with One...

A QB and a bodybuilder share a name

What to watch and watch for

Kim Lane HAZLET, N.J. > Soccer Lane, a senior forward at Johns Hopkins, had her second career hat trick and four assists for a school-record 10 points in a 9--0 win over Washington College; she...

Native American mascots

By pouring it on the Rockies, the Red Sox confirmed that they were baseball's best team in 2007—and thanks to the relentless scouting and player development program showcased in Boston's World...

A Look Ahead Team-by-team hot stove analysis from Baseball Prospectus's Nate Silver.

Even with A-Rod, the free-agent class is thin, which means this winter's trade talk could be scorching

It's the biggest game of the season—again. But this time, after losing three straight to Indianapolis, New England looks too hot to handle

RANDY MOSS vs. BOB SANDERS

ADALIUS THOMAS vs. DALLAS CLARK

REGGIE WAYNE vs. ASANTE SAMUEL

JOSEPH ADDAI vs. VINCE WILFORK

Ben Roethlisberger and Terry Hoeppner vowed to come back together from injury and illness. One didn't make it. Now the Steelers quarterback is playing to honor his old coach and compatriot

Zone Coverage

Move over, USC. The team to beat in the Pac-10 is Oregon, which employed its spread offense and the dynamic duo of Dennis Dixon and Jonathan Stewart to vanquish the Trojans

Ahead of the Pack?

Arizona State heads to Oregon this Saturday undefeated and full of confidence after a dominating victory over Cal

His heart once powered him to a world's best in the marathon. On June 30 it stopped for 14 minutes. Now Alberto Salazar knows that life is the only long run that really matters

Road to Beijing

On English Soil The first regular-season NFL game outside North America was no offensive showcase, as Dolphins quarterback Cleo Lemon (far left) proved in losing this fumble to Giants defensive...

College Football Bad news for West Virginia foes: There's more to the Mountaineers than their explosive offense • Ranked for the first time, UConn is winning with defense

Secret Weapon

While the Big East continues to build its football reputation, the league can't seem to shake its basketball identity. With its 22--15 win over South Florida last Saturday, Connecticut (7--1,...

The Good Life

OSCEOLA (Kissimmee, Fla.) at LAKELAND (Fla.), Nov. 2

JACKED UP FOR DOWNERS Though its offense did not score a touchdown, No. 16 seed Homewood-Flossmoor stunned No. 1 Downers Grove South 16--0 in the first round of the Illinois Class 8A playoffs last...

1 NORTHWESTERN (Miami) 8--0 Captured District 13-6A title with 24--12 win over Miami Central in front of 22,000 at the Orange Bowl

Extra Special

The biggest surprise of 2007 may be the play of quarterback Derek Anderson. Since replacing Charlie Frye early in the Browns' opener, Anderson has thrown 17 touchdowns against eight interceptions...

There's little doubt that starting in 2008 the NFL will play two regular-season games a year outside the U.S. What did the league learn from the first one, the Giants' 13--10 victory over the...

I broke down the Colts-Patriots game separately (page 38), so let's move on to a conference with more modest aspirations. Dallas is staking a claim as the king of the NFC, but first the Cowboys...

Bad Chemistry

1 Jimmie Johnson (right) won his eighth race of the season on Sunday in Atlanta, but credit the victory to crew chief Chad Knaus, who gambled on a two-tire pit stop with three laps left. Most of...

Big Trouble?

On whether the Bucks should start rookie Yi Jianlian (right), the No. 6 pick from China, who averaged 10.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in eight preseason games:

PEOPLE THINK that bottle-blond, Winchester-armed Colt Brennan, quarterback for undefeated Hawaii, is a cool story. After all, he starts chucking passes just after team breakfast and doesn't stop...

CLOSING RANKS

Why first-round wideouts have a hard time catching on

Read Will Carroll's analysis of the latest injury reports, every Thursday at SI.com/fantasy.

WE LIKE THE MATCHUP

WE DON'T LIKE THE MATCHUP

A new book examines the messages black athletes send

The country music star and wife of Tim McGraw sings the theme for NBC's Sunday Night Football

IS IT the most amazing finish, ever, to a college football game? Go to SI.com/clickthis, and see what you think—but make sure you're not in a rush. Last Saturday, Division III Trinity (San...

That Vera Bazorova is quite a catch—at least to Yuri Larionov (above right). The Russian snagged his partner en route to winning bronze in the pairs at Skate America. In the women's competition...