Tales from the Super BowlYour Feb. 2 cover was great. For those readers who were wondering, the Green Bay Packers were Willie Davis (87) and Bob Skoronski (76).FRED EVERDING, Arvada, Colo.

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Jesus said, "Ye cannot serve both God and mammon," but that didn't stop everyone from trying during NBA All-Star week in Los Angeles, where Magic Johnson took the stage of the Shrine Auditorium...

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps could win more medals in Athens than some guy named Mark—if he can just decide which of his many strokes to unleash

A quarterback, a boxer and a Newfy chip off the rust

John Daly smoked 'em at the Buick

1Of the past nine American League MVPs who are still playing for the team on which they won the award-Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who won it in 2001.

DiedOf cardiac arrest, Marco Pantani, 34, the last cyclist other than Lance Armstrong to win the Tour de France, in 1998. Often racing with a bandanna on his head and hoops in his ears, the lithe...

Eliminated

Good to be here. Are you like me? Are you waiting for Rush Limbaugh to say the dog who won best-in-show at Westminster is overrated because he's black?

The actress, 42, stars as boxing manager Jackie Kallen in Against the Ropes. The film, inspired by a true story, opens Feb. 20.

Sitting on a six-point halftime lead in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game, Eastern Conference coach Rick Carlisle decided he would forgo the traditional locker room strategy session and pep talk. "Our...

Fe fi fo fum. The giant of South Korean sumo wrestling, Kasugao, had little trouble shaking off a couple of boy toys at an exhibition last week in Seoul. Kasugao wasn't as successful when he...

The company that staged the Lingerie Bowl during halftime of the Super Bowl is forming a four-team lingerie league, to begin play next year.

MIKE HEIMERDINGERTitans offensive coordinator, on why he hasn't been a candidate for an NFL head coaching job. "They're looking for big names, not long names."

WHAT TO WATCH AND WATCH FOR

•NETWORK NEWSAvalanche and Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke's decision to move his teams' TV broadcasts to a cable network he's forming is the latest example of a burgeoning trend. More clubs are...

Kate Richardson, COQUITLAM, B.C.GymnasticsRichardson, a sophomore at UCLA, won the all-around after scoring two 10s (beam and floor exercise) to lead tire Bruins to a three-school-meet win and...

Philly's Phab Phive

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LIBERTY BALL: c. Temple has won 32 games in a season twice, in 1986-87 and in '87-88

The reporting of pitchers and catchers is a sign that spring is near, and nobody does spring training like the folks at Dodgertown

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The tennis great says her home state helped shape her—on and off the court

Floridians weigh in on sports*

To read an SI flashback story on the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season, view a gallery of every Florida cover or cast your vote for the state's best college football program, go to...

By agreeing to move to third base, Alex Rodriguez got out of Texas and into pinstripes as the Yankees pulled off another blockbuster

Yankees skipper Joe Torre can count on at least one bit of fun each day: filling out his batting order. The top eight hitters—three lefties, three righties and two switch-hitters—are a manager's...

Poll PositionAir Force One takes off from a runway located just outside Daytona Motor Speedway after President Bush (inset, with Richard Petty), no doubt looking for votes from NASCAR dads, had...

Returning to their Houston roots, inseparable pals Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte want to share the fun of pitching the Astros to a title

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In the race that meant everything to his father, Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged to an emotional victory

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Milwaukee's sharpshooting guard Michael Redd slipped quietly into L.A., then showed he belonged

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It's the most basic element in hockey, but its maintenance is one of the biggest headaches in sports. Herewith the cold facts on how to make good ice, what the NHL is doing to fix the sorry state...

After a Saint Louis University basketball game on Dec. 17, the Savvis Center floor was converted from hardwood to hockey rink, a nine-hour job completed in plenty of time for a Blues game the next...

At arenas in Florida, keeping the humidity down and the ice in playable condition is a tricky proposition

It sure looks like a fun job, but to Detroit's Al Sabotage his life's work is serious business

The release of some 20 depositions in lawsuits filed by three women who allege they were raped on a night they partied with Colorado football players and recruits has raised questions about coach...

Colorado isn't the only school at which sex and recruiting have been linked in recent years

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Underrated in the 2002 draft and embarrassed in last year's rookie game, Carlos Boozer is turning heads

On the Portland Trail Blazers, who dealt forward Rasheed Wallace to Atlanta for forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim and center Theo Ratliff in a five-player trade:

Though rocked by injuries and dizzy from trades, the Flyers keep winning

The NHL should be commended for recognizing that the game needs fixing, but the proposed rule changes do not go far enough. The issue of opening up the neutral zone was not addressed, nor was the...

Boys to MenStacked with juniors and seniors, Oklahoma State is on top of the Big 12

1. Miami coach Perry Clark is on thin ice. Just 4,025 fans showed up at Miami's Convocation Center last Saturday to watch the Hurricanes lose their seventh straight game, 91-74 to Syracuse,...

As the season enters the final stretch, SI's selection committee is back to examine which teams are in the best position to gain the top seeds. If the NCAA tournament were starting this week,...

If you thought Colorado football recruiting parties were jailbreaks, brace yourself for the allegations made by the only woman ever to play on the team.

Saying troubles are behind them, John and Sherrie Daly come out smelling like a rose

Torrey Pines South was tough on the Tour pros last week, but wait until the 2008 U.S. Open. With the rough twice as thick and even a zephyr off the Pacific, par will be terrific at this 7,568-yard...

Mike Perpich teaches at RiverPines Golf in Alpharetta, Ga., and is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher.

Forget Waldo, Where's Jim? U.S. Open champ Jim Furyk has been M.I.A. since the Sony Open in mid-January. The injury-prone 33-year-old has reaggravated the wrist ailment that has plagued him since...

9Players within a shot of Daly, the most on Tour since 1990.

Was John Daly's victory a fluke or will he be a force this season?

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On Feb. 25 the controversial new movie The Passion of the Christ comes to theaters, featuring Jim Caviezel in the role of Jesus. In April, Caviezel will portray another iconic figure, Bobby Jones,...

•LONG PUTTERSI pray to God the USGA doesn't ban them.

In golf, if you can't talk the talk you probably can't walk the walk. Getting the jargon right is proof that you do, indeed, live a golfing life. The game's language, though, is always evolving....

Up before dawn. A cross-country flight. Three Tour pros waiting for advice. Welcome to a day in a swing coach's life