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TABLE OF CONTENTS
February 11, 2008 | Volume 108, Issue 5
February 11, 2008 Plax to the Max Eli Manning's 13-yard pass floated into the hands of Plaxico Burress for the touchdown that gave the Giants an epic 17--14 upset of the heavily favored Patriots (page 36) in Super...
Dan Patrick comes to our pages, web and otherwise
February 11, 2008 Lion in Winter Your photo of a snowy day in Green Bay, with Brett Favre standing calmly in the pocket as he waited for a receiver to come open, was the perfect cover shot. Seeing the Packers...
February 11, 2008 The annual SI Swimsuit Issue will be published in mid-February. If you're a subscriber who has told us previously you do not want to receive it, your request will continue to be honored. If you're...
Does the quest to know more about athletes—and umps—endanger us all?
February 11, 2008 WHO'S Hot
February 11, 2008 Which team's arena is the most intimidating to play in as a visitor?
IT WAS always hard to imagine that Bob Knight would leave Texas Tech in an ordinary fashion, so his abrupt resignation on Monday evening was in some ways not surprising. As SI went to press,...
February 11, 2008 Retired At age 33, former Olympic and world sprint champion Maurice Greene (below). The Kansas City, Kans., native won the 100-meter gold and anchored the U.S.'s gold-medal-winning 4 × 100-meter...
February 11, 2008 DOC RIVERS Celtics coach, after being asked how long Kevin Garnett would be out with a strained abdominal muscle: "You know Doc's a nickname, correct?"
February 11, 2008 6 Victories Bernard Lagat, who won the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games last Friday, has in the event, one short of the record set by Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan from 1977 to '87.
February 11, 2008 South Korean soccer players were indicted for intentionally dislocating their shoulders by swinging weights or having teammates jump on them so they could avoid military service.
WIZARDS FORWARD
SO MUCH for those Tony Romo--Jessica Simpson breakup rumors. "Tony and Jessica have something really special," Jessica's father, Joe, told SI at the afterparty for a Jan. 30 Super Bowl bash that...
An undercover cop turned NBA ref tells his tale
February 11, 2008 | Sarah Kwak What to watch and watch for
February 11, 2008 Hunter Meys CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. > Wrestling Hunter, a senior in the 189-pound class at Shenendehowa High, set a national high school record for career pins with 203. A three-time top five finisher...
February 11, 2008 SI, JAN. 21, 2002 In SI's profile of then L.A. Kings defenseman Jere Karalahti, he spoke with little remorse of the drug use that had threatened his career. "I can't say I would never go back to...
The Interview Dwight Howard MAGIC CENTER
Five Most
Memorable Encounters from My Super Bowl Week in Glendale
IN THE LOCKER ROOM after the game, Peyton Manning told reporters, "I bet Eli didn't tell y'all that during his off week, he went to Cancún with Lindsay Lohan. And, yes, I have photos."
The Answer Man
Don Banks tackles pro football's burning off-season questions.
A trio of unheralded pass-catchers, led by David Tyree, keyed the Giants' victory
New York's final drive was a madcap case of crisis management
February 11, 2008 | PHIL TAYLOR <b>Behind the leadership and late-game heroics of LeBron James, the Cavaliers have shaken off a highly disappointing start and jumped into the Eastern title hunt</b>
Rumor Mill
While baseball fixated on the destination of a two-time Cy Young winner, self-effacing Orioles ace Erik Bedard quietly surfaced as an off-season pickup who could make an equally big impact
Cream of the Crop
With pitchers and catchers about to report, here's what you need to know in tracking the off-season's big moves
Led by an obsessive coach and loaded with international talent, the Trinity College squash team has not lost in almost 10 years, building the longest winning streak in college sports history
February 11, 2008 | LUKE WINN
Rock Chalk?
February 11, 2008 | RICHARD HOFFER <b>A proud son of Youngstown, Ohio, and the sport's most exciting new force, middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik still draws his strength from the grit and soul of the Steel Valley</b>
Ringside Seat
February 11, 2008 The NBA By adding Pau Gasol, the Lakers have assembled an imposing front line that may come up short defensively • In the midst of a breakout season, Rudy Gay becomes the Grizzlies' go-to guy
Pau-er Play
In acquiring Pau Gasol, the Lakers made their front line more potent—but also
poked a big hole in their defense
On second-year forward Rudy Gay, who was averaging 19.7
points and 6.2 rebounds through Sunday and is now the Grizzlies' top threat
after the trade of Pau Gasol:
Knuckle Down Two of the league's top agitators—really, they're not just fighters—are rookies in Columbus and New Jersey
MANY COACHES call steady Avalanche defenseman Jeff Finger (right) the NHL's most improved player. Taken 240th in the 1999 draft by the Avs, Finger did his chores in the NCAA (St. Cloud State), in...
February 11, 2008 | Selena Roberts IT'S EXHAUSTING trying to beat the world every week, all season.
Tiger Woods strikes twice
A desert party house with Presidential pedigree?
WHO J.B. Holmes
"Hearing the Tour players complain about drug testing shows that guys are probably using stuff and are afraid of getting caught."
Will Tiger Woods break Byron Nelson's record of 11 straight wins?
Paul Azinger knows the key ingredient to a winning Ryder recipe
FBR Open sets attendance records for a single day and the week
February 11, 2008 | DAMON HACK
A couple of bombs off the 18th tee allowed J.B. Holmes to overhaul the hometown favorite, Phil Mickelson
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