January 7, 2002 Table Of Contents

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Catching Up With...

Jockey Ron Turcotte JUNE 11, 1973

By Mark Beech

Si View

SI View The Week in TV Sports

By Richard Deitsch

Out With The Old To clear the decks for 2002, we're unloading last year's ideas that didn't make the cut

By Steve Rushin

Home Of The Graves For fans of a macabre bent, here's a website that provides the lowdown on baseball's dead and buried

By John O'Keefe

Logical Choice

By Richard Deitsch

College Football

Cane Whuppin' Unbeaten Miami flogged Nebraska early and often to win an undisputed national title

By Austin Murphy

King Of Fling In his final game Joey Harrington lived up to all the hype, but even a Fiesta Bowl rout by Oregon left the Ducks at No. 2

By Kelley King

Bowl Bonanza When 50 teams play in 25 bowl games, there are plenty of highlights--and lowlights

By Ivan Maisel; Kristi Berner; David Sabino; Mark Bechtel

College Basketball

State Of Anxiety Despite a talent-rich team that humbled hated Rick Pitino and Louisville, Kentucky fans keep looking for those dark clouds

By Alexander Wolff

Pro Football

True Grit Garrison Hearst refused to call it quits despite two seasons on the sidelines with a debilitating ankle injury, and now he's back in stride and playing a key role in the 49ers' surprising run to the playoffs

By Michael Silver

Pro Basketball

Clipper Hip Mixing street tastes off the court with a button-down approach on it, Elton Brand is infusing Los Angeles's other team with a new identity

By Jack McCallum

Inside

Inside The Week in Sports

Inside The NBA

Inside The NBA

By Ian Thomsen

Boarding For Dollars The lessons that Jeff Foster learned as a teen are paying off for the Pacers

By Mark Bechtel

Inside The NFL

Inside The NFL

By Peter King

Inside The NHL

Inside The NHL

By Daniel G. Habib; Mark Beech

In The Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Inside College Basketball

Inside College Basketball

By Seth Davis; Albert Chen

Role Model On A Roll Guard Jamel Bradley is leading South Carolina in scoring while inspiring hearing-impaired kids

By Seth Davis

Good Comes To Those Who Serve

By Rick Reilly

Departments

Leading Off

Letters

Scorecard

By Tim Layden; Jeremy Schaap Edited by Albert Kim and Kostya Kennedy

Just Asking

By John Sellers; Bob Woolf

Faces In The Crowd

Edited by Albert Kim and Kostya Kennedy

Free Market

Edited by Albert Kim and Kostya Kennedy