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The Lineup
Departments
4 Leading Off
12 Letters
14 Contributors
19 Air and Space
Smelling the roses with agent Scott Boras, a thorn in baseball owners' sides by Steve Rushin
20 Scorecard
• Clarett, Buckeyes AD sling mud
• Peter King, movie star
• Will DUI hurt Michael Phelps?
32 Faces in the Crowd
37 Players
144 Life of Reilly
Now hear this: California School for the Deaf at Riverside can play by Rick Reilly
Inside ...
136 College Football
• Why are Spartans only at .500?
• Georgia Tech's freshman wideout
139 The NFL
• Buccaneers shun tie, blow game
142 The NBA
• Zo wants out of New Jersey
143 Soccer
• Eskandarian leads D.C. to title
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PREVIEW
68 Fast Times
Speedy players like East Tennessee State's Tim Smith are changing the game
by Seth Davis
76 Local Girl Makes Good
Seimone Augustus has LSU eyeing its first national title
by Kelli Anderson
•Women's Top 10
82 Man of Many Moods
All of Tar Heel Nation is trying to read mercurial scoring machine Rashad McCants
by Grant Wahl
90 5 Minute Guide
A quick run through the top players, coaches and games to watch this season
by Seth Davis
92 Scouting Reports
SI ranks--and dissects--the nation's Top 20 men's teams, starting off in Chapel Hill
•Bracket fodder: Nos. 21--65
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
46 Tuesday Night Lights
A midweek, mid-major pigskin odyssey, all for TV exposure
by Austin Murphy
PRO FOOTBALL
58 Look Who's Back
Brett Favre moved the Packers to a share of the NFC North lead
by Michael Silver
PRO BASKETBALL
62 A Moving Experience
Carlos and CeCe Boozer knew just what they'd find in Utah
by Chris Ballard
Cover
PHOTOGRAPH BY HOWARD SCHATZ
COVER FLAP PHOTOS: Darren Carroll, David E. Klutho, John W. McDonough (3), Manny Millan (2), Bob Rosato (2), Bob Stowell, Al Tielemans (2)
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COLOR PHOTO
ROBERT BECK; SKY EXTENDED BY SI IMAGING
TROJAN FORCE
USC wideout Dwayne Jarrett makes one of his two touchdown catches in a 49--9 rout of Arizona.
