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Departments
4 Leading Off
10 Letters
15 Air and Space
Barry Bonds and A-Rod want to talk to you--in a crowd, for lots of money by Charles Leerhsen
18 Scorecard
• Zoning out with Ricky Williams
• Nationals have hats but no owner
• Tennis's gender role reversals
30 Faces in the Crowd
33 Players
90 Life of Reilly
Free the Angola nine! Or, how to play Louisiana's Prison View Golf Courseby Rick Reilly
Inside ...
80 College Football
• Ohio State's dazzling freshman
• Most underrated Division I stars
82 Golf
• Singh is SI's Player of the Year
85 The NFL
• McGahee sparks Bills' offense
• Rookie safety saves Seahawks
PRO BASKETBALL
44 The Ugliest Game
An NBA brawl exposed the worst aspects of player and fan behavior
by Jack McCallum
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
52 The BCS Mess
The Bowl Championship Series' problems keep growing
by Tim Layden
PRO FOOTBALL
56 The Kid Steps Out
Eli Manning was impressive in his first NFL start. Now, how soon can he learn to win?
by Josh Elliott
MOTOR SPORTS
60 Race to End All Races
Kurt Busch won the Nextel Cup in hair-raising fashion
by Lars Anderson
TENNIS
64 Outside Looking In
Roscoe Tanner tries to come back from his spectacular personal and financial flameout
by L. Jon Wertheim
Cover
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BLUEGRASS
Undefeated Boise State hasn't lost on its artificial turf in three years (page 55).
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