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SUPER BOWL XXXIX
42 Meeting of the Minds
The big game will be a battle between the innovative staffs of Bill Belichick and Andy Reid
by Peter King
PRO BASKETBALL
50 Catch 'Em If You Can
With a pedal-to-the-metal attack led by MVP favorite Steve Nash, the Suns sizzle
by Jack McCallum
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
54 There's Joy in 1llinois
Ignited by three guards, the top-ranked Illini have blown through opponents with ease
by Grant Wahl
TENNIS
62 Digging Down Deep
Serena Williams and Marat Safin won the Australian Open with gut-check performances
by L. Jon Wertheim
SPORTS BARS
67 The Perfect Bar
You can't watch the Super Bowl just anywhere. SI found the 25 best sports watering holes in the land
by Chris Ballard
Departments
4 Leading Off
12 Letters
17 Air and Space
Hiyo! Carnac saddles up his camel and rides into the great beyond by Steve Rushin
18 Scorecard
• Cubs unload Sosa on Orioles
• Damn! A cleaner Super show
• Olympic gold medalist's tragedy
• Sharapova is 17. That's 17.
28 Faces in the Crowd
33 Players
86 The Life of Reilly
I schmooze celebrities during Super Bowl week, therefore I am by Rick Reilly
Inside ...
82 Skiing
• Miller is golden at worlds
• Mancuso's breakthrough bronze
• Kildow's Super G setback
85 The NBA
• Nuggets turn to George Karl
• Scout's take on Cuttino Mobley
Cover
PHOTOGRAPH BY BOB ROSATO
SPORTS BARS ILLUSTRATION: MIRKO ILLIC
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MICHAEL J. LEBRECHT II/1DEUCE3
MOUTHY GUARD
Dee Brown (11), with Deron Williams (left) and Luther Head, isn't shy about talking up the dominant Illini (page 54).
COLOR ILLUSTRATION
MIRKO ILLIC (COCKTAIL GLASS)
