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72 Eli vs.Peyton
The brothers willadd to the Manning family saga when they make NFL history in the Sunday-nightopener
by MichaelSilver
COLLEGEFOOTBALL
78 Alive andWell
New quarterbacksColt McCoy at Texas and John David Booty at USC opened to rave reviews
by PhilTaylor
BASEBALL
82 Got Your Back,Bro
Baseball broughtbrothers Jeff and Jered Weaver closer--too close, in fact, for a team that hadroom for only one
by RichardHoffer
PAT TILLMAN
Remember HisName
Even as a boy hefelt a destiny, a need to do the right thing whatever it cost
by Gary Smith
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6 Leading Off
12 From theEditor
14 Letters
17 Air andSpace
Beating17-million-to-1 odds, with two long shots by Steve Rushin
20 Scorecard
• A grittygoodbye from Andre
• Clemsonfootball's father figure
• The creativityof gate crashers
33 Faces in theCrowd
34 Players
114 Life ofReilly
One man fills an"urgent" need with $165 million. Go, OSU! by Rick Reilly
Inside ...
106 The NFL
• Quarterbacksget a better grip
• Dr. Z: Bewarethe New York teams
108Basketball
• Hey, USA,bronze isn't so bad
• A comeback keysthe Monarchs
110 Tennis
• Andy Roddick'sideal mentor
• A French teenis on the rise
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78 COLT COMFORT Longhorns fans felt good about the future after redshirt freshman QB Colt McCoy accounted for four touchdowns last Saturday.
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106 ORANGE AID Thanks to colorful--and prolific--receiver Chad Johnson, the Bengals are Dr. Z's pick in a season-opening showdown at Kansas City.
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