September 25, 2006 Table Of Contents
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Every fantasy owner has heard the conventional wisdom--why Peyton Manning will be better, why LaDainian Tomlinson will be worse. But is it true?
By Gene Menez
WE LIKE THE MATCHUP
DON'T LIKE THE MATCHUP
Does a rookie QB have fantasy value?
By David Sabino
Air and Space
By Steve Rushin
SI Players: Life On and Off the Field
DOLPHINS WIDE RECEIVER
As told to Ben Reiter
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
The Questions with Ty Wigginton
D-Rays Third Baseman
The roots of Seahawks LT Walter Jones
Edited by Kostya Kennedy
Twins sluggers Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau share a semimessy bachelor pad
By Gene Menez
Jersey boy Will Thompson never met an extracurricular activity he didn't like
Baseball
His successes are often overshadowed by his failures. Despite his extraordinary accumulated numbers, New York fans are quick to discount his contributions. And when things go wrong for Alex Rodriguez, even his fellow Yankees find him hard to motivate and harder to understand
By Tom Verducci
College Football
By opening up its playbook and turning big-play wide receiver Mario Manningham loose, Michigan stunned Notre Dame with an easy win in South Bend
By Mark Beech
Pro Football
Once the domain of sluggish, one-dimensional players, the NFL's latest It Position has been upgraded by a new generation of game-breakers, and the most dangerous of them is Antonio Gates
The new prototype tight end has become so effective in the passing game that many teams are using two at a time
Inside
By Peter King
Dr. Z's Forecast: Payback Time
By Phil Taylor
STEWART MANDEL'S Two-Minute Drill
Life of Reilly
By Rick Reilly
Departments
In his breezy autobiography, Lou Holtz tells tales of football, Bob Hope, Bill Clinton and Johnny Carson
Foes are typically history when Trevor Hoffman enters the game. Soon he'll make history too
Argentina's economic woes drove Christian Gómez to MLS, and D.C. United has reaped the dividends
By Grant Wahl
Armed with an old and unloved swing theory, these two instructors are suddenly all the rage on Tour
By Chris Lewis
Two brothers, Bill and Mike Zadick, are the U.S.'s best hope at this week's world championships
Considering the rewards of athletic success, is it surprising that a college punter is accused of hacking his way up the depth chart?
A campus shooting rocks the resurgent Duquesne basketball program
An auction house plans to peddle Pete Rose's apology for betting on baseball
The seven-time Pro Bowl running back, 33, is an analyst for the NFL Network as he rehabs his knee
What to watch and watch for
By Chris Mannix
By Adam Duerson
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