October 16, 2006 Table Of Contents
SI Bonus Section: Golf Plus
At the First Annual Deepak Chopra/ World Business Academy/Golf In the Kingdom Invitational
Thirty-two years after the incident, Jack Nicklaus wonders if there's a blemish on his spotless career
Davis Love brings it home in Carolina
By Jim Gorant
By Tom Patri
Alas, that rite of autumn, the Tour's Fall Finish, is history
By Kevin Cook
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With the season-ending playoffs (and frozen fields) in mind, it's time to start wheeling and dealing to bolster your roster. Here are the players you should lock in on--before your opponents do
By Gene Menez
WE LIKE THE MATCHUP
By David Sabino
DON'T LIKE THE MATCHUP
By Gene Menez
By David Sabino
Air and Space
By Steve Rushin
SI Players: Life On and Off the Field
Bengals Wide Receiver
As told to Michael Silver
The Questions with Chris Duncan
Cardinals Leftfielder
True tales from the similarly named
By Ben Reiter
Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor credits his success to hare-raising workouts and the man who devised them
By Ben Reiter
Where populations are low, small-scale football is big
Deaf students find bowling lets them compete on equal terms
Football coach is suspended for running up the score
By Bill Syken
Features
The young Tigers pitchers dominated the Yankees with 100-mph heat, and the A's power arms polished off the Twins. Now they are squaring off in a most unexpected ALCS showdown
By Tom Verducci
At bat and on the mound the Tigers and the A's have many similarities, but a tight series will turn on plate discipline
By Joe Sheehan
Just as suddenly as they nearly squandered a huge lead in the season's final weeks, the Cardinals turned things around in the NLDS. But they'll have to beat the Mets to impress their fans
Chris Carpenter gives the Cards' rotation an edge, but will it be enough to stop the hard-hitting Mets and their rested bullpen?
By Nate Silver
They said Jay DeMerit, a kid from Green Bay, didn't have what it takes to play professional soccer in America. So he went to England. England? Yes, and now he's a bloomin' favorite
By Grant Wahl
On a Chicago Bears team known for bruising defense, the emergence of quarterback Rex Grossman may be the final piece in their Super Bowl puzzle
By Tim Layden
With six teams in the Top 25 and more speed and NFL prospects than anyone else, the SEC is the best, toughest, wildest conference in the land. But can any of its members survive to reach the national title game?
By Phil Taylor
A tandem of tailbacks helped Arkansas upset No. 2 Auburn and take control of the SEC West
By Phil Taylor
Stewart Mandel's Two-Minute Drill
Sizing up the first halfof the 2006 season
Inside
BUSH'S BREAKOUT: Real Saviors Don't Swear
By Peter King
LAVAR ARRINGTON: Reduced Expectations
Dr. Z's Forecast: Suddenly St. Louis
Life of Reilly
Trumpeting the Father of the Year
By Rick Reilly
Departments
Can the Boss be shocked the season ended in 'sad failure'? For Yankees fans and haters alike, a traipse through the bad karma could be cathartic
Just four months after brain surgery, a Duke soccer player returns to the pitch
The Blue Jays' All-Star outfielder, 27, was a postseason analyst for ESPN's Baseball Tonight
By Adam Duerson
What to watch and watch for
By Chris Mannix