November 27, 2006 Table Of Contents
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LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens has increased purses, brought in deep-pocketed new sponsors and made the players' needs priority one. So why isn't she getting more love?
Woods succeeds while losing in Asia
By Jim Gorant
Big Play with Michael Hebron
Playing against the guys was tough, but it has served me well
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The weeks are dwindling, and the fantasy playoffs loom, setting up these games as the ones that will make or break your season
By Gene Menez
WE LIKE THE MATCHUP
By David Sabino
DON'T LIKE THE MATCHUP
By Adam Duerson
Air and Space
By Steve Rushin
SI Players: Life On And Off The Field / Thanksgiving Special
RAIDERS FULLBACK, AND CHEF
As told to Ben Reiter
The Questions with Mike Rucker
Panthers Defensive End
Choose sides with well-seasoned pros
Features
In a classic showdown played just hours after the death of a Wolverines legend, No. 1 Ohio State edged No. 2 Michigan to earn a spot in the national title game--where the two teams could meet again
By Tim Layden
The Cover Two defense has a storied lineage that runs from the Steel Curtain in the '70s to today's stifling Chicago Bears unit. Here's where it comes from, how it works--and how to beat it
By Tim Layden
Clippers center Chris Kaman is often reduced to his eccentricities and his hair, er, style, but there's more to his story--and to his $52 million game
A gritty racer under all that corporate polish, oft-frustrated Jimmie Johnson--NASCAR's premier driver over the past four years--dodged trouble at Homestead and finally won his first Nextel Cup points title
It took three very tough and determined brothers to foster the talents of a young Derrick Rose and protect him from a miasma of Chicago gangs, dealers, hangers-on and, perhaps scariest of all, agents
Follow the nation's top teams with updated power rankings each week at SI.com
By Jon Mahoney
Christ the King is going for its third consecutive national title, but teams from California and Georgia are the favorites
By Clay Kallam
Lake Howell High is leading a local hoops boom that is turning central Florida into a must-see destination for college recruiters
By Chris Mannix
Inside
By Tim Layden
By Peter King
Dr. Z's Forecast: Chicago Hits a Road Block
By Phil Taylor
STEWART MANDEL'S TWO-MINUTE DRILL
By E.M. Swift
Pierre McGuire's In the Crease
Life of Reilly
By Rick Reilly
Departments
He won 95% of his matches and opened an oceanic gap on the No. 2 player. This year Roger Federer became the MJ of tennis
Baseball's off-season spending spree reaches historic heights
By Tom Verducci
By Adam Duerson
What to watch and watch for
By Chris Mannix