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SUPER BOWL XLIPREVIEW
42 | The outcomein Miami will hinge on a line-of-scrimmage mind game. Can Brian Urlacheroutsmart Peyton Manning?
by Tim Layden
IT'S ABOUTTIME
by Jeffri Chadiha
SHOWDOWNSHOWCASE
by Peter King
SUPER STATS
by David Sabino
TENNIS
50 Slam-Bang
Roger Federer's Australian Open win came as no surprise. Serena Williams'stitle march was shocking
by L. Jon Wertheim
HOCKEY
54 Going South
Home of many top scorers and an up-tempo style, the once lowly Southeast is nowthe NHL's best division
by Michael Farber
PROBASKETBALL
60 Trade Time?
As the NBA trade deadline nears, G.M.'s are working the phones but seemreluctant to make a move. Why?
by Ian Thomsen
PRO FOOTBALL
64 The Ritual
It was always a big game, but in its early days it was still just a game. Thenthe Super Bowl became a national holiday
by David Halberstam
Departments
6 Leading Off
14 Letters
17 Air andSpace
Move over, Miami. The ideal Super site is a part-Indy, part-Windy city that's amix of Colts and Bears fans
by Steve Rushin
18 Scorecard
Who's the greatest—Woods or Federer?
Remembering Barbaro
A history of bird-flipping
28 Faces in theCrowd
32 Players
First Person: Colts LB Cato June
Emeril teaches a saint to cook
80 Life ofReilly
Five young athletes from across the U.S. who play different sports—so what dothey have in common?
by Rick Reilly
Inside...
78 CollegeBasketball
Questions for the season's second half
79 OlympicSports
‚ñ∏ The fresh face of U.S. skating
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54 SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT In a tough intradivision clash, Thrashers center Bobby Holik leveled Vaclav Prospal of the Lightning.
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DAVID BERGMAN (MANNING)
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