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40 Beating the Red Wings
The Predators are measuring up to archrival Detroit, their first obstacle in a Cup run
by Michael Farber
BASEBALL
44 Sammy's Whammy
Texas believes Sammy Sosa has enough of that old bat magic to make a difference
by Chris Ballard
PRO FOOTBALL
48 Me First! No, Me!
Over the next eight weeks two quarterbacks will jockey for the top spot in the NFL draft
by Peter King
THE BUCKEYES
54 The Program
In the new Gilded Age of college sports, no school has done more with its money—or learned more from painful scandal—than mighty Ohio State
by L. Jon Wertheim
• SI On Campus Poll: Students' views on jock culture
• The widening gap between Division I powers and paupers
• The new academic measuring stick has brought anxiety
• An ex--Missouri football star tries to cope without a degree
• Women's basketball is the latest pressure cooker
• Do sports hinder players' moral reasoning abilities?
• The Athlete's Bill of Rights: The workers deserve more in a multibillion-dollar industry
Departments
6 Leading Off
15 From the Editor
16 Letters
18 Players
First Person: Jarome Iginla
A farewell to Dennis Johnson
Escaping the Gonzaga Syndrome
Kareem recalls his SI covers
34 Faces in the Crowd
76 Life of Reilly
The kid who hit a pair of shots from the charity stripe without a drop of charity in them
by Rick Reilly
Inside...
72 College Basketball
Army recruits the right coach
Wisconsin suffers a blow
73 The NBA
Why Boston is stuck in reverse
Scout: the East's new beast
74 NASCAR
A late bloomer eyes the Chase
Matt Kenseth's perfect weekend
Cover
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INSET PHOTOS: Peter Read Miller (Sosa); Todd Rosenberg (Quinn and Russell); Damian Strohmeyer (Northwestern); John Rieger/US Presswire (Missouri); Larry Levanti (College of New Jersey)
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DAVID E. KLUTHO (PREDATORS)
 40SETTING THE TABLE Predators center Peter Forsberg (left) and goalie TomasVokoun relaxed by playing Ping-Pong last Friday; the next night they netted awin over Detroit to move into first place.
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72 ONE MAN'S ARMY After the death of Maggie Dixon, former assistant Dave Magarity has taken charge at West Point.
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