November 26, 2007 Table Of Contents
SI Fantasy Plus
These players are just good enough to lead you to ruin
By Adam Duerson
By David Sabino
SI Players: LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD
Is the Barry Bonds era finally behind us? Tick tock
By Tom Verducci
Out of the Box, into the Front Office
After a rough stint on NBC, provocateur Brett Hull is getting a shot as a G.M.
As told to Chris Mannix
Thomas and Julius Jones face off
By Adam Duerson
A 26-year-old is rewriting the harness racing record book
A documentary follows Caltech's brainiac basketball team
By Mark Bechtel
What to watch and watch for
By Sarah Kwak
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The first 115 meetings between bitter rivals Kansas and Missouri were mostly forgettable, but this Saturday's victor will be one win from playing for the national title
PRO FOOTBALL
While the Patriots continue to operate on a higher plane, NFL Nation is left to wonder whether a viable contender—Dallas? Green Bay? Indy?—will rise to meet them. Time is running short
By Tim Layden
Another Sunday, another precision display from the Patriots. Credit their play-calling, their execution and their sheer will
By Damon Hack
NASCAR
With a flawless run at Homestead, Jimmie Johnson sewed up his second straight Nextel Cup and proved that he and his Hendrick Racing team are the best of their era
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
As blue-chip recruits across the country signed with schools last week, other promising players like point guard Oscar Bellfield waited to make their commitments—determined to prove how good they really are
By Joe Lemire
SOCCER
Behind its Canadian Rastafarian midfielder, Dwayne De Rosario, the Houston Dynasty—er, Dynamo—seized its second straight MLS Cup
By Grant Wahl
Features
Through his rise and fall, Michael Vick stayed loyal to a tight circle of friends—homeboys who used him and ultimately sold him out. He's not the first pro athlete to be swallowed up by his old neighborhood
Inside
By Jim Trotter
By Peter King
By Ian Thomsen
By Mark Beech
Life of Reilly
By Rick Reilly
Departments
Following a Trail of Yesterdays
Two SI writers explore the complicated dynamics behind the undoing of Michael Vick
By Ben Reiter