December 31, 2007 Table Of Contents
SI Players: LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD
The Year Cheaters Paid the Price
But cheating won't stop in 2008. It will only get more interesting
By Ian Thomsen
Will Bill Parcells make a difference with the Dolphins?
By Peter King
The Kid Stays in Their Picture
Why college hoops coaches seek the opinion of a 16-year-old scout
By Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Tampa Bay's supergym helped put the team on top
SI sends a man to the remade reality show
By Adam Duerson
The retired Cowboy donated a kidney to ex-teammate Ron Springs last February
What to watch and watch for
By Sarah Kwak
BCS PREVIEW
Confident that there will be no repeat of last year's title-game nightmare, tackles Kirk Barton and Alex Boone power Ohio State's championship drive against LSU
Ohio State has a different mind-set than it did a year ago, but a healthy and at-home LSU team will be too balanced for the Buckeyes
By Phil Taylor
THE YEAR IN SPORTS 2007
So many upsets, comedowns, blowouts, come backs. Nothing made sense. But what about the Colts, Federer, the Spurs, Tiger and the Red Sox? All of them figured. Themes? Maybe there were no themes in 2007. Just stories: good ones, bad ones and baffling ones
By Phil Taylor
By Grant Wahl
By Mark Beech
By Joe Lemire
From across the U.S. and around the globe, they dominated their respective sports and, in many cases, primed themselves for next summer's Beijing Olympics—and immortality
On Dec. 23, 1982, with no TV cameras and very few press on hand, tiny Chaminade of Honolulu shocked Ralph Sampson and No. 1 Virginia. Why college basketball hasn't been the same since
An array of influential and record-setting sports figures passed away. Among them: a four-time Olympic gold medal winner, a sure-handed Hall of Fame shortstop and a bus-jumping motorcycle daredevil
By Mark Bechtel
Farewell: Phil Rizzuto ... Eddie Feigner
By Mark Bechtel
Farewell: Evel Knievel ... Barbaro
By Mark Bechtel
Farewell: Dennis Johnson ... The Writers' Row
By Mark Bechtel
ESCAPE FROM JONESTOWN
How basketball gave life to a son and grandson of the infamous cult leader Jim Jones
By Gary Smith
Point After
By S.L. Price