December 1, 2008 Table Of Contents
SI.com
SI Players: LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD
Looking for pitching? There's nothing wrong with becoming a chubby chaser
By Ben Reiter
Forty years later, players relive the ultimate Game
By Nancy Ramsey
By Joe Lemire
Myron Rolle gets a scholarship—and a win
By Andy Staples
By Tom Verducci
What smart fans should do this week
By Dan Patrick
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Oklahoma couldn't beat the Longhorns, but the Sooners did the next best thing. They routed Texas Tech, wowing poll voters and tightening an already close race among Big 12 powers for a spot in the BCS title game
Texas and Oklahoma have strong cases for being in the Big 12 title game, but the winner may be the team that doesn't get to K.C.
PRO FOOTBALL
What makes an NFL All-Pro tick? SI got inside the clockwork mind of Bucs veteran linebacker Derrick Brooks as he faced his biggest challenge of the 2008 season: stopping Adrian Peterson
By Peter King
PRO BASKETBALL
The Dream Life of Andrei Kirilenko
After two nightmarish years in which his numbers fell and his angst level spiked, the Jazz forward found what he needed to jump-start his sagging career: a seat on the bench
By Chris Mannix
SOCCER
The Columbus Crew danced to its first MLS Cup title behind the brilliant moves of Guillermo Barros Schelotto, the league's most talented (sorry, Becks!) and influential import
By Grant Wahl
GOLF
Her status as the greatest player in the history of women's golf secure, Annika Sorenstam walked away from the game eager and, as usual, totally prepared to begin the rest of her life
FOOTBALL
OLD IS NEW NEW IS OLD BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH THE Single Wing
Never has the game circled around to its beginnings—Pop Warner, meet Ricky Williams; Ricky, Pop—the way it has this fall
By Tim Layden
Inside
With a beefed-up defense and veteran imports (one in particular), the Jets are taking off at just the right time
By Jim Trotter
With the fantasy postseason near, one matchup can be your difference-maker
By David Sabino
Once-flailing quarterback Mike Teel turned red hot and saved what was looking like a lost season for Rutgers
By Mark Beech
Stewart Mandel's Three-Point Stance
Missing its go-to goalie for the first time in 15 years, New Jersey has had to adjust its game—and its expectations
By Sarah Kwak
Pierre McGuire's In the Crease
Point After
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