February 16, 2009 Table Of Contents
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SI Bonus Section: Golf Plus
For Padraig Harrington, It's All about Winning a Third Straight Major
The USGA names names
By Jim Gorant
By John ElliotT
The last Tour guide marks the end of how we read the game
SI Players: LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD
Alex Rodriguez's fall tells us all we need to know about the steroid years
A former Vol celebrates Pat Summitt's 1,000th victory.
According to the list of account holders (and investor responses), Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme netted a fair share of sports figures
The U.S. gets its first women's gold at the luge worlds
By Sarah Kwak
What smart fans should do this week
The former Saturday Night Live cast member stars in NBC's 30 Rock
As told to Sarah Kwak
SI Players, Jan. 12, 2009 Update
By Dan Patrick
BASEBALL
Baseball continues to be haunted by its past following SI's revelations of steroid use in 2003 by the game's biggest star
The RULES, The LAW, The REALITY
A primer on baseball's steroid policy through the years
NBA MIDSEASON REPORT
The Lakers and Celtics proved last week that their rivalry still has plenty of pop, but both teams must overcome bigger obstacles than they faced last season if they are to meet again in the Finals
By Ian Thomsen
By Chris Mannix
For better or worse—in some cases much, much worse—the opening months did not go as some teams expected
By Chris Mannix
Moves that could buoy the title chances of the contenders
By Chris Mannix
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Brazen coach Lane Kiffin is winning few friends in his new job at Tennessee—raiding SEC foes for assistants, running off staffers and accusing a major rival of a recruiting violation
NASCAR PREVIEW
Wins and wrecks, fights and flips—no driver brings more excitement to NASCAR's top circuit than Carl Edwards, whose big-game intensity is grounded in his small-town lifestyle. Now can NASCAR's ultimate outsider launch himself to a Sprint Cup title?
Mergers and start-ups, rookies and strokers—what to look for in this season's leaner, meaner, not necessarily greener racing landscape
By Mark Beech
The nine-month, 36-race quest for the Sprint Cup begins on Sunday at Daytona, and here are the 12 drivers who are expected to battle it out for stock car racing's grandest prize
By Mark Beech
Inside
Perennially overlooked Utah State is winning again with a cast of lightly recruited but devout late bloomers
By Seth Davis
Though bankruptcy may be looming for Wayne Gretzky's Coyotes, his eager young players aren't sweating it
Pierre McGuire's In the Crease
Point After
By Tom Verducci
