FEATURES
CYCLING
26 Guess Who?
Lance Armstrong's comeback is on track
By Austin Murphy
GOLF
32 Tiger to the Rescue
The sport rides on his repaired knee
By Damon Hack
PRO BASKETBALL
38 Ball's in His Hands
Will Boston gain home court advantage in the East? It's up to Rajon Rondo
By Ian Thomsen
BASEBALL
42 Renegade Back On
Jason Giambi hopes to bring a much-missed jolt to Oakland's lineup
By Lee Jenkins
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
48 Flying Tigers
Missouri is a contender once again
By Tim Layden
NFL COMBINE
52 Bobby Layne II?
Detroit takes a look at Matthew Stafford
By Peter King
The Ever Elusive, Always Inscrutable and Still Incomparable BOBBY ORR
At 60 he's been a player agent for longer than he ruled the ice. He is fiercely private and deeply loyal, and the force of his singular presence has not waned
By S.L. Price Page 56
Departments
6 Leading Off
12 Letters
14 Players
• A-Rod's crisis nonmanagement
• Academically ineligible—at 73
• Lindsay Van's Olympic dream
• HBO's new baseball series
23 Faces in the Crowd
24 Just My Type by Dan Patrick
• Marv Albert, basketball player
• NFL combine winners, losers
70 Point After by Chris Ballard
Raising a future basketball freak: my 2 ½-year-old daughter
Inside ...
66 College Basketball
• Surprise SEC women's champ?
68 Boxing
• Cotto, Pavlik bounce back
69 The NHL
• New coach revives Senators
PHOTO
TODD ROSENBERG
52 A GAME OF INCHES Matthew Stafford had his arms measured at the NFL combine, where the quarterback-hungry Lions studied him closely.
TWO PHOTOS
TONY TRIOLO
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JIM MCISAAC/GETTY IMAGES
