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44 | PROFOOTBALL
Adrian Peterson
The Vikings runningback showed once again why he's the most formidable force in the NFL
By Damon Hack
52 | PROFOOTBALL
Dark Horses
An also-ran from2008 is likely to reach Super Bowl XLIV. Could it be Drew Brees's Saints?
By Tim Layden
60 |TENNIS
U.S. OpenCircus
The chaoticfortnight included rain delays, an epic meltdown, and titles for Kim Clijstersand Juan Martín del Potro
By S.L. Price
66 | COLLEGEFOOTBALL
Rich Rodriguez
A come-from-behindvictory over Notre Dame took some of the heat off the Michigan coach
By AustinMurphy
74 | BASEBALL
Shot in theArms
Thanks to pitchingcoach Dave Duncan, St. Louis is a Lourdes for the inconsistent, the hurt andthe aging
By JoePosnanski
80 | NASCAR CHASEPREVIEW
Tony Stewart
The regular-seasonpoints leader, now a driver-owner, has a rosier outlook but the same fiercewill to win
By LarsAnderson
Departments
4 Leading Off
14 Letters
18 Scorecard
• No-puntfootball
• So long, LisaLeslie
• Whither theCoyotes?
28 Just My Type
Amar'e Stoudemireon eyes, Suns, Shaq
by Dan Patrick
31 Faces in theCrowd
34 Inside ...
• Baseball
Toronto's bigbat
• The NFL
The Ravens air itout
• CollegeFootball
Houston's bigupset
• The WNBA
Beware theMercury
96 The Vault
Young DerekJeter
100 Point After
A fantasy footballdraft ... for schoolkids
by ChrisBallard
Mark Reynolds'sstellar season has made little news (page 34).
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