
Lineup
42 | PRO FOOTBALL
Denver Broncos
With eight new defensive starters and a stress on situational football, the team that hemorrhaged points last season is giving up the fewest in the NFL
By Jim Trotter
46 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Fearsome Frogs
TCU coach Gary Patterson has made the Horned Frogs a perennial power by taking good high school offensive players and turning them into great college defenders
By Austin Murphy
54 | BASEBALL
Postseason Preview
There's no playoff spectacle like a start by Pedro Martinez, who is finally back in October, this time with the Phillies
By Tom Verducci
• SI's picks for each of the four Division Series
60 | PRO FOOTBALL
Kenny Washington
He was Jackie Robinson's college teammate, but today who remembers the man who broke the NFL's color barrier a year before Robinson integrated baseball?
By Alexander Wolff
Departments
4 Letters
6 Leading Off
16 Scorecard
Soccer diplomacy: U.S. at Honduras
28 Just My Type
Dancin' Michael Irvin
by Dan Patrick
30 Faces in the Crowd
34 Inside ...
• The NFL
The Saints' stingy D
• Fantasy Football
Who's up, who's down
• College Football
Stanford's shifty back
• NASCAR
Junior looks forward
72 The Vault
Walter Payton's record
76 Point After
Quit playing, Tim Tebow. (No, don't.)
by Chris Ballard
Free safety Darren Sharper keys the Saints' secondary (page 35).
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