November 16, 2009 Table Of Contents
LEADING OFF
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
Robbie Findley has Real Salt Lake in the Eastern Conference finals and might even have a shot at the U.S. team
By Grant Wahl
First-half lessons: One coach tells the truth, rookie receivers are grabbers and change is good
By David Sabino
At 19, the Lightning's swift-skating, sharp-shooting Steven Stamkos deserves to make Canada's Olympic team
PIERRE MCGUIRE'S In the Crease
With a relentlessly local recruiting approach, Al Golden has the Temple Owls bowl eligible for the first time since 1979
By Mark Beech
By Gene Menez
NFL MIDSEASON REPORT
With a new coach, new targets and no running game, Peyton Manning is more productive than ever—and the Colts are undefeated. Here's how the league's hardest-working, most cerebral QB is getting it done
By Peter King
By Damon Hack
An unusual number of teams are floundering, and near-term prospects are poor
By Jim Trotter
By Jim Trotter
WORLD SERIES
Conventional wisdom says that baseball, more than ever, has become a young man's game. So how did one of the oldest teams in World Series history win the title with such ease?
By Tom Verducci
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By Albert Chen
FREDDIE ROACH
Freddie Roach Goes the Distance
Even as he preps Manny Pacquiao for the bout of the year, boxing's best trainer is determined to protect his fighters from progressive brain damage—the condition that will one day force him to give up the work he loves
Point After
Departments
Everyone made eyes at LeBron on his one trip to New York
By Chris Mannix
From the pros on down, the sports world is on edge about the swine flu
A mare's romp livens the Horse of the Year debate
By Tim Layden
A star coach tells his inspiring tale
By Grant Wahl
Sneaker wars through the years
What smart fans should do this week
By Dan Patrick
Edited by Elizabeth McGarr
By Peter King