Skip to main content

November 30, 2009 Table Of Contents

1004238 - TOC Cover Image

Buy the Cover

Browse the Magazine

LEADING OFF

LEADING OFF

Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Fear Factor

Chicago expected Jake Cutler to excel in the clutch, but the brash QB is struggling—and perhaps losing his confidence

By Jim Trotter

Saints Alive

By Peter King

Market Watch

Who's up, who's down

By David Sabino

Who's the Man?

Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin? The debate over Pittsburgh's true MVP—Most Valuable Penguin—rages on

By Michael Farber

PIERRE MCGUIRE'S In the Crease

By Pierre McGuire

Roaring Success

C.J. Spiller has pulled himself into the Heisman race—and Clemson within clawing distance of an ACC title

By Mark Beech

MARK INGRAM

'Bama's Backbone

As his troubled father watches from prison, Mark Ingram is carrying the Crimson Tide on a national title run and trying to deliver the first Heisman in the program's proud history

By Selena Roberts

PRO BASKETBALL

More Than Ready

By Ian Thomsen

SOCCER

The Real Deal

By Grant Wahl

PRO FOOTBALL

Shhh! Movie's Started

By Andrew Lawrence

MOTOR SPORTS

At the End of the Day, It's Jimmie Again

By Lars Anderson

Year-end Awards

With the Sprint Cup now seemingly in the permanent possession of one man, here are the other prized performers of the season

By Mark Beech

MUCK BOWL

Muck Bowl

By Austin Murphy

Point After

Out of the Running

By Phil Taylor

Departments

Letters

Geek Chorus

The revolution is over; long live the stathead

By Joe Posnanski

Who's Hot Who's Not

Artificial Aid?

A new study says Oscar Pistorius's carbon fiber legs give him an edge

By David Epstein

For the Record

Take Two What?

A brief history of sports' most ridiculous remedies

Subcontinental Drift

The NBA eyes the untapped Indian market

By Joe Lemire

Gameplan

What smart fans should do this week

Just My Type

By Dan Patrick

Faces in the Crowd

Edited by Elizabeth McGarr

STEFANIE SPIELMAN Update

Edited by Elizabeth McGarr

The Vault

Things I Think I Think

By Peter King