January 18, 2010 Table Of Contents
LEADING OFF
GOLF PLUS
President Obama should ignore the fun police and keep his eye on the ball
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
The beleaguered Wizards, whose problems run deeper than guns in the locker room, are pondering an overhaul
By Chris Mannix
Playing without his brother for the first time, Vancouver's Henrik Sedin turned himself into a scorer
PIERRE MCGUIRE'S In the Crease
Two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum could set a new standard for the arbitration process
By Ben Reiter
Expanding the NCAA tournament field to 96 teams would take much of the Madness out of March
By Grant Wahl
By Seth Davis
BCS CHAMPIONSHIP
With an earnest coach, a wealth of returning talent, unparalleled recruiting and its chief rival in flux, national champion Alabama is just starting to roll
One step left for Broncos: a berth in the national title game, and 2010 may be the year
By Andy Staples
NFC PLAYOFFS
By Jim Trotter
By Damon Hack
AFC PLAYOFFS
By Tim Layden
By Lee Jenkins
NFL PLAYOFFS
By Peter King
For San Diego, the kicking, coverage and return units are vital ingredients
By Lee Jenkins
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Don't whistle them for traveling. These peripatetic players are having an outsized impact on their respective teams this season, and their new coaches couldn't be happier
Running Detroit isn't a job, it's a sentence. That's no retirement gig for a 66-year-old NBA Hall of Fame guard turned millionaire entrepreneur, is it? Dave Bing thinks differently (though he won't begrudge you thinking he's crazy)
Point After
By Phil Taylor
Departments
Mark McGwire is here to talk about the past. Is it too late?
It's no tall tale: The Big Unit was the greatest lefthander of them all
By Joe Sheehan
Why, even with all that cash at hand, boxing's poster boys aren't going to rumble
By Chris Mannix
For the Arkansas--Pine Bluff hoops team, it's already a long, strange season
Edited by Elizabeth McGarr
By Dan Patrick
By Peter King