February 8, 2010 Table Of Contents
LEADING OFF
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
Serena Williams and Roger Federer won the Australian Open singles titles with guts as much as shots
With potential suitors wary of his salary demands, Phoenix is having trouble moving Amar'e Stoudemire
By Chris Mannix
Buoyed by their coach's triumphant return from cancer, the Cougars are having a season to remember
By Seth Davis
Super Bowl XLIV Preview
Though at times it takes an unusual guise, New Orleans never hides its passion for and loyalty to its NFL team. The 43-year saga of football in the Big Easy has been a long, strange trip from sad sacks to ...
By Tim Layden
Sure, the Saints can prevail. All their defense has to do is outsmart Peyton Manning
By Peter King
The critical question for the Colts: Will Dwight Freeney be ready?
By Lee Jenkins
XXI Winter Games
2010 Olympic Preview
By Tim Layden
America's eclectic new batch of Olympians includes athletes from 36 states, a ski jumper who's afraid to fly, a mandolinist, a luger born in Venezuela, a skier who once subsisted on spinach and—sign of the times—several reality-show vets
These Olympics will be a three-ring spectacle, with competition not only in city settings but also at two mountain hubs. The biggest worries: the bill to taxpayers and the possibility of warm, rainy weather that could dampen the festivities
By Rebecca Sun
By S.L. Price
The Sid-and-Alex rivalry could get very personal in Vancouver
A full rundown on the 86 events and 258 medals up for grabs over the 17 days of the Vancouver Games
Point After
Departments
His 21,038,400 Minutes of Fame
Give it up for Steve Sabol, who over 40 years has transformed the NFL with pop art
Yes, Kurt Warner may be ticketed for Canton—after due deliberation
By Peter King
College Football's Broken Rule
Recruits who've made their choice shouldn't have to wait for Signing Day to sign
By Andy Staples
Super Bowl halftime has become a rockers' old-age home
By Ben Reiter
By Dan Patrick
Edited by Elizabeth McGarr
By Peter King