October 18, 2010 Table Of Contents

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LEADING OFF

LEADING OFF

Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS

Holding On

While they wait for safety Ed Reed to return, the Ravens are atop the AFC thanks to their tenacious D

By Andrew Lawrence

Saints at Bucs

By Peter King

Trickle Down

Trading for big names shakes up two teams' depth charts and provides opportunities for some emerging players

By David Sabino

Beast of the East

By upsetting Alabama, a young Gamecocks team showed that in the SEC East nothing is finer than Carolina

By Andy Staples

STEWART MANDEL'S Extra Points

By Stewart Mandel

Block the Vote

Control-hungry coaches are appointing captains rather than letting players choose, with mixed results

By Michael Farber

PIERRE MCGUIRE'S In the Crease

By Pierre McGuire

MLB PLAYOFFS

WORTH THE WAIT

In his first postseason start Roy Halladay no-hit the Reds, the highest-scoring team in the National League, to become the second man to throw a no-no in 2,550 alltime postseason starts.

By Tom Verducci

THE WISDOM OF YOUTH

By Ben Reiter

This man says he paid thousands of dollars to dozens of college football players. Whatever they needed—a concert ticket, a free trip, a meal—he gave them, all in violation of NCAA rules. Now he says he wants to come clean about his two decades inside the dirtiest business in sports

By Josh Luchs