December 13, 2010 Table Of Contents
GOLF PLUS
With the calendar about to flip, Golf+ challenged senior writers Michael Bamberger, Alan Shipnuck and Gary Van Sickle to conjure the questions that will shape the new season and then provide the answers
Even with GM doing well enough to get back into golf, Detroit suffers
By Jim McGovern
LEADING OFF
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
With his offense decimated by injuries, Peyton Manning is trying to do too much, and it's killing the Colts
By Jim Trotter
By Peter King
Awarding college football's best at each position in 2010 is as easy as Amukamara, Bowers, Carimi
Florida State's Bernard James found direction during six years in the Air Force; he also found basketball
By Seth Davis
Long known for its deliberate offensive play, San Antonio has picked up the pace—and the wins
By Chris Mannix
CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY
Oregon dashed by its Civil War rival while Auburn romped to the SEC championship, setting up the fast-paced, high-scoring national title matchup that everyone (including BCS bashers) wanted
PRO FOOTBALL
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Basketball is serious business for Maya Moore and her Connecticut teammates, who need just three victories to surpass UCLA's 88-game winning streak
BASEBALL
By Ben Reiter
By Joe Sheehan
ERICA BLASBERG
How could a onetime rising golf star be gifted with top 10 talent yet struggle to break even on the LPGA tour, possess Madison Avenue magnetism yet be such a loner? But the most difficult thing to understand is this: Why did she take her own life?
Point After
By Phil Taylor
Departments
Just what will Cam Newton say on Heisman Day?
Quarterback, announcer, celebrity, Don Meredith remained his own man
By David Sabino
A new film illuminates the Jewish contribution to the national pastime
By Dan Patrick
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
The Pro Football Hall needs a change
By Jim Trotter