December 27, 2010 Table Of Contents
LEADING OFF
10 FOR 10
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO LOOK INTO THE EYES OF GREATNESS? A WORLD-CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER ASKED HIMSELF THAT QUESTION, SO HE CHASED DOWN ATHLETES WHO HAVE GIVEN US SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF 2010. THE RESULT: A PERFECT...
PRO FOOTBALL
By Ben Reiter
By Tim Layden
By Jim Trotter
By Damon Hack
By Peter King
By Ben Reiter
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By Albert Chen
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
Whether they simply felt larger than life (a fireballing phenom, an imperious owner) or were literally so (a 7'7" social activist, a gentle giant), the figures the sports world lost had impacts that are sure to endure
By Mark Bechtel
Point After
Joyful Sounds On a Silent Night
By Phil Taylor
Departments
Imagining what 2011 would look like without the NFL
The Greinke trade helps both teams—and it's also great for baseball
By Joe Sheehan
The Mavs' owner says cash is the key to a college football playoff system
There's life after all in the day-to-day grind of the NHL—HBO swears it
By Sarah Kwak
Paris Hilton on steroids, a game ball for Mom and Twitter trash talk with God: taking stock of a year's sporting absurdities
By Kevin Kerr
Tracking the week's news both inside and outside the confines of cool
By Dan Patrick
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick