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LINEUP
DEPARTMENTS
6 Leading Off
12 Letters
15 Scorecard
Growing old in the most unforgiving sport
24 Faces in the Crowd
26 Just My Type
John Calipari wants to reform the NCAA
BY DAN PATRICK
32 Inside ...
MLB
The Angels' windfall
College Sports
Big East migration
NFL
The Pack likes pressure
88 Point After
Somewhere the Cubs' Ron Santo is smiling
BY PHIL TAYLOR
FEATURES
40 | PRO FOOTBALL
THE BRONCOS
Clutch plays, stout defense and the will to believe
By Jim Trotter
46 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BOWLS PREVIEW
The hottest matchup is not the BCS title game
By Austin Murphy
• 34 BOWL GAME PREDICTIONS
58 | PRO BASKETBALL
MIKE BROWN
The Lakers' new coach has quite a long to-do list
By Lee Jenkins
66 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL
XAVIER-CINCINNATI
An ugly ending marred Tu Holloway's performance in the Crosstown Shootout
By Kelli Anderson
SPORTS MEDIA
THE 50 BEST MOMENTS OF 2011
Where sports and television, books, films (and more) clicked
P. 71
BILL COWHER
Happy at CBS, he says he's not thinking of coaching
By Joe Posnanski P. 82
"A lot of my game is keeping the chains moving, running for a first down, taking on a tackler and inspiring my teammates. Those aren't things you do in practice."
—Tim Tebow, Broncos quarterback
P. 40
ON THE COVER
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER READ MILLER
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AL TIELEMANS (TEBOW)
TEBOW TIME After a dramatic OT victory against the Bears, the quarterback (15) prayed with teammates and opponents.
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