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LINEUP
DEPARTMENTS
4 Leading Off
10 Letters
15 Scorecard
The marriage of bloodlust and distance makes the NFL an ideal product
21 Faces in the Crowd
22 Just My Type
The secret to Tim Tebow's late-game success
BY DAN PATRICK
26 Inside ...
NHL
Drew Doughty's heroics
NBA
Whither Dwight Howard?
Baseball
Bargain-hunting teams
Olympic Sports
U.S. women's volleyball
68 Point After
The Patriots' legacy took a beating in the Super Bowl
BY PHIL TAYLOR
FEATURES
SUPERBOWL XLVI
34 ONE GIANT LEAP
A pulse-pounding win over the Pats for Eli Manning and Big Blue
By Damon Hack
• THE MIRACLE CATCH, 2.0
• THE EXCUSE-ME WINNING TD
46 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SIGNING DAY
In a frenzied final week, no program had more highs and lows than Rutgers
By Albert Chen
50 BASEBALL
DAVID FREESE
The World Series MVP is a hometown hero—and now the Cardinals' cornerstone
By Tom Verducci
54 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
DOUG MCDERMOTT
The high-scoring and highly efficient forward has Creighton fans dreaming big
By Kelli Anderson
MIKE POWELL
MAN IN FULL
The high school wrestling coach has shown his kids courage under the most trying circumstances
By Chris Ballard
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"Manning knew that the Patriots' safeties didn't play very wide toward the sideline, and that might allow him a small window to find a receiver deep. He let fly a rainbow that dropped perfectly into Manningham's fingertips.
—Damon Hack on the signature play of Super Bowl XLVI
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BILL FRAKES (SUPER BOWL)
PRIZE SIGHT Eli Manning (10) and the Giants huddled atop an emblem of the Lombardi Trophy in Indy during their 21--17 defeat of New England.
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TODD ROSENBERG (POWELL)
