October 8, 2012 Table Of Contents
SI.com
GOLF PLUS
RORY-TIGER WITH THE CUP ON THE LINE SOUNDS GOOD BUT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MUCH OF A MATCH
By David Dusek
LEADING OFF
THE MAIL
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
THE HURRICANES' FIRST-YEAR RUNNING BACK DUKE JOHNSON IS BRINGING THE BIG PLAY BACK TO MIAMI—NO LINES, NO WAITING
TRANSFERS HAVE REACHED MASSIVE PROPORTIONS IN DIVISION I, WITH MORE THAN 400 PLAYERS CHANGING SCHOOLS LAST SEASON. THESE SECOND-CHANCE RECRUITS WERE SNAPPED UP BY TOP PROGRAMS—BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE BULL'S-EYE CHOICES TO LEAVE A BIG MARK IN THEIR NEW ROLES
By Dan Greene
FOUR STRAIGHT VICTORIES—AND A SUDDEN CALM—SUGGEST THAT ARIZONA QUARTERBACK KEVIN KOLB HAS FINALLY FOUND HIS FORM
By Jim Trotter
By Peter King
By David Sabino
IMPROVED SCOUTING MEANS FEWER OVERSEAS PLAYERS ARE TURNING OUT TO BE BUSTS, WHICH BODES WELL FOR TORONTO'S JONAS VALANCIUNAS
By Chris Mannix
MLB PLAYOFFS
By Tom Verducci
PRO FOOTBALL
By Steve Rushin
Referee resolution? Great. Now on to the next problem: Additional Thursday matchups that are compromising the quality of play and, just maybe, player safety
By Matt Gagne
Who won the lockout (the refs, for now) matters far less than that the new agreement ensures long-term labor harmony
By Jim Trotter
GOLF
By Davis Love III
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By Andy Staples
The World's Team
By Grant Wahl
POINT AFTER
By Phil Taylor
Departments
DREW CAREY'S SEATTLE SOUNDERS ARE ENFRANCHISING FANS ON FRANCHISE MATTERS, BUT ARE SPORTS READY FOR DEMOCRACY?
DIFFERENT STROKES? MICHAEL PHELPS SWAPS HIS SPEEDO FOR SLACKS AND DIVES INTO GOLF
Growing concern over the prevalence of head injuries at all levels of sports led an award-winning filmmaker to study the problem
By Dan Greene
A raft of one-of-a-kind uniforms around the country have fans seeing ... shiny chrome?
By Tim Newcomb
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Dan Patrick