November 26, 2012 Table Of Contents
SI.com
LEADING OFF
THE MAIL
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
Last week's action blew up a lot of BCS predictions, including ours, but the same seven teams still have a shot at the title. Here's how each finds its way to Miami
By Andy Staples
A rookie coach and his callow team retook L.A. from their Pac-12 South rivals (finally) with a fearless brand of football. Stanford, you've been warned
By Andy Staples
By Peter King
Danario Alexander: The Big Catch
By David Sabino
Thirsty for success after a hardscrabble start, brash Brad Keselowski raised his game in the Chase to take his first Sprint Cup title
BACK TO BACKS
REPORTS OF THE RUNNING GAME'S DEATH HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED, AS GAME-CHANGING RUSHERS ARE ONCE AGAIN PROVING THE VALUE OF A PRODUCTIVE—AND PROTECTIVE—GROUND ATTACK
By Peter King
Joyous, humble and commited to his community—that's Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch off the field. On it? You best strap in or get out of the way
Imagine what Adrian Peterson would be accomplishing on two healthy wheels
By Ben Reiter
Bucs rookie Doug Martin—the man known (reluctantly) as the Muscle Hamster—is on a wild run straight into the record books
By Jim Trotter
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
KENTUCKY'S LATEST WAVE OF SUPERSTAR FRESHMEN IS JUST STARTING TO ROLL. GET TO KNOW THIS SEASON'S VERSION OF THE FAB FOUR BEFORE THEY LEAVE FOR THE NBA
By Chris Mannix
PRO BASKETBALL
Now that he's finally the Spurs' go-to guy, Tony Parker—one of San Antonio's few rapping French nightclub owners—has never felt more at home
Features
THE ECHOES HAVE BEEN AWOKEN, THE THUNDER SHAKEN DOWN, AND THE NEW NOTRE DAME IS MARCHING ONWARD TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME—AND DOWNWARD FROM THE MORAL HIGH GROUND IT HAS CLAIMED FOR A CENTURY
By Tim Layden
POINT AFTER
All It Takes To Create a Monster
By Phil Taylor
Departments
Once again, this time with a golfer's panic attack, a sports figure helps put a human face on a mental health issue too often ignored
*BUT ONLY AGAINST MULTIMILLIONAIRE BASEBALL PLAYERS
Strong opinions and a love of the game are helping to make one of the NBA's most engaging voices a star
Bradley Cooper on his Eagles-eyed new film
By Dan Patrick
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick