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PRO FOOTBALL

34 Andrew Luck

Buoyed by a precocious star and inspired by their coach's courageous battle, the Colts are the NFL's unlikeliest story

BY PETER KING

40 Brandon Weeden

What can a 29-year-old rookie QB do to revive Cleveland?

BY MARK BECHTEL

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

46 Ziggy Ansah

Is a Ghanaian soccer player who dreamed of NBA glory and walked onto the BYU track team about to conquer the NFL draft? It's a long and winding tale

BY JEFF BENEDICT

PRO BASKETBALL

50 Houston Rockets

General Manager Daryl Morey takes a more analytic view than other NBA executives—and he'll risk everything to back it up

BY CHRIS BALLARD

• Tracking James Harden

BASEBALL

60 Johnny Evers

After years of boasting that he was related to the Hall of Famer, the author set out to explore the century-old myth surrounding his great uncle

BY TIM LAYDEN

DEPARTMENTS

4 SI Digital

6 Leading Off

13 The Mail

15 Scorecard

Remembering Macho

22 Faces in the Crowd

24 Just My Type

Don't race Torii Hunter

BY DAN PATRICK

26 Inside ...

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72 Point After

It's time to get ruthless with the record book

BY PHIL TAYLOR

ON THE COVER: Photograph by David E. Klutho

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SIMON BRUTY

STANDING TOGETHER Colts coach Chuck Pagano, who is battling leukemia, was applauded by team owner Jim Irsay and fans at halftime of Sunday's win over the Bills.