December 24, 2012 Table Of Contents
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LEADING OFF
THE MAIL
2012 THE YEAR IN SPORTS MEDIA
The Year in Sports Media: Books
The Year in Sports Media: Television
The Year in Sports Media: Digital
The Year in Sports Media: Movies
By Mark Bechtel
ADRIAN PETERSON
ADRIAN PETERSON SHREDDED HIS KNEE ON CHRISTMAS EVE 2011 AND WENT UNDER THE KNIFE SIX DAYS LATER. NOW, DRIVING HIMSELF RELENTLESSLY, HE'S TWO GOOD GAMES FROM THE ALLTIME SINGLE-SEASON RUSHING RECORD. THE BEST RUNNING BACK OF OUR AGE IS THE NFL'S STORY OF THE YEAR
By Ben Reiter
With two alltime greats returning in stunning form, this season's Comeback Player vote will be the toughest call of them all
By Peter King
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
DO WHAT YOU WANT. SWAGG ALL THE TIME. LOUISVILLE GUARD RUSS SMITH FOLLOWS HIS OWN RULES—AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM AMERICA'S MOST ENDEARINGLY RUSSDICULOUS PLAYER
By Luke Winn
BASEBALL
Does Wil Myers Remind You of Someone? (Maybe This Guy?)
THE RAYS' NEWEST PRIZE IS MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN THE 2012 MINOR LEAGUE HOME RUN KING. SCOUTS LIKEN HIM TO DALE MURPHY
It looks like the Royals and the Blue Jays made similar trades, but not all prospects-for-pitching deals are equal
By Joe Sheehan
PICTURES OF THE YEAR
THIS PHOTO TELLS A STORY (BUT NOT THE ONE YOU THINK)
IT'S A PERFECT STORM OF A PINUP: A LAST-GASP PLAY SEEMINGLY INTERPRETED IN OPPOSITE WAYS BY TWO REPLACEMENT REFS—PATSIES, REALLY—WORKING FROM A COMPLEX RULE BOOK. BUT IT WILL FORCE YOU TO RETHINK THE PACKERS-SEAHAWKS FINISH THAT SET THE NFL AFIRE
By Ben Reiter
POINT AFTER
The Second Best and the Brightest
By Phil Taylor
Departments
A screenwriter implores Hollywood not to give up on sports movies, which, like many of their protagonists, are true underdogs
The departure of the Big East's seven Catholic schools will reshape the college landscape
Sizing up the seismic off-season moves in Los Angeles
By Joe Sheehan
Boxing's Greatest One-punch Knockouts
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Dan Patrick