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December 16, 2013 Table Of Contents

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LEADING OFF

Nelson Mandela 1918--2013

By Alexander Wolff

THE MAIL

THE MAIL

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

SUPERIORITY, COMPLEX

By Andy Staples

THE FINAL RUN

By Michael Rosenberg

THE CASE FOR... FLORIDA STATE

By Ben Glicksman

THE CASE FOR... AUBURN

By Lars Anderson

The MMQB

Saint Nick Comes Early

City of brotherly love, sure, but a quarterback who gives shoulder massages to his backup? Nick Foles is the leader Philadelphians have rapidly come to believe in—and he makes perfect sense.

By Michael Bamberger

BOXING

PROBLEM CHILD

By Chris Mannix

LOVE

LOVE

By Alan Shipnuck

POINT AFTER

Reconcilable Differences

By Steve Rushin

Departments

Kings of the Ring

SI went behind the scenes of Grudge Match, in which a pair of Hollywood heavyweights return to the squared circle

By Richard O'Brien

What's Up? Docs

It was a banner year for documentaries, which were never hard to find

By Melissa Segura

Kings of All Media

The greatest hits from Lance and Iron Mike, 2013's most omnipresent newsmakers

What's That Supposed To Be?

By Alexander Wolff

The Case for ... Kenny Powers

By Ben Reiter

A New Voice

Fox Sports 1 Takes On ESPN

By Richard Deitsch

Going Deep

An Opus on The Kid

By Stephanie Apstein

Moonlight Madness

How the year's top cameos rank against the greatest jock TV guest star ever: Joe (Brady Bunch) Namath

HOT | NOT

So Long

Halladay hangs 'em up after 16 years

By Tom Verducci

Cup, Up and Away

After the draw, the breakdown, all the way to Rio

By Grant Wahl

Faces in the Crowd

Edited by Alexandra Fenwick

Just My Type

By Interview by Ron Burgundy

Air Apparent

He's only 15, but Ayumu Hirano is the biggest threat to Shaun White's Olympic dominance

By Austin Murphy

Kids on the Rise

Others to watch in Sochi

By Brian Cazeneuve