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Contents: Pro Basketball – One-Man Showtime (Kobe Bryant owns the Lakers, and his work is cut out for him.) NFL Midseason Report – Back In The Running (The well-grounded Steelers are a Super Bowl contender again.) (Can Giants, Lions and Texans live up to new expectations.), Cool Brees (Drew Brees has the surprising Chargers atop the AFC West.), A Free Bird (A new scheme sets Falcons defender Patrick Kerney loose.), Dr. Z’s Second-Half Forecast, SI‘s Midseason All-Pro Team College Football – Four Big Guys In Red (A defensive line could take unbeaten Wisconsin all the way.) Special Report – Get Out And Play! (U.S. children are alarmingly overweight, but new programs are teaching them the benefits – and joys – of exercise.) Departments – Leading Off, Catching Up With…, Letters, Air and Space (Yuta man! Or, how a 5’8″ guard became the first Japanese player in the NBA), Scorecard (~Why women’s pro sports struggle ~Pressure mounts on Paterno to go ~Ex-jock pols: 2004 vote roundup), Faces In The Crowd, Players, The Life of Reilly (I feel Latrell Sprewell’s pain, and I’m thinking about how I can increase it) Inside – Track (Radcliffe wins NYC marathon), Baseball (~Schilling is SI‘s Player of the Year), College Football (~Hawaii’s Chang sets pass mark)
Cover: Pittsburgh Steelers
Condition: Very Good