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Contents: The Lineup – Pro Football – Free-For-All (What teams don’t have a shot at the playoffs? Not many midway through a wide-open NFL season); Go-To-Guy (By stepping in so ably for Drew Bledsoe, the Patriots’ Tom Brady emerged as the first half’s big surprise); College Football – Soph Touch (Florida’s fun loving Rex Grossman may be the the first second-year player to win the Heisman) College Basketball Preview – Back-to-School Issue – Novel Approach (Although he hasn’t given up all his old ways, Bob Knight has shown a warmer side in his first appearance at Texas Tech); Cardinal Ruler (After four unhappy seasons with the Celtics, Rick Pitino returns to his beloved college game – and to the state of Kentucky); The Road Not Taken (Duke guard Jason Williams might have been the first player chosen in the NBA draft, but he decided to stay in school because he figured he has a lot to learn); Scouting Reports (Here are the top 20 teams – and the rest of the best- who’ll be vying to get to the Final Four, but when it’s all over, Duke figures to be the winner again); Back On The Ball (After taking a year off to deal with depression, North Carolina’s Nikki Teasley promises to be as flamboyant as ever); Break Up The Huskies (Would reducing scholarships stop perennial women’s powers like No. 1 pick (again) UConn from stockpiling talent?); Welcome To The Big Time (In the last 10 years 30 teams have joined Division I, though most have faced years of losing and seas of red ink. Is moving up the right move?) Departments – Leading Off; Catching Up With…; Letters; SI View (Steve Rushin’s Air And Space * The Week in TV Sports * Multimedia); Scorecard (Goodbye, Big Mac * Contraction plans * Unique uniforms * Cuban keeps talking); Faces In The Crowd; The Life Of Reilly Inside… – The NHL; Olympic Sports; The NBA; College Football
Cover: Jason Williams
Condition: Very Good
