August 20, 2007 | Volume 107, Issue 8

Not Having a Ball After Jaguars defensive end James Wyche (90) got a grip on Trent Green last Saturday, the Dolphins quarterback lost his. It was a rough start for the newly acquired Green, who...

A grizzled O-line looks for redemption after the BCS blowout

Last year was special, but even better days could be ahead

The Hogs will make a run if their quarterback passes the test

All around Happy Valley, there are smiles about the defense

A ball-hawking safety thrives on pickoffs and prayers

A pass-rushing star with one tough critic leads a stellar D

An old hand has given the Vols a new offense to play with

A transfer QB is ready to restore the Huskers' past glory

A young quarterback has learned the hard way how to lead

The Bears are counting on their money player to deliver

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] HOW THEY'LL FINISH

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] HOW THEY'LL FINISH

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] HOW THEY'LL FINISH

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] HOW THEY'LL FINISH

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] How They'll Finish

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] HOW THEY'LL FINISH

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]

Crystal Ball

Baseball After a disastrous stint as a closer, the Indians' Fausto Carmona is now a dominant starter • Jermaine Dye gives the White Sox good reason to keep him

Starting Point

With David Ortiz struggling at the plate because of a bad left shoulder, the Red Sox must regret not getting Jermaine Dye from the White Sox at the trade deadline. Headed for free agency after the...

Running Hot

A Cup team insider dishes on the hottest topics in NASCAR.

HEY, JOHN MADDEN, if I were you, I'd nail the doors of the Maddencruiser shut. You've got some NFL players who'd like to put your head in a vise until it goes Boom!

Grand Slams

A pitcher turned slugger is summer's happiest story

HE'LL BE a free agent this fall, and so, the conventional (and cynical) wisdom went, this was to be the year that Andruw Jones's statistics soared. Instead, the 30-year-old Braves centerfielder...

WHO'S Hot

Which is the best big league park to hit in?

In many ways the Discovery Channel team has been cycling's model franchise since its inception, in 1989. Its riders—Lance Armstrong, mostly—have won eight of the last nine Tours de France and, at...

Wooed By the Celtics, 41-year-old former Pacers guard Reggie Miller, who may end his two-year retirement to join Boston this season. Miller, who has worked as a TNT analyst for the last two...

2 Tigers who have homered twice in the same inning: Hall of Famer Al Kaline in 1955 and Magglio Ordoñez on Sunday against the A's.

A youth football tournament in Cincinnati called the Peace Bowl was halted when a man was fatally shot near the field.

TOM WOLFE Detroit-area physician and one of 113 Michigan fans who paid $2,500 for a two-day Wolverines fantasy camp: "I would have paid more if I had to. There is nothing like getting yelled at by...

Jocks with downtime have often dabbled in pro wrestling

Linebacker Scott Fujita missed the Saints' preseason opener after bruising his foot on a team field trip to a water park. Coach Sean Payton held a competition to see who could go the farthest on a...

Some may think that housebreaking wee-wee pads with the quarterback's picture would be more appropriate, but a website is selling chew toys in Michael Vick's likeness. The site...

Two LSU Tigers are turning DPs for the Cubs

LIONS WR

How NHL All-Star Martin St. Louis builds leg strength and stays fast

After two years on the sidelines, a Madden alternative is back

The former heavyweight champ, 47, is launching a career as an actor

HOW IS THE top pick in the NBA draft spending his summer? Hanging out at his mom's house in Indiana, eating Double Chocolate Cookie Crisp and working his way through a giant piece of watermelon...

Watch to watch and watch for

Shauneen Garrahan FAIRFAX STATION, VA. > Track and Field Garrahan, a recent graduate of Amherst College, was named most outstanding athlete at the NCAA Division III meet after winning the 5,000-...

Top Sports Mustaches

Playoff Push

A Cut Above

Unbeatable

BOISE STATE JUNIOR

Fab Freshmen

WEST VIRGINIA JUNIOR

MICHIGAN SENIOR

Survey Says . . .

Team by Team

SI's TOP 20

A singular group of linebackers leads the stacked Trojans

A top defender puts off the NFL for a shot at a title

A budding legend is set to lead the defending champions

Look out, America. Pat White is ready to show off his arm

A new coach figures to keep the Cardinals' offense flying

The Wolverines have unfinished business to take care of

Set for a title run, the Hokies will lift spirits in Blacksburg

Wanted: a running game to aid one of the nation's top QBs

Untested players in key roles will define Sooners' season

A seasoned defense will keep the Badgers in the Big Ten hunt

I THINK . . . By Peter King