Jimmie Johnson

Half a dozen high-powered Young Guns have come of age and will battle for the title

•A RIVER RUNS THROUGH ITFor those film-goers whose only exposure to crew was Rob Lowe rowing down the Thames in Oxford Blues, first-time director Dominique Derrenger has produced a terrific documentary on the U.S.'s...

The 27-year-old NASCAR phenom swept last month's Charlotte races, the Winston and the Coca-Cola 600, and sits seventh in the Winston Cup points standings.

Jeff Gordon is deified by millions as the paragon of all that's right about America, and vilified by millions more as the blue-eyed devil who will be the wrack and ruin of NASCAR, Could they both be right?

JEFF GORDON won the Cup in 2001, TONY STEWART stomped and kicked his way to the title in '02, but SI predicts that both men will be passed this year by a fellow Hoosier