The summertime itinerary of the Stanley Cup is a thoroughly documented phenomenon. Players from the NHL's best team spend the off-season carting the trophy everywhere from family barbecues to David Letterman's couch...

Here is SI's second-team All-Smarts squad, plus the five coaches and general managers who have the best hockey brains.

Avalanche star Peter Forsberg stayed home, seemingly the only marquee player who did during the NHL's wild off-season. Forsberg took an indefinite leave of absence from the Stanley Cup champions to recover after a...

In contrast to their stereotype, most NHL players aren't dumb, toothless, beer-drinking brawlers

What goes through a goaltender's mind when Pavel Bure is racing in on a breakaway? Or Al MacInnis is teeing up a slap shot? Here are the thoughts of New Jersey's Martin Brodeur, one of the best and smartest...

The biggest stars usually have elevated hockey intelligence a trait that more and more teams are looking for in players

Home runs are the most obvious, but hardly the only, key stat of Barry Bonds's season. Here, with six games remaining, is a litany of his major offensive accomplishments and milestones.—David Sabino

Long overlooked Bernard Hopkins capped his career and unified the middleweight title with a stunning upset of Felix Trinidad

Thanks to a jolt from Doug Flutie, the Chargers have run off three straight wins and become the talk of the AFC

JOHN THOMPSONFormer Georgetown coach, on the return of Michael Jordan: "All that stuff about him jumping from the foul line is over. His game is going to be on the floor now. We're going to start calling him Floor...