November 28, 2005 | Volume 103, Issue 21

Nun Sense As a member of the Sisters of Providence, I believe SI may have committed a sin of omission by not making the world champion Chicago White Sox the main cover image (Nov. 7). Tom Brady...

The Gear Daddies had a cult hit singing I Want to Drive the Zamboni, but me, I want to be a Zamboni, the last great role model in sports.

Making $4 million in a country where he's beloved, Bobby Valentine is proving there's nothing minor league about Japanese baseball

Clinton Portis has more faces than a room full of agents

Challenged By LPGA rookie Paula Creamer, 19, a penalty drop taken by Annika Sorenstam, 35 (above, right), during the first round of the ADT Championship, in West Palm Beach, Fla. On the 18th hole...

31 Consecutive games, an NFL record, in which the Raiders' Shane Lechler has had a punt of at least 50 yards.

One of NASCAR's 'Old Guns' goes out on top

All the Kansas State coach did was turn around the worst team in the country

Baseball's new drug plan finally outlaws amphetamines

The NFL Hall of Fame running back, 58, is the host of OLN's Hunting for the Holidays, which premieres on Dec. 1

Brangelina sightings come few and far between, but Mr. Pitt and Ms. Jolie showed up for the opening of the $80 million Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville last Saturday, as did an eclectic mix of...

This is what would have happened if M.C. Escher had gone into ice dancing instead of art. At the ISU's Grand Prix event in Paris, Italian pair Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali tangled for the...

After spending more than 1,000 hours completing one of the world's largest jigsaw puzzles, an upstate New York man believes the 18,000th and last piece was eaten by his beagle.

TOMMY BOWDEN,

What to watch and watch for

In the tradition of Sportsman of the Year, SI periodically pays tribute in this space to men and women who embody the ideals of sportsmanship.

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WHO'S HOT

Which is the NFL's classiest organization? Patriots 26% Packers 13% Panthers 8% Browns, Ravens 6%

No matter what happened on holidays past, these athletes had the right stuffing

Thanks largely to rugged Paul Posluszny, who's burnishing the legacy of Linebacker U, Penn State and coach Joe Paterno have their first BCS bid--the critics be damned

Look for Mark Beech's Inside College Football every week at SI.com.

Peyton Manning and the Colts outgunned Cincinnati to climb to 10-0, and now they're ready to make a run at the best record in NFL history

Read Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback, each week at SI.com/football.

Six years removed from his last shift, Wayne Gretzky has brought his superstar luster back to the NHL, coaching the surprising Phoenix Coyotes--and loving it

WHEN SUPERSTARS OF Wayne Gretzky's caliber make the move to head coach or manager, their results on the bench don't usually measure up to their greatness on the field. Career records include playoffs.

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T.J. Ford

More than 40 years after taking his first photo for SI, Neil Leifer went on a nationwide shooting spree to document the changes in sports--and sports photography

Inside College Football

Comeback Kid

Seattle's Finest

Look out, world. A monster has been born.

Cup Holder

Bolt from the Blue Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson scored his 16th touchdown of the season on a one-yard power surge during a 48-10 blowout of the Bills in San Diego on Sunday. The...

You've seen films of the Kennedy family playing Thanksgiving touch football, right? Bobby going long and chowder for everybody?

With bigger purses and fresh new faces, professional bowling is quietly making a big comeback

Jimmy Clausen, the third quarterbacking brother in his family, may be a once-in-a-generation talent as a passer. And he's only a junior in high school

Team USA rolled through the first qualifying round for what it hopes will not be its final Olympics