December 24, 2007 | Volume 107, Issue 25

Hex Redux

Ask Tony Romo, T.O. and Randy Moss: Division I-AA is second to none

WHO'S Hot

Who's the most intimidating defensive player in football?

Carjacked At gunpoint before a home game against the Bobcats last Saturday, Hawks forward Shelden Williams (below). The 24-year-old, who is in his second NBA season, told police that his 2008...

NOT SO long ago, such a meeting was unimaginable. But on Dec. 12—the same day that Marion Jones was officially erased from the Olympic record books and one day before the unveiling of the Mitchell...

4 Starting quarterbacks the Panthers have used this year, the most ever by an NFL team.

[This article consists of an image with art text. Please see hardcopy or PDF for details.] The Trentonian Dec. 14, 2007

GREG ODEN Trail Blazer rookie who's making $3.9 million this year, on how he likes Portland: "The only thing is, they don't have any Wal-Marts near my house. I go to Best Buy or Target, but those...

RED SOX MANAGER

What to watch and watch for

Becca Prichard CLEMSON, S.C. > Cross-country Prichard, a 28-year-old sophomore at Spartanburg Methodist, won the NJCAA half-marathon in 1:22:00 and finished sixth at the national cross-country...

Q & A

Sports photography is fundamentally improvisational—informed by intense anticipation. It's all about getting the picture. To paraphrase the great Henri Cartier-Bresson, to make a brilliant image...

Photos of the Year See a gallery of other exclusive SI pictures from 2007.

Snow Man's Land Browns running back Jamal Lewis tried to break free from linebacker Angelo Crowell (55) and the rest of the slipping and sliding Bills defense on Sunday in Cleveland. Lewis found...

The NFL The Raiders are juggling priorities in their handling of rookie QB JaMarcus Russell • Laurence Maroney emerges just in time for January • Dr. Z's Forecast: The Giants tumble

Silver and Bleak Top pick JaMarcus Russell was no help in another dismal year for the Raiders, who still like him in the big picture

The football gods were not happy that the coach of a 4--9 team on a seven-game losing streak, the Ravens' Brian Billick, would play for overtime rather than go for a win on fourth down at the...

Amid the hubbub of Spygate, the hate-hate relationship with Eric Mangini and the run to a perfect season, the Patriots found something in the sleet and rain at Gillette Stadium on Sunday that will...

In 3 1/2 hours the Giants went from king of the NFC wild cards to "Oh, my god, we could be out of the playoffs." At this point in the season, after New York's surprising loss to the Redskins at...

Minus Zero The Wizards keep on winning without injured star Gilbert Arenas. Could his days in Washington be numbered?

On the current trade market: "Things are pretty quiet out there. The names I'm hearing most often now are Jason Williams (right) of the Heat and Sam Cassell of the Clippers. I'm not sure either...

Choice Words The earlier isn't necessarily the better as recruits often rethink their verbal commitments, to the coaches' chagrin

TRINITY (Euless, Texas) vs. JUDSON (Converse, Texas), Dec. 22

A NOSE FOR THE END ZONE Osceola (Kissimmee, Fla.) senior RB Bubba Brown finished with the state record for most points in a season (278, topping the 268 of RB Antone Smith, now at Florida State)...

Double Feature One of Chicago's two rookies seems sure to win the Calder Trophy—but which will be the better player in the long run?

Now that defenseman Scott Niedermayer (right), has returned to the Ducks (he had flirted with retirement), watch for Anaheim's power play to start climbing from 21st in the league, where it ranked...

Kevin Who? With no lone star, tenacious Texas has launched the post-Durant era by shooting to its best start in 26 years

1 Chris Lofton (right) has lost his shooting touch. Tennessee's senior guard entered the season as a player of the year candidate after going 47.9% from the field in 2006--07. Through Sunday he...

I am trying to imagine what it's like to be Isiah Thomas. Last week, after another discouraging loss, this one by 10 points to the Dallas Mavericks at Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks'...