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Articles in August 5, 2005 issue of Sporting News, The

• Go time
• Top 5: surprising candidates to win 20 games
  by Shawn Reid
• Play action
  by George Winkler
• Judgment call
  by Roger Kuznia
• Bob Hille's starting 5
• Simply Sadler: Elliott Sadler's driving, like his life, is far from flashy, but don't underestimate this consistent threat come Chase time
  by Mark McCarter
• We're talking about … Lance Niekro
  by Kieran O'Dwyer
• Inside the NFC
• Top 5: goal-line vultures
• Your turn
  by Jacob Bennett
• Coming soon: a family reunion at the 8 car: the time apart will make the partnership between cousins Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Eury Jr. stronger
  by Lee Spencer
• N.L. east
• A new star for the world stage: on his way to the NBA, Uconn's Rudy Gay will have plenty of teammates but no peers
  by Mike DeCourcy
• Squeeze play
  by Chris Bahr
• Billy Bob Thornton: superstitious ex-pitcher, Bad News Bears star
  by Corrie Anderson
• Desperately seeking a late-season catalyst: the nonwaiver deadline is baseball's answer to selection Sunday, starting with feverish anticipation and concluding with a new world order. Woe to any G.M. who fails to seize the moment
  by Ken Rosenthal
• Life can be unsettling when you're sitting on the trading block
  by Todd Jones
• Hot pursuit: as the summer competition for blue chips intensifies, recruiting expert Jeremy Crabtree gives the latest on the best high school players and the schools wooing them
  by Tom Dienhart
• M@il bonding
  by Brendan Roberts
• Caught on the fly
• Hot spot: over the middle is the danger zone, where prey and predator meet, where the tough are distinguished from the semi-tough. Receivers had better not enter without intense concentration, knowledge of where opponents are lurking—and a big dose o
  by Michael Bradley
• A.L. west
• Inside the AFC
• Draft dude
• Film at 11: just imagine the bad news this team could create
  by Joe Buck
• The next big thing: seven-footer Greg Oden isn't just bigger, he's better—his game and developing skills could place him among the all-time great centers
  by Mike DeCourcy
• Brown's new home would be sweeter without Marbury: hey, Larry Brown is no spring chicken. If the Knicks want to make him their next coach, they should do a little something to help the guy out
  by Sean Deveney
• Three of a kind
• Chris Carpenter, SP, St. Louis Cardinals
• N.L. central
• A.L. central
• All in an unlucky day's work: with her dreams of turning pro at stake, Erin Ness was down, then out—quickly—at the World Series of Poker
  by Kara Yorio
• A.L. east
• Fantasy Football yearbook
• Lasers OK, scalpels sometimes, steroids never: if Mr. Hyde met Mr. Bonds, would they exchange evil potion recipes?
  by Dave Kindred
• To know list: 5 little ditties that weigh more than Lance Armstrong
• How's that feel? Ever wondered what it's like to run over a catcher … miss free throws with a ticket to the Big Dance on the line … be trapped in a steel oven for three hours? Of course you have; so have we. So we asked the people who know to
• Dream week: July 28-August 3
  by Chris Bahr
• Taking a quizzical look around the league: how well do you know your NFL offseason?
  by Vinnie Iyer
• 5 in your face
  by Vinnie Iyer
• Scouts views: observations and opinions from major league scouts
• Going, going, gone! Burnett comes with a buyer beware sticker
• N.L. west
• Fantasy Source website
• Tony Stewart
• Keep on rockin' Rocket: forget the rocking chair—Roger Clemens has reasons to pitch at least another season, including this one: he's better than everyone else
  by Stan McNeal
• Don't bet against a Texan down the stretch
  by Josh Lewin
• TSN Games