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Articles in August 19, 2005 issue of Sporting News, The

• ACC
• WAC
• How do you take a year off?. Try having a ton of money
• Where's Jason? That's the game the Dolphin's will play with Jason Taylor—now you see him as a 3-4 linebacker, now you don't—in their new varied approach
  by Kara Yorio
• Big East
• Expect Gordon to make a wonderful run: give up on Jeff Gordon? Not me
  by Lee Spencer
• N.L. Central
• Play action
  by Roger Kuznia
• What I did on my summer vacation: training camps are in high gear, which means NFL head coaches have returned to their football cocoons. But for a while this summer, they put aside the X's and O's to get some R&R
  by Dennis Dillon
• The perfect team: no collection of individual stars could hang with this super squad comprising the No. 1-ranked units in the country
• MAC
  by Matt Hayes
• Dan Johnson, 1B, Oakland A's
  by Conor Nicholl
• Inside the AFC
• 5 in your face
  by Brendan Roberts
• Good thing there isn't a tackling contest
• Thrill of the hunt: Mark Buehrle and Jon Garland have the White Sox's sights on a world championship
  by Sean Deveney
• Decision of destiny: Smith or Zwick? Zwick or Smith? The wrong choice could bankrupt a season rich with possibilities for Ohio State
  by Matt Hayes
• Sun Belt
• N.L. East
• Big moves won't turn up the Heat enough: the Cavaliers. The Pacers. The Pistons. How's that for three good reasons the moving-and-shaking Heat won't win the East?
  by Sean Deveney
• Speaking of speed …
• Fearview mirror: in NASCAR, dramas can unfold behind you, and sometimes objects are closer than they … a-y-y-i-i-e-e-e-a-a-ahhhh!
  by Mark McCarter
• Dream week
• A worthy place to bide some time: if O.J. Mayo truly wants to juice up the NBA, he must learn to conquer challenges
  by Mike DeCourcy
• Your turn
  by Frederick Kranz
• The fight for blue-chips: Texas is off to the fastest start, but Rivals.com recruiting expert Jeremy Crabtree sees several perennial contenders—including LSU, Oklahoma, Florida State, Notre Dame and USC—that could claim the title of top class of
  by Jeremy Crabtree
• C-USA
• Statscape
  by Steve Walters
• Focus: problem spots
• We heard that
  by Paul Welch
• To know list: 7 more ways to leave your lover
• We're in this together
• Helping hands: look for three young receivers to make Vick's return from exile a success
  by Matt Hayes
• Mountain West
• A.L. West
• Inside the NFC
• Palmeiro is a different kind of baseball legend: who wants to live to be 100, anyway? Pass the Raffy Juice!
  by Dave Kindred
• SEC
• A final fish wrapping
• Come and get it: attention, heavyweight hopefuls: the Trojans dare you climb between the ropes with marvelous Matt Leinart and the big bad champs and you'll find out the hard way there's nowhere to hide
  by Matt Hayes
• Jones has a story you've got to love: it's not cool to be a fan when you're in this business. But I happily admit this: I root for Todd Jones, one of the most special regular dudes in sports
  by Stan McNeal
• N.L. West
• A quick mock-up: this is how our panel of experts fared early in the first of our mock drafts
  by Vinnie Iyer
• My SportsCenter begins now
  by Tricia Garner-Young
• Captain comeback: Kevin Simon has been knocked down by injury but always gets up. Now, he wants to show Tennessee's defense how to get it done
  by Matt Hayes
• Pac-10
• A.L. Central
• Even at the top, there's room for improvement: Peyton Manning's arrow is pointed uuup—even if his numbers end up going down
  by Dan Pompei
• This week in fantasy baseball history
  by Brendan Roberts
• Big Ten
• Wing and a prayer: Texas is talking—what else?—National championship. But it could be a lot of—what else?—Hot air if quarterback Vince Young continues to misfire
  by Matt Hayes
• Big 12
• Players understand there's no getting around testing
  by Todd Jones
• We're talking about … Zach Duke
• Top 10: late-round values
  by Rob Hurt
• It's what Robert kraft would do
• Bob Hille's starting 5
• Committee of one: options abound, but Alley Broussard figures to win the LSU tailback job—and it could be a runaway
  by Matt Hayes
• A.L. East
• Umpire school
  by William Drennan
• Squeeze play
  by Chris Bahr