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- Next up, Super Bowl XL—as in extra-large coats
by Kara Yorio - TSN's power poll
- You snooze past these guys, you lose: these sleepers won't get many zzzs in the next 10 months
by Lee Spencer - Draft forecast: Mr. Rodgers stays in his neighborhood
- More than meets the Illini: yeah, they've got great guards. If you think that's all there is to the fighting Illini, you'll never understand why they're about to crush you
by Mike DeCourcy - Daddy dynasty: move over, Lombardi, there's a new sheriff in town
by Dave Kindred - Your turn
by Steve Mullen - The JB Awards presented by Reebok: April 7, 2005: Washington DC
- What's in the stars for the stars?
by Vinnie Iyer - Major upgrades
- Ten other potential freshman stars
- Caught on the fly
- Finding Westbrook: the Eagles had hoped Brian Westbrook could strike every which way, but the Patriots kept him in check
by Dennis Dillon - Extreme makeovers: after a frenzied offseason of buying and trading, pitchers and catchers are prepared to report—let's just hope they know where to go
by Ken Rosenthal - Need further inspection
- Inside the AFC
- Desmond Mason, in the paint
by Katie Koss - Blue collar, blue Star
by Paul Attner - Another fine mess: practice makes perfect? Pffft. New England overcame bad practice conditions, bad practices and a bad start
by Dan Pompei - Pitching will be the mortar for the Cubs' cracks on offense
by Ken Rosenthal - Downgrades
- Top 20 classes
- AFC focus: something to prove
- TSN power poll
- Fantasy source
by Roger Kuznia - Minor upgrades
- Perpetually rebuilding
- Vincent Grier: SF, Minnesota
- Tigers with different stripes: evaluating the two Auburn running backs is tricky because of the standard each sets for the other
by Dan Pompei - Inside the NFC
- A worldly warning
by Marques Johnson - To know list: 7 months till your favorite NFL team gets to try again
- Three of a kind: the Patriots' winning hand comes with powerful preparation, incomparable teamwork—and a little Belichick magic
by Paul Attner - He's no twig: on football's biggest stage, Patriots receiver Deion Branch has been anything but small
by Kara Yorio - New digs
- Lowly Gamecocks have visored visions of glory: South Carolina has no history and no chance in the rough SEC. Sounds like a perfect fit for Steve Spurrier
by Matt Hayes - Can we have the reality check, please? The Lakers are intent on getting themselves a championship-caliber coach. Doesn't seem to matter that they don't have a championship-caliber team
by Sean Deveney - Bob Hille's starting 5
- NFC focus: something to prove
- Fancy footwork: it's not the shoes—it's what you do with them
- The Red Sox are well-fortified, but the cards' repairs might not hold
by Ken Rosenthal - Cleveland comeback: from razed to revitalized in two years
by Ken Rosenthal - FAB: a season after Adrian Peterson & Co. made a spectacular splash, will college football's freshmen come up big again? The hope starts here
by Matt Hayes - Patriots' key to success: they know their job, and they do it
by Brian Baldinger - Diamondbacks hope big spending can pay off—again
- Top 5: trade prospects
by Sean Deveney