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Articles in Feb 18, 2005 issue of Sporting News, The

• 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
• Bob Hille's starting 5
• NFC focus: something to prove
• Fancy footwork: it's not the shoes—it's what you do with them
• 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
• 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
• Caught on the fly
• TSN's power poll
• To know list: 7 months till your favorite NFL team gets to try again
• New digs
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Next up, Super Bowl XL—as in extra-large coats
  by Kara Yorio
• 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
• 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
• 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