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• Trojan Farce Why USC is overrated.
  Jonathan Chait Dec. 30, 2005
  
• Those Weird College Ads If you like our football team, you'll love our chem labs full of Asian students.
  Mike DeBonis Dec. 30, 2005
  
• Trading Up The Florida Marlins' ingenious roster-gutting.
  Justin Peters Dec. 16, 2005
  
• Follow That Bird Why does every white basketball player get compared to Larry Legend?
  Josh Levin Dec. 12, 2005
  
• Who Cares About the Super Bowl? An undefeated season is football's Holy Grail.
  Whet Moser Dec. 2, 2005
  
• No Passing Fancy Should we care that Falcons QB Michael Vick isn't a pocket passer?
  Robert Weintraub Nov. 23, 2005
  
• Miracle on Ice Can Comcast really use hockey to take on ESPN?
  Robert Weintraub Nov. 11, 2005
  
• The Lords of Discipline Coaches and broadcasters peddle an easy solution to every problem in football.
  Felix Gillette Nov. 8, 2005
  
• Blue-Collar Bluebloods The myth of the working-class racehorse.
  Tommy Craggs Nov. 3, 2005
  
• The Umpire and His Discontents Another way to think about the men in blue.
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 26, 2005
  
• The Astros Get Crunk Some World Series hip hop, plus other sports rap classics.
  Brendan I. Koerner Oct. 26, 2005
  
• Ozzie Guillén, Man of Letters The White Sox manager's overlooked literary career.
  Mike DeBonis Oct. 21, 2005
  
• Eight Games a Week Turning my living room into a sports bar with DirecTV's SuperFan package.
  Chris Suellentrop Oct. 20, 2005
  
• Matt Leinart's Big Score He beat Notre Dame, but will the USC QB make it in the pros?
  Josh Levin Oct. 17, 2005
  
• City of Angels How a team from Anaheim stole the Dodgers' home turf.
  Kevin Arnovitz Oct. 11, 2005
  
• When the Chop Stops Braves fans hold out for another World Series.
  Robert Weintraub Oct. 7, 2005
  
• Days of Braves and Padres Tough times for fans of the National League.
  Neal Pollack Oct. 6, 2005
  
• The Last Weekend The Red Sox and Yankees fight to the death, again.
  Charles P. Pierce Sept. 30, 2005
  
• Lamecocks Steve Spurrier—just another coach who can't revive South Carolina football.
  Andrew Rice Sept. 19, 2005
  
• Golf vs. Tennis How one country club sport defeated the other.
  Field Maloney Sept. 15, 2005
  
• No Sweat Does perspiration-fighting athletic gear really work?
  Nick Schulz Sept. 14, 2005
  
• Raggedy Andy How Roddick flamed out of the U.S. Open.
  Peter Dizikes Aug. 31, 2005
  
• The Cult of the General Manager Can we go back to worshiping athletes already?
  Neal Pollack Aug. 29, 2005
  
• The Coach's Son The menace of youth sports.
  Josh Levin Aug. 26, 2005
  
• Pale Imitations The White Sox, baseball's other historically pathetic team.
  Mike DeBonis Aug. 17, 2005
  
• Attack of the MegaRamp The nine-story behemoth that scares the bejeezus out of the world's best skateboarders.
  Bret Anthony Johnston Aug. 11, 2005
  
• Big Men Stretching Quarterbacks who do yoga and the journalists who love them.
  Neal Pollack Aug. 9, 2005
  
• The Dog Ate My Steroids Why athletes fail drug tests, in their own words.
  Rachael Larimore Aug. 2, 2005
  
• Where Have All the Jockstraps Gone? The decline and fall of the athletic supporter.
  Daniel Akst July 22, 2005
  
• The $208 Million Question When will the Yankees start winning?
  Charles P. Pierce July 13, 2005
  
• The 2005 World Series of Poker I finally win with pocket aces. Plus: the dread F-word.
  Paul Phillips July 7, 2005
  
• Tour de Bore How to revive the world's biggest cycling race.
  Bill Gifford July 1, 2005
  
• Lance Armstrong Ruined My Gym The greatest bike racer in history won't stop motivating me.
  Neal Pollack July 1, 2005
  
• Your Grass Is Ass Remembering the glory days of Wimbledon hatred.
  Mike Steinberger June 30, 2005
  
• The Ugly Backswing Rafael Nadal, the awkward tennis prodigy.
  Stephen Tignor June 22, 2005
  
• Manu Mania Buenos Aires cheers on Ginobili in the NBA Finals—unless soccer's on.
  Robert Weintraub June 20, 2005
  
• Sideshow Bob Is Robert Horry the NBA's best clutch shooter or its best con man?
  Felix Gillette June 16, 2005
  
• Rough Draft Major League Baseball struggles to turn player selection into spectacle.
  Josh Levin June 8, 2005
  
• Queen for a Day Why Danica Patrick is overrated.
  Robert Weintraub June 3, 2005
  
• In Search of Dirk Basketball writers span the globe looking for the next big thing.
  Robert Weintraub May 27, 2005
  
• The Good Suns How Phoenix saved the NBA.
  Neal Pollack May 24, 2005
  
• It's Fun To Play at the YMCA The guy who wears too much protective gear and the other pickup basketball players in the NBA playoffs.
  Felix Gillette May 11, 2005
  
• Running Through Kenya Watching a road race from a Land Rover.
  Scott Douglas April 25, 2005
  
• We Were the Champions Washed-up sports stars and their money-making schemes.
  Justin Peters April 15, 2005
  
• Hub Fans Bid Bling Hello Plus, who's the dumbest guy on the Red Sox?
  Seth Stevenson April 12, 2005
  
• Pitcher Perfect Why can't anyone throw a baseball faster than 100 mph?
  Noam Scheiber April 8, 2005
  
• Nobody's Mascot College basketball's unloved, world-weary ambassador: J.J. Jumper.
  Felix Gillette April 1, 2005
  
• Fantastic Four Best basketball weekend ever: Comebacks! Overtimes! Bad coaching!
  Robert Weintraub March 28, 2005
  
• Teams We Hate Duke, Chattanooga, and nine other odious schools in this year's NCAA tournament.
  Chris Suellentrop March 16, 2005
  
• Triple-Double Trouble Can LeBron James match Oscar Robertson?
  Dennis Hans March 12, 2005
  
• Ford Fiesta NASCAR goes deeper South.
  Robert Weintraub March 7, 2005
  
• The Man Behind the Juice Fifty years ago, a doctor brought steroids to America.
  Justin Peters Feb. 18, 2005
  
• The Juice and I Jose Canseco and steroids, a love story.
  Bryan Curtis Feb. 18, 2005
  
• The Lamest Dynasty in Sports The Patriots win. Again.
  Robert Weintraub Feb. 7, 2005
  
• Who's Your War Daddy? The strangest compliment in football.
  Josh Levin Feb. 2, 2005
  
• Unpardonable Interruptions How television killed the newspaper sports column.
  Stephen Rodrick Jan. 25, 2005
  
• Citizen Jordan A basketball legend's soulless retirement caps his soulless career.
  Charles P. Pierce Jan. 13, 2005
  
• Favre From Heaven Why journalists deify the Green Bay Packers quarterback.
  Robert Weintraub Jan. 7, 2005
  
• Foul Play How a Slate scientist changed the NBA forever—or at least a week.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 7, 2005
  
• Who Is That Mask Man? Gerald McHale belongs in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
  Brendan I. Koerner Jan. 5, 2005