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How the economy is changing the world of sports fans

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: WE'LL PICK YOUR NEW FAVORITE TEAM

...our program can help you test your allegiance (don't feel alone if you're an Ohio State fan that ends up with Michigan

A COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

ESPN THE MAGAZINE: THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW ISSUE

What's going to happen before the BCS Title game? We got ya covered.

SONIC YOUTH

Every fall Saturday, college students around the country make their house a living hell for the visitor.

Dickie V's hoops preview

...29. Syracuse Orangemen (26-6; NCAA Sweet 16) 30. Iowa Hawkeyes (14-16; No Postseason) 31. Oklahoma State Cowboys (27-7; NCAA Elite Eight) 32. St. John's Red Storm (25-8; NCAA Second Round...

First-Round Knockout

Mel Kiper and Todd McShay have plenty of opinions about how Round 1 will play out. Come Draft Day, at least one of them will probably look smart

Keeper

You can't stop Vince Young. The Longhorns only hope to retain him

Free Pass

Mike Leach defied convention to turn Texas Tech into a contender-and his critics into believers

Heavy Toll

Big cheers, big money, big fame. That's life in the NFL. But when they've run out of Sundays, former pros like Broderick Thomas find that what lingers long after is big pain

The Mag's College Basketball Preview: No. 9-16

Season previews of The Mag's No. 9-16 teams.

2001 'NEXT:' THE NEXT ONES

These are people we thought were poised to break out in 2001.

THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL DEPARTMENT

Is Willie Tuitama the key to Mike Stoops' job? What should you expect from early-season surprises?

Icing On The Cake

Glenn Dorsey has never scored a TD, caught a pass or gained a yard, but we've got 72 reasons why LSU's big no. 72 Is worthy of the Heisman?

UP FRONT

To heck with fantasy. I'm about what's real.