12.10.12 THE INTERVIEW ISSUE 48 JEREMY LIN & JAMES HARDEN “A coach called me Ron Jeremy. I said, I’m not coming to this school.” INTERVIEWED BY PABLO S. TORRE 52 MATT RYAN “That’s the art of playing QB—knowing when to take chances.” INTERVIEWED BY SETH WICKERSHAM 56 ANDY MURRAY “I was just interested in the slams. And that isn’t particularly healthy.” INTERVIEWED BY SHAUN ASSAEL 62 NATE SILVER “The predictive analytics are better in baseball than in almost any other field.” INTERVIEWED BY PETER KEATING 64 STEPHANIE GILMORE “These words just came out, and I was like, Well, it’s on now.” INTERVIEWED BY ALYSSA ROENIGK 68 BARRY ZITO “I hear the whole team chanting my name. It was kind of like, Wait—what are they saying?” INTERVIEWED BY TIM KEOWN 74 JON JONES “I have no intention of ever rekindling a relationship with Rashad.” INTERVIEWED BY ALYSSA ROENIGK 78 LEBRON JAMES “There are days where I’ll be like, LeBron, you need to chill a little bit.” INTERVIEWED BY MICHAEL WILBON 80 BRITTNEY GRINER “You can’t say we have to play like men because that’s the ‘right’ way.” INTERVIEWED BY ELENA BERGERON 82 MANNY PACQUIAO “No more drinking. No more gambling. No more girls.” INTERVIEWED BY JEREMY SCHAAP 88 R.A. DICKEY AND OREL HERSHISER “I’m thinking after about the ninth run, What have I done?” INTERVIEWED BY TIM KURKJIAN 92 JOHN MCKISSICK “Football will still be here in 60 years, and it will still be good.” INTERVIEWED BY DAVID FLEMING 98 JOHN CALIPARI “Kentucky fans are crazy in that they watch tape more than I do.” INTERVIEWED BY ANDY KATZ 100 BRAD KESELOWSKI “I can promise you this: It won’t be a one-off deal.” INTERVIEWED BY RYAN MCGEE INSIDE PLAYBOOK A L S O 66 DAVIS LOVE III 14 THE TRUTH 20 ZOOM 25 NFL 34 NBA 40 TENNIS 86 MEGHAN VOGEL Where Mike Brown failed. Tubgating with Ndamukong Suh fires Tyson Chandler Why doping is 96 ORLANDO CRUZ By Howard Bryant Detroit fans. back at his detractors. defends his offense. raising a racket. 102 RUSTY HARDIN 104 JONATHAN VAUGHTERS 16 THE NUMBERS 22 ZOOM 30 FANDOM 36 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 41 SOCCER 104 TRAVIS TYGART NFL teams without a Vernon Davis does Hanging with Eagles How four decommits are America’s answer 106 GABBY DOUGLAS Plan B. By Peter Keating more than doodle. fan Bradley Cooper. shaking up the trail. at striker? 106 RANDY MOSS 108 HANK HANEY 18 ZOOM 112 THE FIX 32 TECHNIQUE 38 VISUALS/BODY SHOT 42 COLLEGE BASKETBALL 108 MISSY FRANKLIN Baltimore’s addiction Why Dr. Andrews is A five-step-drop course The muscles it takes to Bryce Drew’s second 110 SILAS REDD to cornhole. still in. By Chris Jones with Sam Bradford. climb a cliff—no ropes. shining moment? 110 MEGAN RAPINOE cover photograph by ART STREIBER ESPN The Magazine 12/10/2012 11 THIS PAGE: CHRIS M C PHERSON.