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SI.com: Pablo S. Torre: Brendon Ayanbadejo is my Sportsman choice

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. He double-checked beforehand, just to make sure. He wanted these kind people to know he wasn't actually a civil rights activist or some marquee player, a name normally worthy of such applause.

SI.com: Paul Daugherty: Lewis won't allow Bengals to rest on success

After seven seasons in Cincinnati, Marvin Lewis finally has a team he can wrap his identity around. Lewis is from southwestern Pennsylvania, more precisely a steel and coal place called McDonald, same as Marty Schottenheimer and very close to Bill Cowher's Carlynton and Mike Ditka's Aliquippa.

SI.com: Peter King: Eli returns to New Orleans a changed player; 10 things to watch for

Eli Manning was always the third son. The Manning family had four tickets to Saints' home games when he was a kid, and the three boys -- Peyton, Cooper and Eli -- would sit together, and the fourth seat would always go to a friend. "The deal was we were always supposed to rotate bringing a friend, but somehow I never got to bring one," Eli said on Thursday. "But it was a fun time with my big brothers. Dad used to say, 'Make sure Eli gets a hot dog.' ''

SI.com: John P. Lopez: Players teams can least afford to lose: AFC

Before reading another word, knock on wood. Pray that the spate of injuries ransacking NFL training camps does not arrive at the doorstep of a crucial player near you.

Thousands gather for Steve McNair's funeral

Thousands gathered Saturday for the funeral of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, who was killed a week ago.

SI.com: John P. Lopez: Demise of middle linebackers

Picture in your mind the NFL's all-time most dominating defensive players.

SI.com: Peter King: Fun first weekend of free agency

I remember covering the New York Giants for Newsday from 1985 to '88 and getting into a loud discussion with GM George Young (he was often loud, but always educational) over the merits of free agency. He thought it would ruin what was a great game because you wouldn't be able to build a team with chemistry for the long haul anymore. He was right about that, of course. But my point was the train was rolling down the tracks, so why not make the best of it -- and besides, it'd make for a great hot stove league when normally there's no NFL talk, other than the warmup for the draft.

SI.com: Bucky Brooks: The Top 25 Free Agents of 2009

The 2009 season officially began Friday at 12:01 a.m. when free agency opened. What follows is a rundown of the 25 best available free agents. This list was compiled through a series of conversations with scouts and through game-tape evaluations.

SI.com: Orlovsky's astounding deal, Canty may stay in division, more

Transaction season has arrived, and SI.com's NFL writers are here to analyze the free-agent signing and trades that will shape the season to come.

SI.com: Peter King: Free agency booms at stroke of midnight

Stories abound on a busy dawning of the NFL's offseason. The Jets are desperate to get Bart Scott to quarterback their defense and are in the driver's seat to sign him. And after a year of salary sanity, the Washington Redskins led the rush in free-agency this morning, inking defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, the prize of the free-agent crop, to a 7-year, $100 million deal and cornerback DeAngelo Hall to a contract with $22 million in guaranteed money. Friday afternoon they will host Cowboys defensive end Chris Canty.

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