Boxed Setup
- ESPN.com IllustrationBill Simmons delivers on two fronts today in his first mailbag since May.
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We get to the Sports Guy's Week 6 NFL picks in due time. First, his readers have written and written, and today no correspondence goes unanswered. (OK, some does, but not the next Mrs. Bill's!) Mailbag
• Sunday Countdown | Experts' picks ... Yours | Football Today
• Fantasy Football | Watch: Countdown Daily | Phillips on Adam Jones
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Outside The Lines
In the wake of San Diego's first fatal shark attack in 50 years, an unlikely pair learned to swim through the tragedy.
Tom Friend | OTL
• Watch: OTL preview (9 a.m. Sunday, ESPN)
• Simmons: Manny being manipulated | Watch
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Hispanic Heritage Month
As a boy, Luis Zendejas preferred soccer. All that changed at ASU. Now he spreads the word about American-style football.
George Tanber
• Audio slide show: Rodeo the Mexican way
• Chi Chi feeds off strong roots | HHM index
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Fantasy Football
As the Talented Mr. Roto atones for his sins, he wants coaches and players to do the same. And he names names, too ... TMR's Love/Hate
• Called Out! | Football Outsiders | Pick 'em
• Gridiron Challenge | Getting Defensive
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E-mail | Archive Le Anne Schreiber: Ombudsman
ESPN must stop the suffocation of synergy | Corrections | Report error
Don't Stop Believing
Jeff Burton can almost taste it, with four top-5 Sprint Cup finishes. Will the 41-year-old chase down the three drivers ahead of him this season? Said Burton, "You've got to go for it." David Newton• Chase Tales | Eliminator | Jayski.com | Surround
• Hinton: Edwards sorry, just not apologetic | Watch
- Westbrook to miss Eagles' game Sunday | Watch
- Manuel's mom dies; he'll manage Phils in Game 2
- Ex-runner Montgomery gets 5 years in heroin case
- Cards' Wilson fined $25K for hit on Bills' Edwards
- Phillips says Pacman will play despite fight | Watch
- Browns' Winslow in hospital for undisclosed illness
- Bengals QB Palmer out vs. Jets; Fitzpatrick to start
- Magic Johnson 'outraged' at talk of his faking AIDS
- Three Dolphins fined $10K each for 'Cupid Shuffle'
- Judge to allow Castroneves to race in Australia
National Voices
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Bill Simmons
The Sports Guy offers his first reader mailbag in months, then makes his Week 6 NFL picks.
• A forgotten pioneer
• Contest: Matt Berry
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Rick Reilly
You think Brett Favre is the only guy who has trouble moving on from the NFL? Meet John Lynch, the fish out of water family guy.
• Life of Reilly Archive
National Voice: Gene Wojciechowski
Baseball must deal with this crisis: It's drunk on champagne celebrations. Time to go cold turkey -- except for the big one. Put champagne on ice | Archive-
• Reel vs. Real:
"The Express"
• Weinreb: Can romanticism survive branding?
• Tony Parker looks buff
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Contests and Special Sections
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The Battle of the Bands and the Quest for the Crystal!
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in on DVD Oct. 14! Vote for the best college marching band performance of the Indiana Jones theme and win a trip to an ESPN Bowl Game or the Indiana Jones DVD set signed by Harrison Ford!
Pontiac Game Changing Performance
Pontiac wants you to decide which school wins the weekly Pontiac Game Changing Performance and a $5,000 contribution to its general scholarship fund. At the end of the season you'll decide who will win the Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year and $100,000.





