ESPN The Magazine‘s “One Day, One Game” Issue on Newsstands Today

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The latest issue of ESPN The Magazine -- on newsstands today -- captures an NFL game day from 360˚. While most of fans’ attention is on the three hours of the game itself, this issue dedicates its focus to the other 165 hours of what goes into making these three worthy of our undivided attention. When the Pittsburgh Steelers visited the Houston Texans on October 2, another two dozen writers and photographers from The Mag descended on “Space City” to offer readers an unparalleled front row seat and view from within.

Features in “One Day, One Game” include spending time at home with Texans billionaire owner, Robert McNair, as he made his most crucial decision of the day, being in the tunnel with Ben Roethlisberger just before he sprinted onto the field, and following every move from start to finish of the Texans trainer as Andre Johnson collapsed in a heap midway through the second quarter.  From pre-game to post, ESPN The Magazine covered every person, place, and moment, encapsulating the day from all angles and perspectives.

One Day, One Game Features:

Best-Laid Plans
5 p.m. Monday. Six days ‘til kickoff. That’s when game plans look brilliant.  Then comes Sunday. By Seth Wickersham

The Pittsburgh We’re From Isn’t There Anymore
Life in a new city doesn’t always mean adopting a new team. By Wright Thompson

The Occupier
How Casey Hampton might make the Hall of Fame while averaging fewer than two tackles a game. By Tim Keown

Role Players
It takes more than 4,000 people to make a game happen at Reliant Stadium. Meet 20 of them.

Sunday Math
Every Sunday, at Reliant Stadium and at NFL venues across the country, it’s as if a medium-size city is created from scratch. This stadium snapshot documents how this happened on October 2.

Beyond One Day, One Game

• The Fix: The Mag’s new columnist, Chris Jones, documents how his career and the murder of ex-heavyweight champ Trevor Berbick are forever linked.
• College Football: How does the BCS feel about the Pac-12’s and Big Ten’s first conference championship games? Get ready to see records broken; Urban Meyer on Nebraska-Michigan.
• College Basketball: Between coaching the “Redeem Team” and catching Kyrie Irving, Coach K has Duke’s recruiting game back on track; The Turkey Day tournament games to look forward to.
• NFL: Pain meds are the only way Tony Romo got through Weeks 2 through 8 in the NFL and he isn’t the only one; also, a look at the midseason pretenders and contenders; Some advice on slowing down the league’s best offenses.
• MLB: In baseball’s free agent classification system, being good can hurt your chances of finding a new team; five guys going south for winter ball.
• NHL: Thanks to determination, talent and 10 seasons of Friends, Colorado Avalanche phenom Gabriel Landeskog is adjusting just fine to life in the NHL and North America.

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