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The pros root every bit as hard as they play. These five jocks prove it.
The Mag: Kobe Bryant's A Soccer Fan
The cover boy for the issue is Kobe Bryant; while you probably knew Steve Nash was a soccer fan, you might not know that Kobe's a big FC Barcelona backer. But he's not the only pro who doubles as a superfan. Check out this photo gallery of athlete fans, which includes the likes of A.J. Pierzynski, Natalie Coughlin and Matt Kenseth.
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- Photo Gallery: Athletes as fans 2009
- LeBron and Cleveland have a beautiful thing going. But the city feels bound for heartbreak.
- The Mag's guide to jeering ... the right way
- College basketball's lesser-known rivalries
- A Steelers fan and a Cardinals fan on Conf. Championship Sunday
- Think working in sports is easy? Think again
- Inside the world of sports video collecting (INSIDER)
- Rick Reilly: Meet the luckiest fan in America
- Simmons: Rooting for the underrated is overrated, unless its for Manny or Durant
- SAS: Where would we be without the rabid fan?

- NCB: Teams, systems and players to watch
- Derrick Rose on what it means to rep Chicago
- The Mag: Fashion Forward
- Harvick embraces role as Earnhardt's heir
- The unlikely backstory of NASCAR's most promising new drivers
- The Mag: How to crash
- The Mag: Athletes' kids finding prep success
- Mag: Inside the NCAA's Eligibility Center
- The Mag: The top 20 recruiters
- The Mag: The stories behind Georgia State football
- The Mag: The journey of Alexi Ogando
- Roenigk: Mark Ingram is tough to bring down
- Mag: Singletary's reshaping of Niners
- Mag: The rise of the Blackhawks
- Olney: October baseball is amazing
- The Mag: Ron Artest on himself
- The Mag: Pros share the best advice they got
- Bergeron: A look at the side careers of eight athletes

- Player X: In praise of quiet, rich owners
- Mag: Packers are best franchise in sports
- Reilly: Rocco didn't beat Tiger, but you'd think he did
- Simmons: It's hard to say goodbye to David Ortiz
- Blowing $66,000 on a College World Series game ... yeah, that qualifies as a meltdown.
- Racing needs to find a way to let drivers attempt to win both Indy and in Charlotte on the same day.
- The Gamer: Mike Swick and Rampage Jackson are avid gamers
- Bill Curry brings Georgia State football to life.
- VIDEO: Kobe Bryant's two loves
- VIDEO: Superman Dwight -- stylin' and profilin'
- VIDEO: Ricky Rubio, on the verge of superstardom
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