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Standing up standing tall standing out: for their inspired--and inspiring--efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Deuce McAllister, Peyton Manning and Chris Duhon share the No.1 spot on SN's annual list of Good Guys in pro sports.(GOOD GUYS)(Cover story)

The Sporting News

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IT IS NEAR THE END of a troubling few hours for Deuce McAllister, who has been serving as a guide through some of the most damaged areas of New Orleans. Already, he has driven through the Lakeview District, where water-ravaged $1 million brick homes sit unoccupied, many with huge chunks of their foundations ripped off. He has gone past mile after mile of abandoned houses still showing markings on their front doors as an indication of how many dead have been found inside, and he has seen, piled on ground beneath downtown overpasses, cars crushed as if they were the objects of a monster truck event. But even all that has not prepared him for this.

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