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Raiders Redux: Just Winning, Baby

By Jim Trotter P. 50

The Genius of Sparky Anderson

By Joe Posnanski P. 16

WHAT A CONCEPT

PLAYOFF

HOW (AND WHY) THE BCS IS BLOCKING WHAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEEDS P. 42

By Austin Murphy and Dan Wetzel

TCU's Andy Dalton, Auburn's Cam Newton, Oregon's LaMichael James: Three into two won't go

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

ON THE COVER Photographs by (left to right) Peter Read Miller; Bob Rosato; Jed Jacobsohn; photo illustration by SI Imaging

October 07, 2019