October 1, 2012 Table Of Contents
GOLF PLUS
By David Dusek
SI.com
LEADING OFF
THE MAIL
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
THE CASE FOR... American League MVP
Miguel Cabrera is without peer at the plate, but the award is about more than hitting. That's why the choice has to be Mike Trout
By Joe Sheehan
The preseason is all about predictions; the actual season is about those predictions getting turned upside down
SI went inside with the Jags' Maurice Jones-Drew, the league's consummate student of game film, as he readied for Week 3
By Jim Trotter
By Peter King
RAMSES BARDEN A Giant Among Giants
By David Sabino
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By Pete Thamel
PRO FOOTBALL
CHANGE THEY CAN BELIEVE IN
IT'S NOT AN EMPTY SLOGAN, BUT A REAL MESSAGE OF HOPE FROM THE BANKS OF THE POTOMAC TO THE INNER HARBOR: THE BELTWAY HAS BECOME THE LATEST SPORTS SUPERPOWER
By Seth Davis
ROBERT GRIFFIN III
ROBERT GRIFFIN III IS ALREADY THE UNQUESTIONED LEADER OF REDSKINS NATION. BUT LIKE SO MANY OTHER NEWCOMERS TO D.C., HE FACES MASSIVE EXPECTATIONS IN A JADED, HOPE-STARVED CITY
By S.L. Price
DAVEY JOHNSON
IT HAD BEEN A HEART-WRENCHING DECADE BETWEEN BIG LEAGUE JOBS FOR NATIONALS MANAGER DAVEY JOHNSON. BUT THE GAME HAD NOT PASSED BY A ROGUE GENIUS WHO STILL HAS ALL THE ANSWERS
By Tom Verducci
FEAR THE BIRD
BALTIMORE IS A SCARRED CITY, AND OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS ITS BASEBALL TEAM HAS OFFERED LITTLE EMOTIONAL SANCTUARY. THEN CAME THE 2012 ORIOLES, WHOSE RUN—BY ANY STANDARD, EMPIRICAL OR METAPHYSICAL—HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE
By David Simon
By Ben Reiter
POINT AFTER
By Phil Taylor
Departments
The Big Matter of Small Markets
A former owner says the NHL lockout is about more than management versus labor. It's also about the haves versus the have-nots
By Stu Siegel
Nearly sharing a name with Jerry Sandusky is no fun for the Ravens' play-by-play man
Remembering the innovator behind NFL Films
By Peter King
Twenty years after he portrayed the Bambino, actor John Goodman returns to baseball
By Albert Chen
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Dan Patrick