August 5, 2013 Table Of Contents
SI.com
LEADING OFF
THE MAIL
EDITOR'S LETTER
JOHNNY MANZIEL
JOHNNY MANZIEL IS LEARNING THAT BEING JOHNNY FOOTBALL IS A 24/7 GIG WITH MANY PERKS BUT A FEW PITFALLS TOO. THE ONE HE KEEPS TRIPPING ON IS ACCEPTING THAT EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED
By Andy Staples
THEMMQB.COM
AS NFL TRAINING CAMPS OPEN, PLAYERS WITH JUST THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF SPEED, TOUGHNESS AND DESPERATION ARE TRYING TO LAND A SPECIAL TEAMS JOB THAT'S FRIGHTFULLY LOW ON JOB SECURITY
The Start of Something Special
To get a foothold in the NFL, these standouts first had to return kicks or bust wedges
By Vidur Malik
THE GRAHAM BROTHERS
By Luke Winn
BRONSON ARROYO
HE WAS ONCE THE UNLIKELIEST OF IDIOTS IN A BAND OF HEROES THAT MADE HISTORY. NEARLY A DECADE LATER, BRONSON ARROYO IS STILL STANDING, STILL CHILLING TO HIS OWN BEAT, STILL ONE OF THE GAME'S MOST DEPENDABLE INNINGS-EATERS
By Ben Reiter
LAST DAYS OF A-ROD
As Alex Rodriguez prepares for yet another humiliation, this one a possible career-ender, it's worth remembering him as you may have forgotten him: the greatest prospect any scout had ever seen who met the promise of his gifts, a tireless worker and learner with as sublime a baseball IQ as there was. So, how could he be so ... dumb?
By S.L. Price
POINT AFTER
By Inbee Park
Departments
A Ridiculously Short Oral History of ... Chicago's Ridiculous Shorts
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Interview by Dan Patrick
The Case for ... Adrian Beltre
By Ben Reiter