August 11, 2014 Table Of Contents
INBOX
EDITOR'S LETTER
PRO BASKETBALL
60 ANNIVERSARY
The sports landscape, like society, has changed immensely in the six decades since SI first hit newsstands. But in many ways we're back where we began. Vin Scully is still baseball's poet laureate. When Jay Z sits courtside at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn again feels like the center of the universe. And we stare at smartphones the same way we once listened to transistor radios: immersed in our fandom. Sixty years on, the game remains the same
By Steve Rushin
THE THRILL OF VICTORY, THE AGONY OF FROGS' FEET
HEY, YOU TRY TO GO 60 YEARS WITHOUT REPEATING YOURSELF
How Lance pulled one over on us
INFLATED BODIES, DEFLATED REPS
If only we knew then what we know now. Here, some prominent dopers whose feats we once celebrated
SI staffers past and present share their most painful egg-on-the-face moments
Deserving stars who somehow have never made it onto an SI cover
Belated apologies to the fans of six notably triumphant teams who were snubbed from our cover
A quick roundup of regrettable moments
POINT AFTER
Departments
A series of bold moves by the A's and the Tigers stoked rumors of a rivalry, but the (god)fathers of the deals swear it's not personal, just business
By Ben Reiter
The neuroscience of bringing X's and O's to life
By Dan Treadway
By Phil Taylor
Sometimes a game-day promotion doesn't quite pan out
Kevin Durant goes strong to the fridge
Edited By Alexandra Fenwick
By Interview by Dan Patrick