
Lineup
BASEBALL
30 Derek Jeter
What has changed in the game (lots) and in himself (little) over two decades in the New York glare
By Tom Verducci
How Jeter stymied the tabloids
By Alan Siegel
Features
PRO FOOTBALL
44 State of the Game
Concussions and controversies leave very little to celebrate
By Tim Layden
• SI'S NFL FAN POLL RESULTS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
50 Gunner Kiel
It took the Cincinnati QB three years and four teams to get his first college start
By Pete Thamel
PRO BASKETBALL
56 Erik Spoelstra
The fear of failure that drives the Miami coach will help the Heat survive the loss of LeBron
By Lee Jenkins
Departments
2 SI Digital
4 Inbox
6 Leading Off
14 Scorecard
24 Faces in The Crowd
26 Just My Type
Dan Patrick: The NFL can be crazier than Hollywood, says Don Cheadle
64 Point After
Michael Rosenberg: In the Ryder Cup, un-united we fall
ON THE COVER: TIM CLAYTON
PHOTO
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