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

PHOTOGRAPH BY WALTER IOOSS JR. FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED