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Lineup
Departments
2 SI Digital
4 Inbox
6 Leading Off
13 Scorecard
22 Faces in The Crowd
25 Just My Type
Dan Patrick: Browns QB Brian Hoyer on job security
64 Point After
Alexander Wolff: Putting our lives on pause for live sports
PRO FOOTBALL
32 The Cowboys' D
Dallas is 5--1—and tied for the NFC's best record—thanks to a suddenly (sort of) formidable unit
By Greg Bishop
BOOK EXCERPT
38 Parcells
The Hall of Fame coach discusses a betrayal that still fuels a rivalry
By Bill Parcells and Nunyo Demasio
BASEBALL
44 Bud Selig
The commissioner has no regrets about how he's changed the game
By Ben Reiter
• ALCS: Reign of Cain
• NLCS: The quiet ace
SPECIAL REPORT
52 Homeless Athletes
How do they survive—or even thrive? Often, it's with the help of sports
By L. Jon Wertheim and Ken Rodriguez
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
26 Notre Dame
The defense began the season with a new coordinator, a new system and two starters lost to an academic scandal. Now the blitz-happy, unbeaten Irish get a monster of a midterm
By Brian Hamilton
ON THE COVER: KEVIN C. COX/GETTY IMAGES (DAK PRESCOTT); SIMON BRUTY/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (ISAIAH LAMB)
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PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW HANCOCK FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
GOLDEN MOMENT A revamped defense has Notre Dame back in the national title picture.
