October 27, 2014 Table Of Contents
GOLF PLUS
Try as it might to fix Team USA's Ryder Cup woes, the PGA of America got it all wrong by empaneling an 11-member task force. Here's the simple solution: Scrap the marketing hype, and go back to treating the event as what it is
INBOX
WORLD SERIES
WORLD SERIES THE SMALL CLASSIC
By Tom Verducci
By Ben Reiter
PRO FOOTBALL
NBA PREVIEW 2014--15
LEBRON JAMES WILL GET HIS POINTS AND MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER MVP, BUT HOW FAR CLEVELAND GOES WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH BETTER HE MAKES HIS TEAMMATES—ESPECIALLY HIS NEW WINGMEN, KEVIN LOVE AND KYRIE IRVING
By Lee Jenkins
WITH HIS VERSATILITY ON OFFENSE AND INVIOLABILITY ON D, SMALL FORWARD KAWHI LEONARD—A FINALS MVP AT 23—IS POISED TO PICK UP THE MANTLE FROM THE SPURS' BIG THREE. JUST DON'T EXPECT HIM TO TALK ABOUT IT
By Chris Mannix
By Chris Mannix
SI's ENTERTAINMENT VALUE RANKINGS
By Ben Golliver
By PREDICTION BY Chris Mannix
By Chris Mannix
By Chris Mannix
By Phil Taylor
By Ben Golliver
By Ben Golliver
By Ben Golliver
By Chris Mannix
By Chris Mannix
By Chris Mannix
By Ben Golliver
By Ben Golliver
By Chris Mannix
By Chris Mannix
By Ben Golliver
By Chris Mannix
By Rob Mahoney
By Ben Golliver
By Chris Mannix
By Rob Mahoney
By Rob Mahoney
By Ben Golliver
By Rob Mahoney
By Rob Mahoney
By Ben Golliver
By Rob Mahoney
By Rob Mahoney
By Rob Mahoney
By Rob Mahoney
By Ben Golliver
By Rob Mahoney
THE SABONISES
INTERNATIONAL RECRUITING IS COMPLICATED, SURE. GONZAGA COACHES HAD TO TRAVEL TO SPAIN AND TURKEY TO SIGN 6'10" FRESHMAN FORWARD DOMANTAS SABONIS. BUT THAT WAS NOTHING COMPARED WITH THE LENGTHS LSU COACH DALE BROWN WENT TO IN 1986, WHEN HE TRIED TO LURE DOMANTAS'S FATHER, ARVYDAS, FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN TO BATON ROUGE
By Luke Winn
POINT AFTER
Departments
By Andy Staples
As the crowd of 80,000 roars for the Sooners on Saturday, the Oklahoma students at the library—all four of them—find schoolwork more engrossing
By Greg Bishop
What the signatures of the last two NBA commissioners tells us about who they really are
How doctors and dietitians keep NBA players performing at sky-high levels
Edited By Alexandra Fenwick
By Interview by Dan Patrick
The Clippers' new owner is a far cry from his predecessor—which is just what the franchise and the league needed. He opens up about his big plans for his first NBA season
By Lee Jenkins