February 2, 2015 Table Of Contents
SI NOW
By WITH HOST Maggie Gray
INBOX
SUPER BOWL XLIX PREVIEW
Player discipline, comparisons with the '85 Bears, the trouble with Roger Goodell.... As the Seahawks line up for another run at the Lombardi Trophy, and on the same week that the commissioner gives his annual pre--Super Bowl address, the leader of the NFL's most fearsome secondary offers his own take on the state of the game
A MATCHUP OF TWO NO. 1 SEEDS HAS ODDSMAKERS STUMPED AND PUNDITS ON THE FENCE. HAWKS OR PATS? CONSIDER THREE ARGUMENTS FOR EACH TEAM.... AND FOR SI'S PICK, TURN THE PAGE
By Andy Benoit
Our expert knows Russell Wilson can win a game by himself—it just won't be Super Bowl XLIX. Not against this New England D
By Andy Benoit
All this debate about ball tinkering? It's over-inflated, says SI's under-the-center expert
DEFLATEGATE SOUNDS BIZARRE, BUT IT'S PART OF A HALLOWED SUPER BOWL WEEK TRADITION: THE FOOTBALL-FOCUS-SAPPING DISTRACTION
By Ben Baskin
SPORTS BUSINESS
EVERY SUNDAY IS SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
By Albert Chen
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
The mantra from his Montana boyhood has enabled coach Larry Krystkowiak to persevere over the past four seasons, as he's worked to take Utah basketball from historically bad to Final Four good
By Luke Winn
PRO BASKETBALL
MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST HAS BEEN SCOUTED SINCE HE WAS SEVEN, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THINGS HAVE COME EASY FOR THE HORNETS' FORWARD. STEP BY STEP, HE HAS REBUILT BOTH HIS SHOT—AND HIS VOICE
By Lee Jenkins
Ernie Banks
ERNIE BANKS 1931--2015 Ode to Joy
By Rich Cohen
POINT AFTER
By Seth Davis
Departments
Deflategate is more than just a Super nuisance. It's another black mark against a coach and a franchise whose legacy has been tarnished by scandal
By Tim Layden
As the Deflatenado spins on, laying waste to Super Bowl week, it's instructive to remember that football isn't the only sport in which shenanigans with the ball—pulled off by players, coaches or governing bodies—have caused problems.
Edited By Alexandra Fenwick
By Interview by Dan Patrick
The Case for ... Being Awesome
By Joe Sheehan
