August 31, 2015 Table Of Contents
SI NOW
By WITH HOST Maggie Gray
GOLF PLUS
THE HEADLINER IS SOME GUY NAMED SPIETH, AND WITH YOUNG GUNS SUCH AS JUSTIN THOMAS, THE CLASS OF 2011 MIGHT GIVE THE PGA TOUR ITS MOST CELEBRATED CAST IN DECADES
INBOX
U.S. OPEN
For Serena Williams to lose her bid for the calendar-year Grand Slam, another player would have to step up and beat her, something that hasn't happened at a major in more than 14 months. While there will be 127 potential candidates for the role of vanquisher, there are few obvious choices. Serena has no rival—no Nadal to her Federer—nor has any one colleague played the burr in her saddle and vexed her. Still, before the making of the U.S. Open draw, here are five potential spoilers.
PRO FOOTBALL
It's going to be one wild ride for Jimmy Garoppolo. He isn't the first quarterback from Eastern Illinois playing for big stakes (Tony Romo), but there's a reason—a bunch of them—that Bill Belichick drafted him higher than he has any other QB since he came to New England
By Greg A. Bedard
BASEBALL
By Rich Cohen
By Joe Sheehan
PRO BASKETBALL
The Incredible Journey of SETH CURRY
By Lee Jenkins
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By Albert Chen
KATRINA: 10 YEARS AFTER
By Tim Layden
By Dan Greene
By Joan Niesen
POINT AFTER
Departments
A Pro Bowl tight end reveals what causes the training camp skirmishes that have been so common this summer
By GREG OLSEN
A case of jumbled priorities at Baylor
By Emma Span
Usain Bolt outsprinted Justin Gatlin in Beijing, but the sport still has a crisis to run down
By Tim Layden
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Interview by Dan Patrick
The Case for ... Chase in Cooperstown
By Jay Jaffe