October 5, 2015 Table Of Contents
GOLF PLUS
The Case for ... The First Tee Open
EDITOR'S LETTER
INBOX
THE COMEBACK
BASEBALL
By Tom Verducci
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By Albert Chen
By Thayer Evans
NHL PREVIEW
After six embattled seasons in Toronto, Phil Kessel could prove that one team's castoff may be a superstar center's long-awaited answer
By JEREMY FUCHS
The Islanders will christen their new barn in style—with a trip to the Stanley Cup finals
By Sam Page
Last year's runners-up in the West, the Ducks, SI's pick to lift the Stanley Cup, will be second to none
By Allan Muir
ALI
The greatest is still an inspirational force: In the way his mere presence can move people to tears, in his brave fight against Parkinson's, and in the annual SI award that will bear his name
By Tim Layden
POINT AFTER
By CHRIS NILAN
Departments
By Tom Verducci
With his stellar 2015 season, 22-year-old Jordan Spieth has vaulted to the top of the sports world and inherited the mantle of world's best golfer
The fat lady sings about an Oilers icon
By Mark Bechtel
Yogi Berra had the coolest nonhuman namesake among athletes, but not the only one
By Interview by Dan Patrick
The Case for ... Three-on-Three Overtime
By SARAH BARSHOP
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick