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SI NOW

SI NOW

By WITH HOST Maggie Gray

INBOX

INBOX

WORLD SERIES

CROWNING MOMENT

FOR THREE DECADES THE ROYALS WANDERED IN THE BASEBALL DESERT, LOSING MORE GAMES THAN ANY OTHER CLUB. THE DROUGHT IS OVER, THE RESULT OF A NEW MODEL FOR HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED, THOUGH ONE THAT IS NOT EASILY REPLICATED

By Tom Verducci

MARKET MEN

By Ben Reiter

NCAA PREVIEW

Scouting Reports

1 | NORTH CAROLINA

By Seth Davis

2 | KANSAS

By Brian Hamilton

3 | KENTUCKY

By David Gardner

4 | DUKE

By Brian Hamilton

5 | MARYLAND

By Brian Hamilton

6 | VIRGINIA

By Dan Greene

7 | WICHITA STATE

By Luke Winn

8 | VILLANOVA

By Ben Baskin

9 | GONZAGA

By Lindsay Schnell

10 | IOWA STATE

By David Gardner

11 | ARIZONA

By Pete Thamel

12 | OKLAHOMA

By Dan Greene

13 | CALIFORNIA

By Pete Thamel

14 | INDIANA

By Brian Hamilton

15 | MICHIGAN STATE

By Seth Davis

16 | UTAH

By Lindsay Schnell

17 | SMU

By Seth Davis

18 | GEORGETOWN

By Ben Baskin

19 | UCONN

By Seth Davis

20 | TEXAS

By Thayer Evans

Scouting Reports

1 | UCONN

By Richard Deitsch

2 | NOTRE DAME

By Richard Deitsch

3 | TENNESSEE

By Lindsay Schnell

4 | SOUTH CAROLINA

By Lindsay Schnell

5 | BAYLOR

By Richard Deitsch

SI's All-Americas

MEN'S

INSIDE THE RANKINGS

EXPLAINING SI'S METHODOLOGY—AND WHAT THE DATA SHOWS

By Luke Winn

THE SECOND TIER: Players of the Year

PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

COMPILED BY Luke Winn

FRED VANVLEET

Urban Legend

By Luke Winn

POINT AFTER

Flawless Finish

By Tim Layden

Departments

Leading Off

Nothing to Lose

In the NFL you can't win 'em all—usually—and this season's crop of unbeatens might want to remember that you're better off if you don't

By Michael Rosenberg

Standing Pats

Outside New England it's easy come, easy go

Dez Bryant's Wild Week

Ad Age

Commercial Appeal

HOT | NOT

FACES IN THE CROWD

Edited by Alexandra Fenwick

Up the Wall

JUST MY TYPE

By Interview by Dan Patrick

The Case for ... Carli Lloyd

By Grant Wahl