December 7, 2015 Table Of Contents

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SI NOW

SI NOW

By WITH HOST Maggie Gray

INBOX

INBOX

LEBRON JAMES

LEBRON'S TIME

The shorthanded Cavaliers have the best record in the East, but that hasn't impressed their best player. No, King James won't be satisfied until he's won what the Warriors took from him in June. The clock is ticking, and the kid gloves are off

By Lee Jenkins

BACKUP QBS

WHAT WOULD CLIPBOARD JESUS* DO?

IT'S SOMETHING EVERY COACH IN THE LEAGUE HAS WONDERED ABOUT HIS BACKUP QB, EYEING THE INEVITABLE DAY WHEN THE STARTER GOES DOWN. HERE'S TO THE HARDEST-WATCHING MEN IN FOOTBALL

By Austin Murphy

RANKING THE 25 BACKUPS WHO'VE THROWN PASSES IN 2015

By Ben Baskin

HOCKEY +

3 (ON 3) IS THE MAGIC NUMBER

By ALEX PREWITT

NFL

PASSES ON KICKOFF RETURNS

By Mark Mravic

NBA

SAY GOODBYE, CYLINDER

By Ben Golliver

MLS

X-OUT PENALTY KICKS

By Grant Wahl

MLB

NO MORE ONE-BATTER RELIEVERS

By Ben Reiter

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

PITCH PERFECT

By Ben Reiter

JASON WITTEN

IT WOULD HURT MORE NOT TO PLAY

By S.L. Price

POINT AFTER

Mamba, Out

By Lee Jenkins

Departments

Leading Off

Auspicious Aussie

LSU freshman Ben Simmons is already lighting it up, but a breakdown of the wonder from Down Under shows how he could be even better

By Luke Winn

GO FIGURE

HOT | NOT

FACES IN THE CROWD

Edited by Alexandra Fenwick

Klitsch-KO'd?

By Chris Mannix

JUST MY TYPE

By Interview by Dan Patrick

The Case for ... Simone Biles

By Phil Taylor