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February 8, 2016 Table Of Contents

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JARROD UTHOFF

REELING IN THE WINS

By Brian Hamilton

Super Bowl 50 The Preview BRONCOS VS. PANTHERS

The Borrowers

For all the talk about Cam Newton's breaking the mold and reinventing the QB position, remember this: The Panthers' offense is built around plays that reflect Super Bowl winners dating all the way to the beginning

By Greg A. Bedard

Super Bowl 50 The Commercials

George Orwell, Budway Joe and Ling Ling the Impolitic Panda

By Chris Nashawaty

Super Bowl 50 The Untold Stories

Print the Legend

Every football fan knows the tale of Max McGee's hungover heroics in Super Bowl I. But there was much more to the man than one epic day (and night). McGee embraced that story, but he never let it define him

By Tim Layden

THE QB BEAUTY MYTH

Handsome is as Handsome Does

We assume the best-looking football players are quarterbacks. (Just look at the actors who portray them.) But is it really so? You can run the numbers on this ... And guess what, pretty boys?

By L. Jon Wertheim

POINT AFTER

Megagone?

By Michael Rosenberg

Departments

SI.COM

Leading Off

Four SI writers pick their favorite Super Bowl images and share what they love about them

The Age of Old

Many stars in the autumn of their athletic lives are enjoying a winter of great contentment

By Jacob Feldman

One Direction

Novak Djokovic tops the world—again

By L. Jon Wertheim

Teed Up

HOT | NOT

FACES IN THE CROWD

Edited By Alexandra Fenwick

The Final Run

By Shannon Lane

JUST MY TYPE

By Interview by Dan Patrick