December 12, 2016 Table Of Contents
INBOX
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PREVIEW
THE PLAYOFF IS APPROACHING QUICKLY, BUT 20 PAGES OF PREVIEW AND PROGNOSTICATION WILL GET EVERYONE SET FOR THE GAMES
NOT SO LONG AGO, THE BIG TEN LANGUISHED FAR BEHIND THE SEC. BUT NOW, THANKS TO INCREASED REVENUE, DEEPER RECRUITING AND A ROSTER OF HOMEGROWN COACHES, THE HISTORIC CONFERENCE LINES UP AS THE BEST IN THE LAND
By Andy Staples
By Pete Thamel
HOW HAS ALABAMA, WINNER OF THREE OF THE LAST FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, STAYED ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE GAME? BY SEEKING OUT SPEEDIER AND MORE VERSATILE RECRUITS AND BY RELENTLESSLY REVISING ITS SCHEMES
By Andy Staples
ONE OF THE LEAST SUSPENSEFUL BUT MORE SURPRISING HEISMAN RACES OF RECENT SEASONS BREAKS ALONG THE TREND LINES
By CHRIS JOHNSON
2007 FIESTA BOWL
Mike McCarthy
MONDAYS
By Greg Bishop
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
By Seth Davis
BUILDING Vegas
With Sin City set to welcome its first major league franchise, SI goes behind the scenes to document the building of an NHL team from the desert sand up
By ALEX PREWITT
JAYSON WILLIAMS
NBA
By Ben Golliver
MONEY IN SPORTS
The Revolution [Will Not Be Televised]
As the old media model that created sports' bull market crumbles, the way games are broadcast and consumed is changing radically—à la carte! Microbets! Virtual reality!—while rights-holders brace for the ultimate reckoning
POINT AFTER
Departments
Athletes are having success at the bargaining table. Is there a lesson there for organized labor at large?
The soccer world unites after tragedy
By Avi Creditor
A onetime NBA prospect will finally take his shot at pro ball
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Interview by Dan Patrick
The NFL's crowded MVP race
By Jonathan Jones