April 17, 2017 Table Of Contents
INBOX
2017 NFL DRAFT PREVIEW
By Pete Thamel
By Andy Staples
By Andy Benoit
WHAT IF?
By Lee Jenkins
WHAT IF? ... A JOURNEYMAN QB'S DESPERATE PASS HADN'T SHAPED THE 2004 NFL DRAFT?
By Dan Greene
WHAT IF? ... THESE FOUR PIVOTAL DRAFT MOMENTS HAD HAPPENED DIFFERENTLY?
WHAT IF? ... GEORGE HALAS—AND THE NFL—HAD SUNK IN LAKE MICHIGAN?
By Kalyn Kahler
WHAT IF? ... THESE FIVE CAREERS HADN'T BEEN ALTERED BY INJURY?
WHAT IF? ... THE PLAYERS' UNION HADN'T REJECTED A-ROD'S 2003 TRADE TO THE RED SOX?
By CHARLES P. PIERCE
By Grant Wahl
WHAT IF? ... BABE RUTH HAD BEEN DEALT TO THE WHITE SOX—GASP!—INSTEAD OF TO THE YANKEES?
By Dan Greene
By Tim Layden
WHAT IF? ... WAYNE GRETZKY HADN'T SKATED OUT WEST?
By JEREMY FUCHS
By Jack Dickey
WHAT IF? ... MICHAEL JORDAN HAD NEVER BAGGED IT?
By Ted Keith
WHAT IF? ... MUHAMMAD ALI HAD NEVER MET MALCOLM X?
By Mark Bechtel
THE BALLAD OF A BIG CAT AND A GATOR
WHAT IF? ... ONE PRESIDENT'S PROGENY HADN'T ALTERED FOOTBALL FOREVER?
By JEREMY FUCHS
WHAT IF? ... THESE FIVE FAILED FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS HAD BEEN GOOD?
WHAT IF? ... WALTON AND ODEN AND ROY HAD STAYED HEALTHY? (DON'T EVEN START ON MJ)
By Ben Golliver
By Grant Wahl
WHAT IF? ... THESE FOUR ENTIRELY REALISTIC TRADES HAD GONE DOWN?
81ST MASTERS
NBA 2017 PLAYOFF PREVIEW
By Lee Jenkins
NHL 2017 PLAYOFF PREVIEW
THE STATE OF HOCKEY, AKA MINNESOTA, HAS NEVER WON A STANLEY CUP, BUT WITH A FIERY COACH, A RESILIENT CORE AND SOME HOMEGROWN STARS, THE WILD ARE GIVING THEIR LOYAL FANS HOPE
By ALEX PREWITT
By ALEX PREWITT
By CHARLES P. PIERCE
SI TRUE CRIME SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. SPORTS INVESTIGATED.
THE GREAT SUPER BOWL JERSEY CAPER
GAZELLES RALLY
POINT AFTER
By DAN HURLEY
Departments
Unlike movie sequels, championship rematches are often better than the original, because they build on what has come before
By WILL LEITCH
A new movie inspires a look at father-son golfers
MS hits the NHL
By Alex Prewitt
American Voices Meghan Klingenberg
By Grant Wahl
So you wanna run ...
By Bette Marston
By JEREMY FUCHS
The Case for ... Fewer Cowboys
By Jim Gorant