Lineup

Departments

4 SI Digital

6 Leading Off

16 Inbox

19 Scorecard

32 Faces in The Crowd

80 Point After

Greg Bishop: Getting in touch with myself

Features

NBA FINALS

34 Cavs-Warriors III

Not everyone thinks the rivals' dominance is good for the game

By Lee Jenkins

MLB

44 Trend Spotting

Two months in, we reveal what we've learned so far

By Joe Sheehan

LONGBALL

50 38,000 Cuts

How many swings would it take for a sportswriter to go deep?

By Michael McKnight

STANLEY CUP FINALS

62 Penguins-Predators

Nashville's defensemen will battle Pittsburgh's supercenters for it all

By Alex Prewitt

IN MEMORIAM

68 Frank Deford (1938--2017)

In 2010, one of SI's most prolific storytellers told one about himself

COVER PHOTOGRAPHS BY

Greg Nelson

October 07, 2019