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Features
HIGH SCHOOL
28 Gatorade Athletes of The Year
An Olympic hurdler and a pitching phenom are this year's best and brightest
By Dan Greene and Stephanie Apstein
MLB
36 The Rockies
What's the key to pitching at altitude? Forget the gimmicks. It might be accepting that surviving is thriving
By Albert Chen
NFL
44 Brent & Miko Grimes
The Buccaneers cornerback and his biggest fan—his social-media-savvy wife—make quite a team
By Jack Dickey
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
50 Bol Bol
His late father was once the NBA's tallest player. At 17, the 7'3" center calls to mind the legendary Manute—but he has much more talent
By Luke Winn
TRACK & FIELD
54 Gabriele Grunewald
The elite middle-distance runner has used her grit and her kick to battle an insidious opponent: cancer
By Tim Layden
Departments
6 SI Digital
8 Leading Off
14 Inbox
16 Editors' Letter
18 Scorecard
26 Faces in The Crowd
64 Point After
Michael Rosenberg: Imagining Dan Gilbert's next letter
On the Cover: John W. McDonough (Gore); Michael J. Le Brecht II (McLaughlin)
