Lineup

Features

SOCCER

28 Neymar

A year out from World Cup 2018, is Brazil's star ready for his inevitable rise?

By Brian Straus

MLB

38 George Springer

From the back of the classroom to the Astros' leading man

By Tom Verducci

NFL

44 Martavis Bryant

The wideout can make the Steelers' offense nearly unstoppable ... or completely wreck their title hopes

By Jacob Feldman

45TH PRESIDENT

48 The First Golfer

Donald Trump's job is complicating his relationship to his beloved game

By Alan Shipnuck, with special reporting by Michael Bamberger, Ben Baskin and Pete Madden

BONUS

60 Hideki Irabu

The pitcher hoped to find glory in pinstripes. He got heartache instead

By Ben Reiter

Departments

4 SI Digital

6 Leading Off

12 Inbox

15 Scorecard

20 Faces in The Crowd

68 Point After

Charles P. Pierce: This is your brain on football

ON THE COVER:

Photo Illustration by SI Premedia; Neymar photographed wearing Nike Mercurial Vapor "Written in the Stars, Neymar Jr." Edition