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Features

COLLEGE SPORTS

22 Comp and Circumstance

Everyone knows the NCAA is broken. Here's how to fix it

By Andy Staples

•PITINO'S LEGACY

By Tim Layden

•A SCANDAL EXPLAINED

By Michael McCann

MLB POSTSEASON

28 Pair of Aces

The Nationals have two No. 1 starters—and if the team is finally going to advance in the postseason, both will be key

By Stephanie Apstein

NFL

34 Trevor Siemian

The Broncos' QB has the calm and the smarts to impress his predecessor, Peyton Manning. That can earn you respect—and wins

By Robert Klemko

NHL PREVIEW

38 Auston Matthews

The 20-year-old center is charged with delivering Lord Stanley's Cup to Toronto for the first time in 50 years. No pressure, kid

By Alex Prewitt

BONUS

46 A Football Town

Renewing team bonds decades later, and finding the spirit of a sport in a town where everything and nothing has changed

By Tim Layden

Departments

4 SI Digital

6 Leading Off

12 Inbox

14 Scorecard

21 Faces in The Crowd

56 Point After

J.J. Barea: The pain, peril and chaos in my native Puerto Rico

On the Cover: Illustration by Sinelab