
Lineup
FEATURES
WORLD SERIES
28 Astros vs. Dodgers
A new brand of baseball marks a chaotic clash of superteams
By Tom Verducci
NFL
36 Iron Man Down
The league won't mourn the end of my career-starts streak
By Joe Thomas
2017--18 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW
40 Miles Bridges
Why did the Spartans star come back to MSU?
By Michael Rosenberg
50 Inside the Rankings
The methodology behind SI's projection system
By Dan Hanner
54 Scouting Reports
Taking a closer look at the top 10 for 2017--18, starting with No. 1 Arizona
64 Morgan William
Her giant-killing shot last March still looms large
By Dan Greene
70 Hidden World
A shadowy bookie and the 1951 point-shaving scandal
By William F. Reed
DEPARTMENTS
6 SI Digital
8 Leading Off
14 Inbox
16 Scorecard
26 Faces in The Crowd
76 Point After
L. Jon Wertheim: The UFC's Georges St-Pierre fights on