
Lineup
Features
WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
26 The Astros
They are built to last—bad news for the rest of MLB
By Ben Reiter
NFL
34 Julius Peppers
Why you rarely hear a word from the Panthers' pass rusher
By Jonathan Jones
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
40 Wisconsin
No team is better at mining and developing in-state talent
By Joan Niesen
NBA
44 Blake Griffin
The Clippers' fate depends on their reluctant dunker
By Lee Jenkins
TRUE CRIME
52 Operation Stolen Base
How Cliff Panezich engineered an epic fraud
By Luke Winn
Departments
2 SI Digital
4 Inbox
6 Leading Off
15 Scorecard
24 Faces in The Crowd
60 Point After
Michael Rosenberg: Oksana Masters is up for any challenge