This Week's SI

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SI Staff
Publish date:
Sep 12, 2012

This Week's SI

September 3, 2012 Issue

Perennially one of SI's top-selling issues, the NFL preview hits newstands this week with the two regional covers featuring Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots (pictured) and the Detroit Lions duo of Matt Stafford and Calvin Johnson (next frame). Here's a gallery rundown of some of the special features and interesting tidbits print and tablet subscribers will find in this week's issue. ( To become a subscriber or to give a gift subscription, click on the related link at the bottom of the page or go to SI.com/magazine. )

September 3, 2012 Issue

Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson, the most prolific quarterback-receiver combination in football, have lifted the Lions -- and are ready to shake up the record book, too. Read Michael Rosenberg's enthralling cover story, Megatron and Mega-Arm, in this week's SI.

September 3, 2012 Issue

He spits teeth, yanks down quarterbacks one-handed and, at 32, has emerged as a dominant football force through intense workouts, painstaking study and sheer will. San Francisco's Justin Smith is everything a defender should be, writes Jim Trotter in American Badass.

September 3, 2012 Issue

With the NFL season upon us, SI's Game Day 2012 insert in this week's issue describes how to have the best time at each of the 32 NFL stadiums.

September 3, 2012 Issue

An aerial explosion -- multiple 5,000-yard passers in one season! -- is forcing us to rewrite the record book and rethink what's possible. Peter King analyzes the trend in The Sky's the Limit and makes his case for 10 quarterbacks who have the best shot at throwing for 6,000 yards in a single season.

September 3, 2012 Issue

In addition to the 68 pages of NFL scouting reports, complete with team schedules and projected starting lineups, SI spotlights one key player for each team in this week's issue, including Eric Decker of the Broncos and Randy Moss of the 49ers.

September 3, 2012 Issue

What should you make of the Jacksonville Jaguars agreeing to play a home game in London for four consecutive years. SI's Phil Taylor expounds on the subject in the ever-popular magazine staple, The Point After.

September 3, 2012 Issue

SI asked its Facebook and Google Plus users over the weekend for their opinions regarding Lance Armstrong. More than 1,000 replied to the questions of Do you believe Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs and Do you care if Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs. See the results in this week's issue of SI.

September 3, 2012 Issue

What have U.S. Olympians been doing since the London Games closed? SI put its team of researchers on the case and came up with some interesting tidbits. Check out this week's issue to learn which seven have thrown out a ceremonial first pitch, as Gabby Douglas did at a Mets game, and which lucky medal winner is getting free burgers for life.