This Week's SI

For all the talk surrounding concussions and their life-altering trauma to former football players, Melissa Segura explores the pivotal other side of the discussion: How do the spouses of the afflicted players cope when their husbands' health begins failing? Segura profiles former Super Bowl champion quarterback Jim McMahon and his girlfriend, Laurie Navon, who must constantly remind McMahon that they are a couple. (To become a subscriber to SI or to give a gift subscription, click on the related link at the bottom of the page or go to SI.com/magazine. Print subscribers can access SI editions on the iPad and other tablets, smartphones)