Ivan Maisel

Baseball reporters Bruce Anderson and Ivan Maisel came to us from the same farm club, Stanford University (which also sent us Associate Writer Sarah Pileggi and Writer-Reporter Jill Lieber).

This is the third straight preview in which SI has ranked the 26 major league teams from top to bottom, regardless of league or division. We may be the only publication doing it this way, but "last year we correctly...

In football, defensive coordinators answer the need for more coverage by inserting one or more extra backs. When one defensive back is added, the alignment is known as a nickel package; when two are added, it's a...

In what other sport do two teams share the national championship?—JEFF DOYLE, Rochester Hills, Mich.

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