Welcome to the Weekend Read. This week we examine the explosive rate home runs are being hit around baseball, revisit SI's very first cover and run through our favorite stories of the week. Enjoy.
Recommended Reading
• In honor of the 150th year of college football, we've put together 15 lists of the sport's greatest—everything from programs to pizza joints to individual performances.
• These are the 20 NBA games we can't wait to see once the season tips off in October. (By Rob Mahoney)
• Walker Buehler has the arm, arsenal and attitude to merit comparison to the greatest Dodgers power pitcher of all.