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BASEBALL
48 Bigger Gets Smaller
Steroid testing plus good young arms equals the return of small ball
by Tom Verducci
THE PREAKNESS
54 A Trip to Remember
Jeremy Rose survived a near-disastrous stumble aboard Afleet Alex to win at Pimlico
by Tim Layden
NBA PLAYOFFS
58 Red Hot for the Heat
In leading Miami to the East finals, Dwyane Wade joined the ranks of the NBA's elite
by Ian Thomsen
SOCCER
62 His Game Looks Cool
The world's top clubs--and young African-Americans-- love MLS's Eddie Johnson
by Grant Wahl
66
POKER
Online and Obsessed
Some college players use high-level stats and game theory to make a fortune on Internet poker. Not all their peers fare so well
by Daniel G. Habib
Departments
4 Leading Off
10 Catching Up With ...
13 Letters
17 Air and Space
Like imminent death, scoring concentrates the mind. Too bad its death is imminent by Steve Rushin
18 Scorecard
• Man U fans united against owner
• Prefontaine mourned 30 years on
• Little League girl notches 18 K's
31 Faces in the Crowd
39 Players
90 The Life of Reilly
Does it come in pop-top cans? A NASCAR owner is making ... wine by Rick Reilly
Inside ...
83 Baseball
• Padres figure out home park
87 The WNBA
• Holdsclaw happier in L.A.
88 The NFL
• Minnesota's strange off-season
Cover
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CHUCK SOLOMON
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JOHN W. MCDONOUGH;
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
The Spurs' Tim Duncan beats the Suns' Steven Hunter to a rebound (page 58).
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PETER GREGOIRE (POKER)