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AUGUST 28,2006
VOLUME 105, NO.8
FEATURES
GOLF
40 AllBusiness
A smart,disciplined Tiger Woods dissects Medinah to win the PGA Championship
by AlanShipnuck
PRO FOOTBALL
46 Kick Start
Mike Vanderjagtvows to keep his foot on the ball--and not in his mouth
by L. JonWertheim
BASEBALL
50 SeptemberSwoon?
Young arms havecarried the Tigers, but will they hold up down the stretch?
by TomVerducci
BONUS
High SchoolFootball Preview
• No. 1 Hoover(Ala.) High goes for a fifth straight state title
• SI's Top 20teams
• Players andgames to watch
• Who's No. 1 ineach state
• A Civil War: QBMike Paulus picks North Carolina; his brother is Duke's point guard
• The Top 10(college) backfield at Oaks Christian (Calif.)
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Departments
6 Leading Off
14 Letters
16Contributors
19 Air andSpace
Is a HumanitarianHall of Fame for jocks the sports equivalent of the Maytag repairman? by SteveRushin
20 Scorecard
• The miracles ofSaint Reggie
• More bad newsfor Floyd Landis
• Making shortwork of retirement
29 Faces in theCrowd
31 Players
80 Life ofReilly
The U.S. Ryder Cupteam makes hairy legs look good by Rick Reilly
Inside...
75 Olympics
• U.S. swim teamshows its depth
• Young Aussieshows she's fly
76 Baseball
• Why the Cardsare folding
• FrankThomas--still hurting
Cover
PHOTOGRAPH BYDAMIAN STROHMEYER
INSET PHOTOS: GaryBogdon (Wilson); Robert Beck (Woods)
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DARREN CARROLL FROM THE METLIFE BLIMP (WOODS)
40 DRIVE FOR SHOW By the time Tiger Woods teed off on 18 at Medinah on Sunday, the PGA Championship was already in the bag.
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GEORGE MCNISH/THE STAR-LEDGER (SIMMS)
QB Matt Simms of Don Bosco Prep in New Jersey
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JENNIFER POTTHEISER (TENNIS)
33 RAISING A RACKET The world's top doubles team, Bob (far left) and Mike Bryan, have a natural connection--they're twins.
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JOHN W. MCDONOUGH (SMITH)
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BOB ROSATO (CULPEPPER)
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