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46 All Business
The Spurs' airtight play stifled LeBron James and the Cavaliers
By Jack McCallum
STANLEY CUP FINALS
50 Sibling Revelry
The Niedermayers hoisted the Cup to cap a joyous reunion in Anaheim
By Michael Farber
PRO FOOTBALL
54 Moss Appeal
Can wideout Randy Moss succeed in New England's all-for-one ethos?
By Peter King
TENNIS
58 Trey Bien
Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin won their third French Opens in high style
By S.L. Price
HORSE RACING
60 Lady First
Showing the boys a thing or two, Rags to Riches conquered the Belmont
By Tim Layden
MOTOR SPORTS
62 "Better Than Sex"
That's how F/1 phenom Lewis Hamilton felt about his historic win
By Alexander Wolff
OMAR MINAYA
THE STORY OF O
Unlikely tale: The majors' first Hispanic G.M. remixes the Mets into winners
By Gary Smith
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12 Leading Off
20 Letters
24 Players
• First Person: Rory Sabbatini
• Assessing Gene Upshaw's reign
• A farewell to Clete Boyer
• The Dolphins' unusual rookie
• Athletes mistreating trophies
• Review: two tributes to Ruffian
41 Faces in the Crowd
88 Life of Reilly
What's a home worth to a family in need? Two NFL players put a number on it
by Rick Reilly
Inside ...
82 NASCAR
• Kasey Kahne's snakebit season
• Outside threats for the Chase
84 Olympics
• Xavier Carter: The 200 is mine
• A modern pentathlon star at 15
86 Baseball
• Who should start rebuilding?
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54 GLOVEY-DOVEY Randy Moss spread nothing but good vibes in his first minicamp with the Patriots.
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