April 21, 2008 Table Of Contents
SI Players: LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD
Four fine books illuminate baseball's past, future and physics
LeBron scores as a lawyer in a new TV spot
A controversial suit is helping swimmers make history
By Sarah Kwak
An Amusement Park Ride Grows Up
All athletes test themselves, but sometimes we play too close to the edge
By Chris Mannix
Five years after its last title, UConn is the team to beat in '09
As told to Ben Reiter
Many favorites emerge in a new Derby film
What to watch and watch for
By Sarah Kwak
SI Bonus Section: Golf Plus
Was Augusta National just too tough even for the best players or, on Sunday afternoon, did the largely untested contenders simply succumb, lemminglike, to the enormity of the moment?
The future tried on its green jacket last week as the next generation of golf fan was in full frolic all over Augusta National
Everything was going according to plan for Phil Mickelson until he was done in by a seasonlong bugaboo—a bout of poor putting
Each year during Masters week, there's no better place to keep tabs on everyone who's anyone in the game than a table in the Augusta National clubhouse
Boo Weekley is hardly the hick he's made out to be, but during his first trip to Augusta National he certainly had a unique way of looking at things
By Dan Patrick
Of cool 3-D, cold Brits and the Good Humor Man
By Jim Gorant
By T.J. Tomasi
There's a Nicklaus record that Tiger never will touch
GOLF
A medical scare behind him, and inspired by a phone call from countryman Gary Player, South Africa's Trevor Immelman won the Masters with a brilliant display of ball striking
By Damon Hack
NBA PLAYOFF PREVIEW
Ten years after Michael Jordan ended the Finals with a bucket against the Jazz, a new wave of clutch performers will try to deliver when the game—or the series—is on the line
BASEBALL
His popularity in Taiwan, where he's bigger than the president, is no mystery, but it's less easy to explain the pitching success of the Yankees' enigmatic ace. Maybe he's just really good
By Albert Chen
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Diminutive forward Nathan Gerbe delivered a mighty performance in Denver to lead Boston College—which had lost heartbreakers in the last two title games—to its third national championship
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
After a great tradition was ruined in four years, the Cornhuskers reached out to Tom Osborne to restore CHARACTER AND DIGNITY to the program. A new coach and more homegrown players will take care of the winning
By Phil Taylor
Inside
By Jon Heyman
Pierre McGuire's In the Crease
By Tim Layden