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May 12, 2008 Table Of Contents
SI Bonus Section: Golf Plus
Winning for the first time at the tender age of 22, Anthony Kim used a familiar game plan to crush a top-notch field at the Wachovia Championship
Paula Creamer made up for a missed opportunity by winning in overtime, thus ending Lorena Ochoa's bid to make LPGA history
Two centuries since it first opened on the nation's western frontier, and after two decades of neglect, history-rich Bedford Springs Resort and its pedigreed Old course are once again the jewel of the Alleghenies
A high-stakes event goes dark
By Jim Gorant
By Mark Wood
I may be the first, but won't be the last black coach at a top program
By SAM PURYEAR JR.
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Ain't Nothing Like the Wheel Thing
Hot young drivers—and one smooth dancer—have reinvigorated IndyCar
A controversial Army star enters the NFL
By Clay Travis
David Mamet tackles mixed martial arts
By Mark Bechtel
As told to Albert Chen
What to watch and watch for
By Sarah Kwak
By Dan Patrick
NBA PLAYOFFS
With stars young and old excelling, and the top eight seeds still in pursuit of the title, the NBA playoffs are only going to get wilder
HORSE RACING
In a Kentucky Derby that ended tragically for the one entry to make a run at him, lightly raced favorite Big Brown was way more horse than the weak field could handle
By Tim Layden
BASEBALL
A young flamethrower makes a Joba-like debut, another pitcher bangs a pinch-hit homer: It's been a charmed start for the youthful Diamondbacks, who can make a case as baseball's model organization
By Ben Reiter
COLLEGE LACROSSE
How Kelly Amonte Hiller turned a Northwestern club team into a No. 1 program with staying power, upsetting the Eastern establishment and expanding the sport's reach
After a stunning fall in '07, the Syracuse men stepped up the intensity, toughened their D and stormed back into contention
By Mark Beech
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
The Flyers stormed into the Eastern Conference finals behind elusive center Daniel Brière, whose game-winning goals silenced a taunting Montreal crowd
Suddenly potent scorer Johan Franzen is rewriting the record book of Western finalist Detroit
Inside
By Jim Trotter
By Albert Chen
Point After
By S.L. Price
