May 26, 2008 Table Of Contents
SI Bonus Section: Golf Plus
Typical of perhaps the greatest player in LPGA history, Annika Sorenstam met one last challenge before deciding that this would be the year she would end her competitive career
By Damon Hack
Ryuji Imada survives wrecks
By Jim Gorant
I started the Ben Hogan Foundation to honor my uncle
By Lisa Scott
SI.com
SI Players: LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD
Spygate has ruled the headlines for months. Now it's time to turn the page
By Lee Jenkins
At 25, Justine Henin makes an abrupt exit
As told to Lisa Altobelli
David Halberstam's love of sports shines on
What to watch and watch for
By Sarah Kwak
By Dan Patrick
BASEBALL
Bottom-feeders are powerhouses, powerhouses are bottom-feeders, obscure players are putting up cartoon numbers; welcome to the season of ...
By Tom Verducci
Cliff Lee's new approach to pitching has taken him from unusable to nearly unhittable
By Ben Reiter
HORSE RACING
Believers say the mysterious white spot on Big Brown signifies a horse of destiny—how else to explain his rise from humble origins to odds-on favorite to win the Triple Crown?
By Tim Layden
NBA PLAYOFFS
The Celtics needed two tough seven-game series to get past the Cavaliers and the Hawks. Next up is a relaxed Pistons team with fresh legs and the inspiring play of Tayshaun Prince
By Ian Thomsen
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Pittsburgh soared to the finals behind captain Sidney Crosby, leaving an era of losing, bankruptcies, threatened relocations and postgame chicken fingers far behind
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Maintaining a tradition of athletic excellence and classy performance with 16 state titles and 12 Division I recruits in 2007--08, the Hawaiian powerhouse is SI's top program
Huge wins and big-time support put the tiny Smith Center (Kans.) program on the map
By Joe Lemire
Inside
Baseball Prospectus Unconventional Wisdom
By Joe Sheehan
By Jon Heyman
By Phil Taylor