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NFL DRAFT PREVIEW
Sam Bradford
After surgery and a long layoff from football, the Oklahoma quarterback wants to prove he's ready to lead a franchise
By DAMON HACK
• FIVE OTHER OUTSTANDING QB CLASSES
• FOUR TOP QUARTERBACKS BROKEN DOWN
• PETER KING'S MOCK DRAFT, PICKS 1 TO 32
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46 | BASEBALL
Mike Leake
The Reds' fifth starter is that rarest of rookie pitchers: one who didn't throw a single inning in the minors
By Albert Chen
50 | NHL PLAYOFFS
San Jose Sharks
They've foundered in the playoffs many times before, and it looks as if they may do it again
By Austin Murphy
56 | NBA PLAYOFFS
Timeouts
They're important throughout the season, but in the playoffs what happens in a huddle can decide a series
By Lee Jenkins
Departments
4 Leading Off
10 Letters
14 Scorecard
NHL, Capitals drug probes questioned
22 Just My Type
NFL chief talks draft
by Dan Patrick
26 Faces in the Crowd
28 Inside ...
• Boxing
Sergio Martínez rises
• Baseball
A slugger seeks work
• NASCAR
Kasey Kahne's coup
66 The Vault
Hank Aaron's 715th
70 Point After
One-and-done? Soon, not even that
by Phil Taylor
TENNIS
The Bryans
Even as they turn 32 and bear down on the record for men's doubles championships in the Open era, there's almost nothing that identical twins Mike (left) and Bob Bryan do apart
BY L. JON WERTHEIM
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Photograph by Greg Nelson
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GREG NELSON (BRADFORD)
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PETER READ MILLER (BRYANS)
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