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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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