28 | LACROSSE
Tragedy at UVA
The killing of one player by another shocked Virginia, called attention to domestic violence on campus and raised the question, Were warning signs overlooked?
By L. Jon Wertheim
36 | BASEBALL
Dallas Braden
The soft-tossing, off-the-radar Oakland lefty, who lost his mom to cancer, gave the woman who raised him the perfect gift on Mother's Day—a perfect game
By Tom Verducci
42 | STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Miroslav Satan
Thanks to the deft scoring touch of the resurgent 35-year-old right wing from Slovakia, the once punchless Bruins are on the cusp of their first conference final in 18 years
By Michael Farber
46 | NBA PLAYOFFS
Shaquille O'Neal
No longer a dominant player, the erstwhile Big Aristotle is trying to cement his legacy by helping another young superstar win his first NBA championship
By Chris Ballard
Departments
4 Letters
6 Leading Off
14 Scorecard
The art of play-by-play
19 Just My Type
Torii Hunter on Tasers
by Dan Patrick
21 Faces in the Crowd
22 Inside ...
· Baseball
The Padres stay hot
· The NFL
A comeback in Cincy
· NASCAR
Kyle Busch keeps cool
66 The Vault
The '78 Preakness
70 Point After
A young suicide survivor's tale of hope
by Selena Roberts
SPORTS GENES
Who has the speed gene? How much of performance is genetic? And can athletes be genetically engineered?
By David Epstein
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SPLIT COVERS
The Dallas Braden cover went to most readers in the West.
ON THE COVER
Photographs by Michael O'Neill (Shaq); Michael Zagaris (Braden) Inset: Illustration by Bryan Christie
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ILLUSTRATION
ILLUSTRATION BY BRYAN CHRISTIE
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