May 24, 2010 Table Of Contents
GOLF PLUS
By Damon Hack
The Tour suspended me for PEDs, but I'm not going to go down without a fight
By Doug Barron
LEADING OFF
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
Lookin at Lucky rallied from a rough Derby to win at Pimlico, making it 32 years without a Triple Crown winner
By Tim Layden
After a ho-hum regular season, Boston has emerged as a title contender thanks to its suffocating defense
By Ian Thomsen
Some declining veterans are off to fast starts, but that doesn't mean their careers are back on track
By Joe Sheehan
The Jets added several brand names to their roster, but are these players worth the potential chemistry hit?
By Jim Trotter
2010 WORLD CUP
A SPECIAL REPORT BY Grant Wahl
Africa's greatest star, Didier Drogba, didn't single-handedly end his country's civil war, but such is the respect he commands that when he called for Ivorians to look beyond what divided them, the people listened
A SPECIAL REPORT BY Grant Wahl
A SPECIAL REPORT BY Grant Wahl
2010 World Cup
A Gringo's Game
He blends Latino creativity with European discipline—and even more important, Clint Dempsey "tries s---." Could the hard-edged, risk-taking Texan come to embody (finally) the American way to play?
By Grant Wahl with special reporting by Melissa Segura
NBA PLAYOFFS
By Lee Jenkins
NHL PLAYOFFS
BASEBALL
By Albert Chen
TENNIS
The New Adventures Of Old Justine
By S.L. Price
Point After
By Phil Taylor
Departments
A Clevelander ain't too proud to beg LeBron James to stick around and win one for his beleaguered town
On second thought: There's no way Brian Cushing is Rookie of the Year!
Catching up with sports over six seasons of the ABC hit
By Adam Duerson
By Dan Patrick
Edited by Elizabeth McGarr
By Tom Verducci