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KOBE PLOTS HIS REVENGE

By LEE JENKINS /// P. 38

WORLD CUP PREVIEW

SHOWTIME!

BASEBALL'S NEXT SUPERSTARS

BRYCE HARPER

P. 58

STEPHEN STRASBURG

P. 66

LANDON DONOVAN FINDS HIS GROOVE

By JOE POSNANSKI

THE BIGGEST U.S. HURDLE: ENGLAND

By GRANT WAHL

COMPLETE SCOUTING REPORTS

CLINT DEMPSEY, LANDON DONOVAN AND TIM HOWARD OF TEAM USA

PHOTO

ON THE COVER Photograph by Simon Bruty