Lineup

38 | GOLF

PGA Championship

Martin Kaymer held off a horde of fresh faces to win his first major, but the tournament will be remembered for a bizarre incident on the 72nd hole

By Alan Shipnuck

SPECIAL REPORT: NFL RUNNING BACKS

42 | Chris Johnson

Brutal hits and a brief shelf life are turning the feature back, once the face of the game, into the league's most endangered species

By Tim Layden

48 | Tony Richardson

For 16 years this fullback has been plowing paths for elite rushers. He knows one day he'll lose his job ... to someone he's trained to take it from him

By Joe Posnanski

54 | Gale Sayers

Blinding talent made him the standard for all open-field runners since—but after a shortened career, football was left to wonder what might have been

By Tim Layden

60 | BASEBALL

Jayson Werth

He bristles at attention, whether it's for his bushy beard or his stellar play. But ignoring the Phillies' slugging outfielder is not an option

By Franz Lidz

Giving Kids a Lifeline

Black children are three times likelier to drown than white ones. Cullen Jones is out to remedy that

By Andrew Lawrence

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Departments

6 Leading Off

14 Letters

20 Scorecard

Knocks rocks

27 Just My Type

Ryan Grant runs on by Dan Patrick

28 Faces in the Crowd

32 Inside ...

• Baseball

Free agent class of '10

• Olympic Sports

A U.S. gymnast soars

• Soccer

New York's imports

• NASCAR

The return of Roush

72 The Vault

PGA of '84

76 Point After

Why American tennis is in decline

by Selena Roberts

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