
Lineup
SPECIAL REPORT
40 JIM TRESSEL
The former Ohio State coach led a program that SI found to be rife with alleged rules violations going back to 2002
By George Dohrmann with David Epstein
50 NBA FINALS
JASON KIDD
The Mavs' hopes for beating the Heat rest largely with a 38-year-old point guard
By Lee Jenkins
56 WNBA PREVIEW
CANDACE PARKER
The L.A. forward is finally injury-free as the league tips off its 15th season
By Andrew Lawrence
62 BASEBALL
LUIS SALAZAR
The popular Braves coach lost his left eye but sees the game with a new clarity
By L. Jon Wertheim
Departments
2 Leading Off
10 Letters
15 Editor's Letter
16 Scorecard
Facing cancer, an SI writer ponders Lance
24 Just My Type
Dallas's Dirk Nowitzki
By Dan Patrick
27 Faces in the Crowd
28 Inside ...
• Motor Sports
A thrilling end at Indy
• Baseball
Arizona's draft outlook
• The NBA
The Thunder's plans
• NASCAR
Carl Edwards's top team
• Tennis
A dearth of female talent
76 Point After
Sports' mixed messages
By Phil Taylor
STANLEY CUP
DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
A new generation of Bruins is finding out what it really means to be the home team
By Leigh Montville
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ON THE COVER
Photograph by Gary A. Vasquez/US PRESSWIRE
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JEFF HANISCH/US PRESSWIRE (TRESSEL)
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DAMIAN STROHMEYER (BRUINS)
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