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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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